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• Buffalo City Comptroller says city’s reserves are dwindling

  12-12-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo City Comptroller Mark Schroeder says year-end financials show a “difficult road” ahead for the city.“I’m ringing the bell. There’s trouble in River City and we need to do something about it,” said Schroeder, during a Tuesday news conference at City Hall.“The city of Buffalo’s reserves are dwindling,” he added.Schroeder says the city has relied on its reserves to compensate for what he calls — &ldquo
  
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• City of Tonawanda PBA gives back

  12-12-2017 23:16 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The City of Tonawanda PBA recently donated $725 to the Vietnam Veterans Chapter 77 food pantry, money that was collected from officers in exchange for being able to grow goatees for the month of December.
  Pictured ( L-R) : Chief William Strassburg, Mike Walker-President VVA, PBA President Bryan Lavey, Paul Pietrowski-treasurer VVA and Officer Vincent Ostrowski.
   
   
  
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• VIDEO: Lake Effect snow in Springville

  12-12-2017 22:58 via wivb.com
  SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lake effect snow continues to fall in Springville and other parts of the Southtowns Tuesday evening.
  The Erie County Department of Public Works currently has 18 plows out in the area, and will be clearing snow until tomorrow morning.
  Take a look at the snowfall here: 
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing Clarence man

  12-12-2017 21:22 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a Clarence man who left his residence Sunday morning.
  Jim Morgan, Jr., 35, was last seen leaving a 7-Eleven convenience store on Main Street in Clarence around 4 a.m. Dec. 10 on foot. When Morgan left his residence, he was wearing jeans. a baseball cap, gloves, and had an orange and black hoodie with him.
  Morgan is described as 6’1″ tall, 200 lbs., and has a cheek an
  
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• Colts kicker may lose out on $500K bonus after Bills game

  12-12-2017 20:51 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri might not get a $500,000 bonus after Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills.
  Vinatieri needs to successfully make 90 percent of his field goal attempts in order to get that bonus.
  Before this Sunday’s loss to the Bills, Vinatieri had made 95.7 percent of them, according to CBS Sports contributor Joel Corry. After the Bills game, Corry says Vinatieri is now at 88 percent.
  MORE | Look back at the game
  
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• Minnesota governor to name Franken’s replacement Wednesday

  12-12-2017 20:27 via wivb.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will name his pick to replace Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday.
  Franken announced his resignation last week amid a growing cloud of sexual misconduct allegations. The second-term Democrat’s official resignation date has not yet been set.
  Dayton’s pick will serve through next year’s election, when voters will pick a candidate to finish Franken’s current term ending in 2020.
  A Democratic official familiar with discussions
  
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• Dems say Trump’s tweets about Gillibrand sexist, crude

  12-12-2017 19:56 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Plowing into the sexual harassment debate in a big way, President Donald Trump laced into Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, tweeting that the New York Democrat would come to his office “begging” for campaign contributions and “do anything” to get them. Democrats accused the president of making unsavory insinuations.
  Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who had called for Trump’s resignation a day earlier because of allegations of sexual misco
  
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• Judge denies request to move Ciminelli case to Buffalo

  12-12-2017 19:46 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WIVB) – A judge has denied a request for the case against Louis Ciminelli and others to be moved from Manhattan to Buffalo.
  Ciminelli and two other executives with LPCiminelli, Michael Laipple and Kevin Schuler, resigned from the company earlier this year. The three face corruption charges related to the Buffalo Billion SolarCity project.
  Ciminelli, Laipple and Schuler allegedly obtained the project through an unfair bidding process, according to a court document.
  The t
  
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• Prosecutors say suspect taunted Trump before subway bombing

  12-12-2017 18:27 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Bangladeshi immigrant arrested in a New York subway bombing mocked President Donald Trump on social media while on his way to carry out the botched suicide mission, authorities said as they brought federal charges against him Tuesday.
  Akayed Ullah posted a statement on his Facebook account just before the Monday morning attack, stating: “Trump you failed to protect your nation,” the criminal complaint said. He also told law enforcement
  
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• GALLERY: More snow in WNY

  12-12-2017 17:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Even more snow has come down in western New York. Take a look at these photos sent by viewers: More snow in WNY Photo courtesy of Christina in the Town of EvansPhoto courtesy of Brittany in Silver CreekPhoto courtesy of Donna in West SenecaPhoto courtesy of Jeff in TonawandaPhoto courtesy of Jessi in JamestownPhoto courtesy of Karen in CattaraugusPhoto courtesy of Kim in south BuffaloPhoto courtesy of Kimberly in Conewango ValleyPhoto courtesy of Marisa in North
  
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• More snow brings another messy commute; some find silver lining

  12-12-2017 17:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Love it or hate it, winter weather is still here, and many Western New Yorkers woke up to a fresh blanket of snow Tuesday morning.
  For many, that meant leaving the house extra early to deal with a messy commute.
  “Around here they’re are not so bad,” said Buffalonian Hannah Taylor when asked about the road conditions. “But the plows haven’t been through yet where I am, so it’s a little rough.”
  Plows were out in force across th
  
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• Police: East Aurora woman attacked in home Monday night

  12-12-2017 16:14 via wivb.com
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The East Aurora Police Department arrested a man after a woman claimed he stabbed her on Monday night.
  Police received a call from a 47-year-old woman around 9:45 p.m. She told officials that she had been stabbed by a man in their Oakwood Ave. residence.
  When officers responded, they found Christopher Giafaglione, 48, in a second-story bedroom. He was taken into custody following a brief struggle.
  Both were taken to ECMC — the woman with cuts to her ar
  
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• UB opens new school of medicine

  12-12-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences had it’s grand opening on Tuesday.
  The new $375 million facility is eight stories tall and 628,000 square feet.
  The school says it will bring 2,000 UB faculty, staff and students to downtown Buffalo every day.
  The grand opening ceremony took place at 9:30 a.m. on Main St. in Buffalo.
  
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• Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb to run for NY governor

  12-12-2017 15:14 via wivb.com
  CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb announced he will run for Governor of New York on Tuesday.
  The Republican became a member of the New York State Assembly by winning a special election in 2000. He has been re-elected nine times since then.
  In 2009, he became Minority Leader.
  Kolb will challenge the current governor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo in 2018.
  More information on Kolb can be found here.
  
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• Laid up with ‘man flu’? It’s real, researcher says

  12-12-2017 14:54 via wivb.com
  (CNN) — Don’t doubt it: “Man flu” is real, or so says one Canadian researcher who was “tired of being accused of overreacting.”
  With many respiratory diseases, a man is more susceptible to complications than a woman, plus his immune system may be naturally weaker, according to research published Monday in the BMJ medical journal.
  “Man flu” is a term used to chide men who are suspected of exaggerating their symptoms when sick from a cold or other mi
  
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• 64-year-old man fatally struck in parking lot identified

  12-12-2017 13:13 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 64-year-old man was killed Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle.
  Around 9:30 p.m., Amherst police say the man was walking across a parking lot on Main St. when he was hit by a 23-year-old Buffalo woman.
  The pedestrian, later identified as Williamsville resident Michael Boncore, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
  The woman who hit him has not been charged.
  Anyone with information relevant to the investigation can call police at (716) 68
  
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• 64-year-old man fatally struck by vehicle in parking lot

  12-12-2017 13:13 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 64-year-old man was killed Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle.
  Around 9:30 p.m., Amherst police say the man was walking across a parking lot on Main St. when he was hit by a 23-year-old woman.
  The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
  No names related to the incident have been released. It is not clear if the Amherst woman will face charges as the police department’s investigation continues.
  Anyone with information rele
  
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• People living in Lackawanna help each other dig out after snow storm

  12-12-2017 06:11 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- People living in Lackawanna are digging out after more than a foot of snow fell Sunday. City officials extended a travel advisory, asking drivers to stay off the road until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning so plows can clear the roads.
  Michael Wlodarczyk spent hours behind a snow blower on Monday, clearing his driveway, his grandmother’s driveway and his 93 year old neighbor’s driveway.
  “Just helping people out, doing the best we can and being good Buffaloni
  
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• Polls indicate uncertainty in Alabama Senate race

  12-12-2017 05:12 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Just one day ahead of Alabama’s special election, different polls are yielding widely different results for who will win the Senate seat: Democratic candidate Doug Jones or Republican candidate Roy Moore. An Emerson College pollreleased Monday has Moore holding out with a nine point lead, while a Fox News poll also released Monday places Jones ahead of Moore by ten points.
  A CBS News poll from December 3 indicated that Moore was leading
  
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• Police try to trace steps of suspect in NYC attack

  12-12-2017 05:02 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON — Police are checking 6,000 security cameras in an effort to trace the suspect’s steps after an explosion in a crowded subway corridor near the Port Authority Bus Terminal Monday morning. The explosion left at least five people injured.
  CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues has been working his sources to find out more about 27-year-old Akayed Ullah.
  Within hours of the explosion, heavily armed police swarmed the suspect’s apartment
  
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• Roswell Park hosts holiday party to raise money for “Courage for Carly” fund

  12-12-2017 04:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The holidays are a little brighter this year for young kids battling cancer thanks to a special fundraiser.
  Roswell Park welcomed kids to the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Monday for a holiday party.
  The fundraiser supports the “Courage of Carly” fund.
  Carly was just eight years old when she was diagnosed with cancer in 1999.
  Organizers say the party allows kids to escape reality.
  “Nights like tonight are priceless because it gives the kids an o
  
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• L.P. Ciminelli holding auction on Tuesday

  12-12-2017 04:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – L.P. Ciminelli is cleaning house as three high-ranking executives face corruption charges.
  The company is auctioning off about 2,000 pieces of construction equipment on Tuesday morning.
  Some other big developers in Western New York are expected to get in on the bidding.
  The auction begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday at 1740 Broadway Ave.
  Three Ciminelli executives were charged as part of the federal investigation into the Buffalo Billion.
   
   
  
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• UN visits Puerto Rico to assess help for hurricane victims

  12-12-2017 03:02 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A United Nations expert on extreme poverty and human rights met Monday with hurricane victims in Puerto Rico as complaints grow about the U.S. government’s response to a Category 4 storm.
  U.N. envoy Philip Alston toured one of the hardest hit areas in the capital of San Juan, marking the first time such an envoy has visited the U.S. territory in recent history.
  Alston told The Associated Press that there is a disproportionate number of Puerto Ricans livin
  
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• People aren’t happy with how this website is advertising its plus-size tights

  12-12-2017 03:01 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WAVY) — An e-commerce website is under fire for advertising plus-size tights using thin models who are seen stretching out the fabric up to their faces, apparently an attempt to show how large the tights are, the Today show reports.
  In one of the photos on Wish.com, which sells inexpensive products directly to consumers from Chinese manufacturers, a model fits her entire body into just one leg of the tights, which are $2 and come in black or nude.
  Critics have taken to
  
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• Shovelers needed at New Era Field starting Tuesday

  12-12-2017 02:59 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you’re handy with a shovel, New Era Field needs your help- again.
  The Buffalo Bills are looking for snow shovelers ahead of this weekend’s Buffalo-Miami home game.
  The @buffalobills need snow shovelers to help prepare @newerafield for Bills-Dolphins this weekend. pic.twitter.com/Vh9zJTQlgy
  — Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) December 12, 2017Shovelers can show up at New Era Field starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday and may register to work anytime b
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to four years for selling heroin following text message sting

  12-12-2017 02:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 24-year-old Buffalo man has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling heroin.
  Gregg Daniels, 24, of Buffalo, also faces three years of post-release supervision.
  DA Flynn aggressively prosecuting those who peddle this deadly poison. #HeroinEpidemic pic.twitter.com/oKRcvhmphL
  — Erie County DA (@da_erie) December 12, 2017Lackawanna Police were investigating a fatal heroin overdose in May when they looked through the deceased woman’s phone and foun
  
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• NFTA asks, where have all the riders gone?

  12-12-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority officials are mulling over ridership figures, going back as far as 1991, which show a steady slip in passenger traffic, and they are trying to figure out why they are losing passengers.
  The numbers could be described as “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, with the bad being a slight decline overall in 27 years. The ugly, ridership on the Metro Rail plummeting by 42%, but the good news is paratransit passengers surp
  
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• Hunter charged after allegedly shooting occupied Holland home

  12-12-2017 01:05 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF HOLLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Less than three weeks after a woman was killed by a mistaken hunter in Chautauqua County, another hunter is facing criminal charges, this time after allegedly shooting a home in the town of Holland.
  The sheriff’s office is warning residents again, after what they describe as a case of reckless hunting, that could have killed a local teenager.
  Tod King was outside spraying down his truck when he got a call from his daughter, who was in the kitchen upstai
  
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• Two kids are injured every day by window blinds, study finds

  12-12-2017 00:57 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Nearly one child dies every month and about two are injured every day in window blind-related incidents, according to a new study.From 1990 to 2015, nearly 17,000 children younger than 6 were treated in emergency rooms for window-blind related injuries, according to the research, published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics.The study analyzed data from two national databases that collect hospital and field investigation information. It showed most injuries wer
  
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• NFTA ramps up security following NYC subway blast

  12-12-2017 00:15 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority has ramped up security around rail stations and airports, according to NFTA police chief George Gast.
  “As we speak, we have tactical officers geared up and out in the system; both on the surface in the rail system and at the airports,” Gast tells News 4.
  The beefed-up law enforcement presence is in response to Monday’s explosion in New York City’s subway system near Times Square.
  Surveillance vide
  
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