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• North Tonawanda man charged after pouring beer on police car

  21-01-2018 21:55 via wivb.com
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- A North Tonawanda man was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Friday after police say he walked up to a city police car and poured his beer out.
  Officials say City of Tonawanda Officer Eric Foels was filling out a report inside his car when 45-year-old David Serrano approached the vehicle and poured his beer on the hood. Serrano began to walk away and was detained by officers, after refusing to cooperate.
  Serrano was held on $250 bail
  
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• Philly’s ‘Crisco Cops’ to keep fans down

  21-01-2018 21:26 via wivb.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) Workers in Philadelphia are greasing light poles in a bid to prevent fans from climbing up them after the NFC Championship game.
  Officials say the grease should make the poles too slippery to climb.
  The workers applying the grease are jokingly calling themselves the “Crisco Cops.”
  The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting the Minnesota Vikings in the championship game on Sunday night. The winning team will earn a spot in the Super Bowl.
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• Cuomo: NY will pay salaries to keep Statue of Liberty open

  21-01-2018 20:54 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will be open for visitors on Monday, with New York state picking up the tab for federal workers.The two sites have been closed because of the federal government shutdown.
  Cuomo says the sites are vital to the state’s tourism industry, so the state will spend about $65,000 per day for the federal employees who operate the sites. He says the revenue gained more than offsets the costs.
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• Federal shutdown enters Day 2 amid blame game on both sides

  21-01-2018 19:55 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget director is holding out hope that feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach a short-term spending agreement before the start of the workweek Monday, but he worries that the government shutdown could last for several more days if progress remains elusive.
  Democratic lawmakers challenged the president to get more involved and to accept bipartisan compromise as a way out of a federal shutdown that entered its second day Sun
  
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• US hockey GM dies unexpectedly at Colorado Springs home

  21-01-2018 18:52 via wivb.com
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Jim Johannson, the general manager of the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, has died on the eve of the Pyeongchang Games. He was 53.
  Johannson passed away in his sleep Sunday morning, according to USA Hockey. Executive director Pat Kelleher said the organization is “beyond shocked and profoundly saddened” by the loss of the Rochester, Minnesota native.
  “As accomplished as Jim was in hockey, he was the absolute best, most humble, kin
  
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• Orchard Park Presbyterian Mission team helps with Harvey relief

  21-01-2018 18:37 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – A team of 27 community members returned from Houston after serving one week with Hurricane Harvey relief.
  The team from Orchard Park Presbyterian Church and 10 from Auburn United Methodist Auburn, Alabama served together with hurricane disaster repairs.
  The teams consisted of college students and adults of all ages.
  Volunteers say they were surprised to find how bad the damage is in Houston, months later.
  Volunteer, Jamie Owens, said, “You didn’
  
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• Monster in the Great Lakes: Information on sea lampreys

  21-01-2018 17:23 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) –When you think of a vampire, you think of a blood sucking villain. Sometimes that villain is in the form of a fish.
  Originally from the Atlantic Ocean, Sea Lampreys, otherwise known as the vampire fish, invaded the Great Lakes in the early 20th century.
  Ted Lawrence, Communication specialist for The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, told News 4, “They came in from the Atlantic Ocean through canals we built for the ships to get into the great lakes for shippi
  
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