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Buffalo, New York Teachers Get Free Plastic Surgery

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.29.2012

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As 3 percent of New York teachers -- which translates to more than 7,000 teachers -- fell prey to layoffs this year, around 3,400 teachers in Buffalo,...

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Bullied Teen's Death Was Not A Crime, Police Say

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 01.22.2012

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AMHERST, N.Y. — Police investigating the suicide of a bullied gay teenager said Tuesday that offensive comments he endured online and at school ...

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Jamey Rodemeyer's Suicide Sheds Spotlight, Caution For Teens

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 11.29.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Taunted since grade school for hanging out with girls, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer told his parents things were finally getting ...

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Parents Fight Against Failing Schools Nationwide

Ben Austin | Posted 08.24.2011

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Across our country, parents everywhere are finding out that they have more in common with each other than they do with the defenders of the status quo.

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NY-Born Twin Friars Die On Same Day At Age 92

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 08.03.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-bor...

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Man Sentenced For Raping, Torturing Disabled Sister

AP | By CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 07.24.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A New York man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for raping, scalding and torturing his disabled half-sister before...

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Sabres Goaltender Out With Upper Body Injury

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.30.2011

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The Buffalo Sabres' playoff hopes may have taken a hit as their star goaltender Ryan Miller suffered an injury in last night's game against Toronto. ...

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Buffalo Transit Cop Took Confiscated Items Home

Posted 05.25.2011

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Ever wonder what happens to your tweezers, scissors or Swiss Army knives when they get confiscated at the airport? Well, there may be an answer, at le...

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PHOTOS: Russia Stuns Canada To Win World Juniors Gold

The Huffington Post/AP | JOHN WAWROW | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Wow, Russia. Woe, Canada Artemi Panarin scored twice and Russia overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period to stun Canad...

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Canada, USA Face Off In World Juniors

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Canada and the USA are facing off tonight in the semifinals of the World Junior Hockey Championship, staged for the best young hockey players in the w...

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Derek Roy Injury: Buffalo Sabres' Leading Scorer Out For The Season

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Buffalo Sabres will be without top center Derek Roy the rest of the season, General Manager Darcy Regier announced today, after suffering an injur...

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The 15 U.S. Cities Hit Hardest By The Recession

Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- An international study says Las Vegas has one of the worst economies in the world, and prospects for a rapid recovery appear dim. T...

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Bank Robber FORGETS Mask, Though Still At Large In New York

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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EDEN, N.Y. — Note to would-be bank robbers: when robbing a bank, be sure to put on your mask. Police said a robbery suspect had a dust mask arou...

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The Four Cities That Best Weathered The Recession

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unempl...

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Laura Cummings Death: Mother Eva Cummings And Son Luke Wright Plead Not Guilty

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York mother and son pleaded not guilty at their arraignments in the death of the woman's 23-year-old mentally disabled dau...

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100-Year-Old Molester Now Free In Western New York

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Everything that pedophile Theodore Sypnier has to show for his 100 years on Earth is packed in a single duffel bag as he prepare...

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Chipotle to open 1st store in Buffalo, N.Y., area

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has set a Dec. 11 opening date for its first location in the Buffalo-Niagra area of upstate New York. ...

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Denver lost 48,600 jobs over the last year

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Denver area lost 48,600 jobs -- 3.89 percent of its total jobs -- in October from the same month a year earlier, according to an analysis of new f...

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Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee mother says she needs her newborn son back after he was snatched from her home by a woman posing as an immigration agent.

Maria Gurrolla held a press conference Wednesday outside Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where she is being treated for stab wounds.

Gurrolla says through an interpreter that a woman she'd never seen before showed up at her door Tuesday claiming she was an immigration agent and was going to arrest her. She says the woman stabbed her with a knife taken from her kitchen, then took her baby.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says police are interviewing a person of interest near Buffalo, N.Y., but the baby is not with her.

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Buffalo Home Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 3 Wounded

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A shooting outside a home in a blighted neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours a...

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Buffalo Crash: Family, Friends Say Plane Could Have Been Saved

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Jonathan Collopy was left with one question after watching investigators spend hours Tuesday dissecting what happened to Con...

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Evening Buzz: Panic in the Cockpit

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 05.25.2011

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An investigator walks past the wreckage from a plane crash in Clarence Center, New York, in February. Maureen Miller AC360° Wr...

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Offshore Wind In Great Lakes Could Power New York

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York state utility is exploring whether it is possible to put electricity-generating wind turbines in the Great Lakes, rat...

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Buffalo Plane Had Stall Warning Before Crash

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Flight data point to possible flight crew errors rather than ice accumulation as a key factor in last month's plane crash near Buff...

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Buffalo: The New New York?

New York Magazine | Adam Sternbergh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some people will read this as a story of defeat. They will look at Herbeck and Cloyd and think, They came; they couldn't cut it; good riddance. That's...

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