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• Selfies distort faces like a “funhouse mirror,” study finds

  01-03-2018 23:39 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Whether you love them or hate them, there’s no escaping the selfie. Armed with their smartphones, people worldwide take billions of selfies every day to capture a memory or share with their family and friends.
  But researchers are warning that the close proximity of the camera can have distortive effects on the person’s face, which could potentially prompt selfie-takers to develop a skewed self-image.
  “Young adults are constantly taking sel
  
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• Several flights into Buffalo-Niagara International Airport canceled due to weather

  01-03-2018 23:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Several flights into Buffalo have been canceled Thursday evening in advance of winter weather.
  The current list is follows:For the most up-to-date lsit of arrivals and departures, click here. 
  
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• Uber ride home after hours of drinking cost N.J. man $1,600

  01-03-2018 19:55 via wivb.com
  PHILADELPHIA — Kenneth Bachman, of Sewell, N.J.,  made it back home safely Friday from a party — but it cost him. The party was in Morgantown, West Virginia. And the trip hit his wallet hard, reports CBS Philly.
  Bachman explains that he had been out with buddies near the campus of West Virginia University when he wanted to call it a night, so he ordered an Uber ride — which he doesn’t quite recall doing — then fell asleep.
  “We went to a frat par
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Up to a $2,500 reward offered for man wanted on weapon charge

  01-03-2018 19:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Up to a $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted for second degree criminal possession of a weapon.
  Tyree Sommerville, 42, is described as 5’9″ and 150 lbs.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers Buffalo at 867-6161.
  
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• Buffalo Diocese announces fund for sex abuse victims

  01-03-2018 19:35 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Diocese has established a voluntary program for those who have made claims that they were sexually abused as a child by a member of the Buffalo Diocese clergy.
  Those who have previously made claims will be contacted and invited to participate in the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP), which will offer monetary settlements.
  Bishop Richard J. Malone announced the program in a press release Thursday.
  “I know  this is t
  
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• Na zdrowie! Buffalo’s first locally-distilled krupnik to be released Saturday

  01-03-2018 17:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dyngus Day is just over a month away, and this year, for the first time, Western New Yorkers will be able to enjoy locally-distilled krupnik.
  The Buffalo Distilling Company is launching its version of the sweet, Polish liqueur Saturday.
  “It’s got a lot of sweetness from the honey, but it’s a nice smoothness too from the honey, a nice viscosity. It’s got a nice body and flavor, and then the spices add a little bit of zing to it,” explaine
  
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• Feds: Massachusetts man sent white powder to Trump son

  01-03-2018 17:35 via wivb.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with sending a letter with a white powder to Donald Trump Jr. that landed his wife, Vanessa, in the hospital.
  Daniel Frisiello, of Beverly, was arrested Thursday. He is expected to appear in federal court in Worcester later Thursday. It could not immediately be determined if he has a lawyer.
  Federal authorities say he also sent letters containing power to four other people, including the office of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, of Michigan.
  The let
  
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• City issues more than 12,000 speeding tickets in 33 days

  01-03-2018 17:17 via wivb.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island city has issued more than 12,000 speeding tickets in the first 33 days of a new school-zone speed camera program.
  WPRI-TV reports 12,193 tickets were issued in Providence between Jan. 16 and Feb. 22 from five speed cameras.
  The tickets cost $95 each, for a total charge for violators of $1.15 million. Records show the city has received $370,000 as of Feb. 22.
  State lawmakers approved the cameras in 2016, and the Providence City Council voted
  
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• Jim Kelly announces cancer has returned

  01-03-2018 17:11 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Former Buffalo Bills quarterback revealed Thursday in a statement that his oral cancer has returned
  “As our family has faced many trials and triumphs throughout the years, you have blessed us with your prayers. We are asking for those prayers once again,” Kelly said. 
  Kelly underwent surgery for cancer in his upper jaw bone in 2013. In March 2014, he was re-diagnosed with aggressive, spreading cancer. He declared he was cancer-free in Nov. 2014.
  
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• New dog ordinance gives harsher punishment, jail time for bad dog owners

  01-03-2018 05:16 via wivb.com
  NEWFANE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The town of Newfane is putting a tight leash on bad dog owners. The town board adopted a new dog ordinance Wednesday, which includes possible jail time for repeat offenders.
  “I always walk him with a leash,” said Dakota Coffman, as he takes his dog Dobby on a walk Wednesday afternoon.
  Dakota Coffman says most dog owners in the town of Newfane follow the rules and take care of their four-legged friends. But now town officials want to sniff out the bad ones
  
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• Former National Security Advisor speaks at UB

  01-03-2018 04:49 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice spoke at UB Wednesday night as part of their “Distinguished Speakers” series.
  Rice served under Pres. Obama from 2013 to 2017.
  Before that, she served as the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations as well as many other prestigious roles.
  Tonight, she spoke to students about the principals on which the country was founded- both good and bad- and the nation’s climate today.
  
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• Doctors “sound the alarm” on possible harms of saline in IV bags

  01-03-2018 04:42 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death or kidney damage, two large studies found.
  The difference could mean 50,000 to 70,000 fewer deaths and 100,000 fewer cases of kidney failure each year in the U.S., researchers estimate. Some doctors are hoping the results will persuade more hospitals to s
  
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• A Buffalo man says two state parole officers tried to kill him

  01-03-2018 01:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Buffalo man says he feared for his life Tuesday night when an encounter with two state parole officers went south.
  Randy White is now recovering at home with a bullet wound in his thigh.
  “I didn’t do nothing to deserve this,” said White.
  He told News 4 he gave his friend a ride to a home on Northumberland Ave. His friend is on parole and needed to be home by 9 p.m. White said they pulled into a driveway at about that time.
  “A man walked up, he
  
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• Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition

  01-03-2018 01:09 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21.
  The retailer’s new policy comes after Dick’s Sporting Goods announced earlier Wednesday that it would restrict the sale of firearms to those under 21 years old. It didn’t mention ammunition. Walmart says the decision came after a review of its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
  Walmart Inc. stopped selling AR-15 guns
  
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• School bus driver in fatal crash case denies he was on phone

  01-03-2018 00:45 via wivb.com
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee school bus driver who’s charged in a wreck that killed six children has testified that he wasn’t on his cellphone when the wreck happened.
  Johnthony Walker also testified at his trial Wednesday in Hamilton County Criminal Court that he didn’t leave his traffic lane before the Nov. 21, 2016, crash.
  The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports jurors were returning in the afternoon for closing arguments and would then begin delibe
  
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