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• Ups sparks UB women to 84-80 win over Ball State

  13-01-2018 23:55 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Trailing 67-65 in the fourth quarter, Katherine Ups connected on three straight three-pointers, sparking the UB Women’s Basketball team to an 84-80 win over the road against Ball State on Saturday.
  Ups finished with 13 points while Cierra Dillard led UB with 20.
  The Bulls improve to 13-3 overall (4-1 MAC) and return to action Wednesday when they travel to Ohio.
  
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• UB starts 4-0 in conference play for 1st time with 82-66 win over Miami

  13-01-2018 23:49 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Never before in the history of UB Men’s Basketball has the team started 4-0 in conference action.
  Behind 23 points from Jeremy Harris, the Bulls accomplished that feat in an 82-66 win over Miami on Saturday.
  The RedHawks kept in close with UB in the opening 20 minutes of action and trailed bye one, 34-33, at the break.  However, the Bulls kicked it into high gear in the second half using a 13-2 run to open up a 46-35 lead and never looked back.
  UB won the
  
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• Two men rescued after kayak overturns on Lockport creek

  13-01-2018 23:17 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Two men were rescued from a Lockport creek Saturday morning after their kayak overturned.
  Emergency crews rescued the 19-year-old and 20-year-old men from Mud Creek off Rapids Road just after 10 a.m.
  The men were taken by ambulance to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital for treatment due to exposure.
  Preliminary investigation conducted by Deputies of the NCSO Marine Patrol Unit revealed that the eight foot kayak was traveling in the creek when it was turned sidew
  
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• Hawaii officials say missile alert was mistake

  13-01-2018 19:48 via wivb.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — A push alert that warned of an incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic Saturday was a mistake, state emergency officials said.
  The emergency alert, which was sent to cellphones, said in all caps, “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
  Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Repoza said it was a false alarm and the agency is trying to determine what happened.
  
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• “Sew Redi” offers economic independence to local refugees

  13-01-2018 18:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- What started with five students and five sewing machines in 2011 has become a beacon of economic independence on Buffalo’s west side.
  Sew Redi Buffalo teaches local refugees how to sew purses, handbags, and other crafts.
  “This started as a project by the Canisius Enactust team,” said Director Pat Hutton.
  Hutton, an economist, developed the program alongside her Enactust students at Canisius College; the team works on boosting community economic develo
  
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• Records: FBI knew Las Vegas gunman had big gun stashes

  13-01-2018 18:23 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — FBI agents knew the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history left behind big caches of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties and online accounts, according to court documents released Friday.However, new questions were raised after a U.S. judge in Nevada unsealed the documents revealing some of what federal agents had learned about shooter Stephen Paddock in the week after the Las Vega
  
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• K-9 Shield, Buffalo Police pay special visit to Eggert Elementary in Orchard Park

  13-01-2018 04:53 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Orchard Park third-graders got a special visit on Friday.
  K-9 Shield and members of the Buffalo Police Department went to Eggert Elementary to visit and thank the children.
  The third-grade students created “tribute books” in memory of Officer Craig Lehner, who died in a diving drill last October.
  The kids researched Officer Lehner’s life and wrote about the character traits he possessed.
   
  
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• Molson leads Griffs past St. Peter’s 73-58

  13-01-2018 04:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Defend Main Street is their motto and that’s exactly what the Canisius Men’s Basketball team did Friday night, knocking off St. Peter’s inside the Koessler Athletic Center 73-58.
  The Griffs improve to 6-1 at home this season.
  Buffalo native Takal Molon led Canisius with 23 points, while Niagara Falls’ Jermaine Crumpton added 14.
  The Griffs return to action Sunday when they host Monmouth.
  
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• Texas father charged with murder in death of Indian orphan

  13-01-2018 03:53 via wivb.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The father of a 3-year-old girl adopted from an Indian orphanage was indicted on a capital murder charge Friday, nearly three months after the girl’s body was found in a culvert near their suburban Dallas home.
  Wesley Mathews, 37, has been jailed on a lesser charge in Dallas County since shortly after his daughter, Sherin, was found dead. Prosecutors said the murder charge, which could carry the death penalty, was filed after an autopsy determined the girl died from &ld
  
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• White House personal cell phone ban starts next week

  13-01-2018 03:29 via wivb.com
  Washington (CNN) – The White House ban on staffers using personal cellphones in the West Wing will go into effect next Tuesday, according to an internal memo sent Wednesday by chief of staff John Kelly.The new policy includes “all portable electronic devices” not issued or authorized by the White House from “being carried into or otherwise possessed” in the West Wing from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, regardless of whether they are turned o
  
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• WATCH: Staying or Going? Potential offseason moves by the Bills

  13-01-2018 03:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The first change has already occurred at One Bills Drive with the firing of offensive coordinator Rick Dennison on Friday.
  There could be other shakeups on the roster as the Bills look to build upon their first postseason appearance since 1999.  News 4 Sports Director Josh Reed and WGR 550 and Bills Sideline Reporter Sal Capaccio discuss the potential moves that could happen.
  
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• GM is dropping the steering wheel in autonomous cars

  13-01-2018 03:05 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – General Motors (GM) says it is mass-producing autonomous cars that give complete control to the machine by taking away both the steering wheel and pedals.
  The company says it has filed a petition with the federal government seeking permission to put the vehicles on the road sometime next year with no human backup drivers.
  GM’s Cruise Automation unit has announced plans to carry passengers in self-driving cars that won’t have a backup driver in 2019. The location of the
  
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• Niagara County probation officer accused of stealing prescription painkillers from probationers

  13-01-2018 02:36 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Niagara County probation officer has been charged with official misconduct, tampering with public records, and other charges after it was alleged he stole prescription painkillers from probationers under his supervision.
  Probation officer Matthew Fender was arraigned in Lockport City Court Wednesday on one count of tampering with public records, one count of second-degree falsifying business records, eight counts of official misconduct, and eight counts of petit l
  
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• Last tenant at Shoreline Apartments evicted

  13-01-2018 00:56 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Shoreline Apartments in Buffalo are officially vacant. The last tenant was evicted Friday morning.
  In early 2016, Norstar Development told 172 families they had to move out by the end of the year. The news came after years of assuring tenants that no one would be displaced. Developers told tenants multiple times demolition to the apartment buildings would be done in phases.
  When Norstar Development changed their plans, tenant John Schmidt decided to protest and c
  
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• Saudi women attend soccer match for first time

  13-01-2018 00:21 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Female soccer fans in Saudi Arabia attended their first match ever Friday at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah.The game was the first time a major sporting event was open to women in the kingdom.The easing of the strict gender segregation was announced in October 2017 as part of the ambitious reforms by Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old crown prince.
   The decree opened the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, King Abdullah Sport City stadium in Jeddah, and Princ
  
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