DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of ...
BOSTON Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of remo...
BOSTON (AP) - A third college friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is being held pending a detention and pro...
(CBS) In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, 66 percent of Americans now think another terrorist attack in the U.S. is ...
Pictured above: An image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the str...
BOSTON (AP) -- Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombin...
(AP/CBS) Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicated from his hospital bed Monday that he and his brother act...
Massachusetts State Police have released a video purporting to show the hiding place of suspected Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsa...
(CBS/AP) The surviving Boston bombing suspect is conscious and responding in writing to authorities, CBS News correspondent B...
The twin explosions that ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon triggered a massive manhunt tha...
SEATTLE (AP) -- The intensive manhunt for the bombers behind the deadly Boston Marathon attacks didn't take place only on...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the capture of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing closes what he calls &...
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Police say the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings exchanged gunfire with law enforc...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Police say three people have been taken into custody for questioning at a housing complex where the...
BOSTON (AP) -- Key moments related to the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, based on reports from the Massachu...
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval (deh-VAL') Patrick says mass transit service is resuming in Boston even...
(WBEN) Niagara Falls Police stopped a car on Elmwood Avenue Friday morning-- and called in State Police bomb technicians in l...
BREAKING NEWS: One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, auth...
BOSTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring th...
Boston, Mass. (WBEN) - Emotions were running high in Boston prior to the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins matchup. It's t...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a se...
BOSTON (AP) -- The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd appear to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Bo...
BOSTON (AP) - A 29-year-old restaurant manager has been identified as one of three people killed in the bombing at the Boston...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy has sent one of its bomb-disposal units to Boston to assist local authorities as needed in the aft...
Wegmans Food Markets says it's recalling two fruit juice products because they may contain unacceptable levels of a by pr...
(WBEN/AP) Niagara County lawmakers are enlisting a consultant to try to shield the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from app...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who four months ago broke the news to shocked parents that their children had ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis is making an Easter Sunday peace plea, saying conflicts have lasted too long in Syria, and ...
(CBS News) Ellabell GA- A toddler who slipped outside through a doggie door was mauled to death by her family's seven dog...
(AP) Pope Francis officially began his ministry as the 266th pope on Tuesday in an installation Mass simplified to suit his s...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama nominated Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor...
ATICAN CITY (AP) -- Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive ins...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel...
On Day One:Prayers To The Virgin MaryIn these photos provided by the Vatican, Pope Francis kneels in prayer in front of the i...
On Day One: Prayers To The Virgin MaryIn these photos provided by the Vatican, Pope Francis kneels in prayer in front of the ...
On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who has become the first pope from the Americas often include ...
Are you ready for the weekend? This one may leave you green around the gills, especially since St. Patrick’s Day falls ...
The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, h...
The Missa pro eligendo romano pontifice, the Mass for the election of a Roman Pontiff, is being concelebrated by members of t...
(AP) Cardinals celebrated a final Mass on Tuesday before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to el...
<<< Firefighters have installed the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to the world that a new pope ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Men seeking the woman of their dreams should pack their bags and shuffle off to Buffalo. That's accord...
NEW YORKPolice had to use snowmobiles to reach ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, some snowplow trucks and passenger v...
Northeast Deals With Major Snowfall, WindsA behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept t...
A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the rec...
A major winter storm heading toward New England may not be one for the record books, but even some of the nation's snow-h...
(CBS) In two of her final public appearances as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton will testify today in much-anticipated he...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next de...
(CBS) After a series of health problems that ultimately landed her in the hospital with a blood clot in her head, Secretary o...
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) - Funeral services have been set for the two Rochester-area volunteer firefighters fatally shot as they ar...
Rochester, N.Y. (AP) - About 4,000 students in Rochester will be spending a lot more time in the classroom beginning with the...
The good news/bad news of being a border town is mostly good for Buffalo. Bloomberg Businessweek reports Canadian retailers w...
Turkeys: Main course or animal companion?OK, so it isn't even close. According to the industry group National Turkey Fede...
ALBANY — A day after sharp criticism by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, a state senator on Friday re...
Who will run for President in 2016?Delawareans are pondering whether Vice President Joe Biden will run for the job in2016, bu...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (WBEN/AP)— The Buffalo Bills are plummeting toward their 13th straight season without a playoff berth...
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort ...
Rochester, NY (WBEN) -- The recall of Wegman organic spinach salads has been tentatively linked to illnesses and hospitalizat...
AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is curtailing his campaign schedule as Hurricane Sandy b...
Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools ...
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (WBEN/AP) -- Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular tr...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Wegmans Food Markets Inc. says it's recalling a brownie mix after reports from two consumers about...
President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing...
BOCA RATON, Fla. (WBEN/AP) -- President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney went toe to toe Monday night in a meeting that saw both ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter...
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favoring a "one-point plan" t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal health authorities have released the names of three New York health care providers that received ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - First Niagara Financial Group says it's realigning some staffing and will do away with 180 positions...
DENVER (AP) -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in the...
(CBS News) After a solid six months of general election campaigning, the presidential race has entered the home stretch. Elec...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy(AP) Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, ...
(CBS News) As the Democratic National Convention swings into full gear, new Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans...
Western New York had a brief indirect mention at the Republican national convention last night in Tampa.During his vice presi...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republicans have nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, culminating a long primar...
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri Rep. Todd Akin apologized Monday for his televised comments that women's bodies are able to pr...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A soup manufacturer for Wegmans is recalling about 4,000 pounds of products after consumers found bits...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A tough new voter identification law championed by Republicans can take effect in Pennsylvania for No...
NEW YORK — It's about freakin' time.The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago b...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- At least one Buffalo-area political analyst sees Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a bit a surprise....
A procession of priests, cardinals, archbishops and bishops will lead off the official installation of the new Roman Catholic...
(CBS News) President Obama leads Mitt Romney among likely voters in Ohio and Florida - and has a double-digit lead in Pennsyl...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
(CBS News) The battle over whether Mitt Romney should release more than two years of his tax returns is a rerun of past presi...
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have one campaign strategy in common: Each is tryin...
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll only release to the public one m...
First Niagara Financial Group and Albany-based nfrastructure have a service technology deal. The Albany Business Review repor...
(CBS News) Running for president, Mitt Romney has been called a lot of names. For about a dozen-and-a-half young children, he...
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's mo...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) By a 7-2 vote, Dr. Pamela Brown has been voted the new superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools.The Buffal...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) By a 7-2 vote, Dr. Pamela Brown has been voted to new superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools.Brown is cu...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo School Board continues focusing on selecting the next superintendent.The board is considering t...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana, a change in st...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo School Board on Tuesdaybegan the process of deciding which of the three finalists should become...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The third and final candidate for the permanent job as Buffalo School superintendent on Mondayvisited the c...
(CBS News) Nearly a year after announcing his presidential bid, CBS News estimates that Mitt Romney has earned the necessary ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Buffalo Catholics now know who their new bishop will be. Pope Benedict XVI has announced that the Bishop...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Two of the three candidates for Buffalo School Superintendent met with reporters on Thursday at City Hall i...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Schools have announced the three finalists for the superintendent's job.The candidates inc...
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Barack Oba...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say a months-old proposal to raise the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead.The Ass...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
(CBS News) -- Mitt Romney swept the three Republican primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia Tuesday, collecti...
(WBEN/AP) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is all but conceding that his White House campaign is over, and CNN...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) --Mitt Romney has easily won New York's presidential primary and most if not all the state's 95 del...
Mitt Romneyis all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a nearly definitive end to the Repu...
(CBS) Fully embracing his role as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney on Monday told President Obama...
MONTEREY, Calif. (Associated Press / WBEN)— Dole Food Co. said late Saturday that its fresh vegetables division is reca...
(WBEN/AP) Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will campaign in Buffalo later this month, underscoring his vow to press on wi...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed a...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New York is part of the next batch of primaries set for April 24th, anda local expert thinks it's only ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney assailed President Barack Obama as an "out of touch"...
(CBS News) -- President Obama has overtaken Republican candidate Mitt Romney for the first time of the 2012 campaign in a doz...
The AAA pegs the current average price for a gallon of unleaded gas in the Buffalo area at $4.05. That's up a dime fr...
As it prepares to exit the retail banking picture in upstate New York, HSBC is closing its branch at One HSBC Center. Busines...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - Mitt Romney has won the Illinois Republican presidential primary, besting rival Rick Santorum in the ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- When Mary Lynne and Dan Kautz chose a place to hold their wedding reception, they didn't book a gra...
NEW YORK(AP) Just three days after abruptly stopping service and leaving travelers stranded, the parent of discount airline D...
NEW YORK(AP) — Just three days after abruptly stopping service and leaving travelers stranded, the parent of discount a...
Closely fought primaries in Alabama and Mississippi were won by Rick Santorum, while Hawaii voterschoseMitt Romney.Newt Gingr...
Closely fought primaries in Alabama and Mississippiofferformer Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney a key opportunity in a regi...
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run w...
Voting across 10 states marks the busiest day of the Republican race for president and is expected to determine whether Mitt ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP/WBEN) -- Lady Gaga has launched a youth foundation by urging young people to "challenge meanness an...
Mitt Romney is fighting to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in a high-stakes Michigan primary that will not decide the R...
NEW YORK (AP) -- At Columbia University and elsewhere, the fear that the New York Police Department might secretly be infiltr...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- The GOP presidential candidates have had a lot of practice -- and will again debate the issues tonight i...
Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his...
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney seized a commanding lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for...
Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday...
ANALYSIS: Shorn of his front-runner image after a defeat by Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, Romney is campaigning for...
Florida's time has come.The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Repub...
As Gingrich and Romney square off in Florida, they are doing so with ads that target each otherWBEN EXTRA: See The Advertisem...
Mitt Romney-- in part because of his Mormon faith -- is a family man,enormously generous to neighbors, but enormously strict ...
(WBEN) Longtime Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics Editor Jim Galloway is hard pressed to find some personal nugget that i...
Mitt Romney's tax returns and Newt Gingrich's business dealings are likely to remain at center stage of the increasin...
<<< SEE IT HERE:Watch the Entire Monday NightNBC Debate from Florida.Republican contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Ging...
Why did Newt Gingrich win South Carolina?His media bashing rebuttal to an ex-wife's charges certainly resonated, accordin...
.The nominating process may officially be underway, but Republicans have yet to enthusiastically embrace a potential nominee ...
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Mitt Romney has opened up a statistically significant lead among Republican primary ...
One of the WBEN's regular political commentators is revising his view of President Barack Obama's re-election chances, as Mit...
(AP) Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distingu...
(AP) A Malaysian company's plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York ...
Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and eager t...
(AP) Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and ea...
(AP) Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman vowed Tuesday to press on to South Carolina after finishing third in the New Hampshire pri...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mitt Romney is the winner of the New Hampshire primary, adding to his win in Iowa last week.The dual vic...
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) -- Voters in the tiny New Hampshire village famed for casting the first ballots in the nation's fir...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with ...
(CBS) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday cal...
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Headed into a season ender that could push him ahead of all Buffalo Bills recievers, Stevie Johnson's contract talks are down...
New polls show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney heading into Tuesday's caucus as the front-runner in a state that seems ...
(CBS) The campaign of Newt Gingrich assailed a "failed system" for his failure to make it onto the ballot for the V...
What's new for those who attend church onlyonce a year this weekend? Roman Catholics nationwide are using a new translation o...
Washington (AP/WBEN) -- The Ohio Republican said in a statement Thursday that he expects to pass a new bill by Christmas that...
Wegmans is bringing another food market to suburban Boston, Massachusetts. Business First reports the chain will bring its th...
The tourism season at Niagara Falls is slowing, but November started the busy season for those who light the falls in colors ...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Cain train has come to a stop.Republican candidate Herman Cain is suspending his bid for the Republican p...
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, his office said Monday, closing ou...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government deb...
(AP) Buffalo- A former U.S. Navy seaman who killed two people during an Independence Day 1977 bus hijacking in New York City ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Wegmans Food Markets says 4,000 pounds of its mashed sweet potatoes are being recalled because of poss...
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Approx. Three Million In The Dark The number of homes and businesses still without power on the East C...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking ou...
COMPLETEWBENCOVERAGE: Occupy Buffalo Photo Album | Occupy Sesame Street, Legoland, the couch andthe corner bar | ...
from the Centers for Disease Control What are the Symptoms of Salmonella? Although in some ...
As Cain Surges, Perry Proposes Flat Tax (CBS) Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry...
(AP) Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tues...
AsTexas Gov.Rick Perryas tumbled in polls for the Republican race for president, Herman Cain - the former pizza magnate and r...
A North Buffalo Tim Hortons is ready to break ground. Three parcels on Elmwood Avenue at Hinman were purchased for a reported...
Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates, according to a new CB...
On Sunday morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't dropping any hints. After months of repeated denials - "what do...
(AP) Taunted since grade school for hanging out with girls, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer told his parents things were finally ...
(CBS/AP)A26-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested and accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol with...
(AP/CBS) Herman Cain was the clear winner Saturday of a straw poll of Republican activists in this battleground state, amassi...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots have won three Super Bowls since Buffalo last made the playoffs. They've w...
COMPLETECOVERAGE:WATCHTHEDEBATE | LEAVEACOMMENT Side by side in confrontational debate, Republican pre...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - The final chapter may not yet be written in the story of the tragic suicide of a Williamsville teen.The ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - The final chapter may not yet be written in the story of the tragic suicide of a Williamsville teen.The ...
