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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday...
A timeline of major legal developments involving O.J. Simpson:- June 12, 1994: O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simps...
Sarasota, FL (WBEN) Ann Billittier, the woman who helped make Chef's Italian Restaurant synonymous with Buffalo has passe...
< LEFT :The National Rifle Association logo is placed on the George R. Brown Convention Center by Lynn Creel, left, and Do...
Two suburban health clinics proposed by Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo have gained state approval. One will be in...
(CBS/AP) The friend of one of seven Americans killed in a cargo plane crash near an Air Force base in Afghanistan described h...
Lackawanna, NY (WBEN) A senior at Lackawanna High Scholl recently died during a field trip to Disney World in Florida. A grou...
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which houses Bush's library and museum along with his policy institute, will be d...
(AP) U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein says The National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers are to blame for the "disco...
INDIANAPOLIS With tears in their eyes and Kevin Ware in their hearts, there was no way Louisville was losing this game.Russ S...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the &...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN)- One of Nik Wallenda's promises in the time leading up to his wire walk across the Niagara Gorge...
After Ron Paul's son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., won this year's CPAC straw poll on Saturday, some in the GOP are wonderi...
New York, NY (WBEN/CBS) In the final step of this long saga, the NHL Board of Governors has approved realignment, meaning the...
(AP) As the Republican Party struggles to broaden its appeal, the GOP's most prominent voices - past and potential presid...
The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, h...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says this will be his final season.Rivera made the announcement Sat...
The NHL moved a step closer to realignment Thursday as the players' association approved a proposed plan that is set to g...
(CBS/AP) Sen. Rand Paul ended his self-described filibuster against the confirmation of President Obama's nominee to lead...
It's been one year since neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in central...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson has won his second Daytona 500, racing past defending NASCAR champion Brad Ke...
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Mindy McCready's ex-boyfriend says she threatened to kill herself earlier this month after she...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world is safe - at least from one asteroid.A 150-foot cosmic rock hurtled safely past Earth o...
MOSCOW (WBEN/AP) -- A meteor streaked through the sky and exploded Friday over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of ...
government moneyto create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the de...
THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSfollowed by the GOP response from Sen. Marco RubioTONIGHT AT 9 PM | 107.7 FM | 930 AM | WBEN.co...
According to the AAA, gas prices rose another nickel this week, to an average of $3.88 for a gallon of unleaded. The pric...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Defenseman Brian Campbell scored on the power play with 10:33 remaining to cap Florida's three-goal...
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tues...
A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's im...
Bishop Richard Malone, leader of the Western New York Roman Catholic Diocese will ordain a married priest this weekend.The Re...
The AAA reports the current average cost for a gallon of unleaded gas in the region is down to $3.72 per gallon. The same...
Niagara Falls, NY (release) -- New York Air National Guard Col. John Higgins, a master navigator with over 3,500 hours flying...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- When Alabama's first-team offense came off the field for the final time in the BCS championsh...
Have you noticed more people off work these days or more people coughing and sneezing their way through the workday?Flu seaso...
(WBEN/AP) Congress is ushering in the new and the old - dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the hars...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A grief-stricken Newtown on Monday began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting...
(CBS News) The defense team for George Zimmerman, charged with killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in February, release...
Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the vi...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineJeff Wood, National Weather Servicefrom the National Weather Service:Back in late sum...
Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powe...
Weston, Fla. (WBEN) -- Art Ginsburg, the delightfully dorky television chef known as Mr. Food, has died at his home in Weston...
The AAA reports the current average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasin the region is $3.89. That's now forty-seven ce...
(CBS News) In the wake of the sex scandal that led to David Petraeus' resignation from his position as the director of th...
(CBS News) They don't want to take their country back. They just want to leave it behind.As the dust settles in the wake ...
(CBS News) ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The Pentagon says the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is u...
Who will run for President in 2016?Delawareans are pondering whether Vice President Joe Biden will run for the job in2016, bu...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida.The sta...
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort ...
CBSNews.com's Brian Montopoli writes:(CBSNEWS) Despite the fact that the presidential election is days away, the scene on...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or...
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...
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town fro...
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 ...
Undated (WBEN) -- The numbers indicate Buffalo has had more days of sunshine in 2012 than Rochester, Syracuse... and even Orl...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney poked gentle but sharp fun at one another ...
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in ...
MIAMI (AP) - Authorities say a second person has died in the collapse of a parking garage under construction at a community c...
(CBS News) After a solid six months of general election campaigning, the presidential race has entered the home stretch. Elec...
So much for that local gas price decline. Over the weekend, the average cost per gallon of unleaded jumped a penny-and-a-half...
(CBS News) On the heels of several new polls showing President Obama opening up big leads over Mitt Romney in key battlegroun...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Mike Connelly, has been named editor of The Buffal...
With thanksgiving about 9 weeks away, now is the time to book holiday flights at cheaper rates than you will find from here o...
Is it time for a different kind of Sept. 11? In Washington at the National Cathedral, and at the GroundZero site ceremonies a...
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...
HAVANA (AP) - Tropical Storm Isaac has pushed into Cuba after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula, where it caused...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) One political science professor thinks the comments made by Todd Akin on abortion and rape could not have ...
(CBS News) Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate appears to have energized some likely voters in Ryan&...
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the ot...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The actor best known as the nerdy high-school student Arnold Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kot...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- At least one Buffalo-area political analyst sees Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a bit a surprise....
CBS News) Mitt Romney's tax returns continue to dog the candidate as Democrats call on the presumptive nominee to release...
U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.The Labor Department said Fri...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Sabres announcedtheir variable ticket pricing plan for the upcoming season.The pricing plan for the 20...
(CBS News) President Obama leads Mitt Romney among likely voters in Ohio and Florida - and has a double-digit lead in Pennsyl...
Jacksonville, FL (WBEN) A year ago, his contract was bought out by Buffalo Public Schools. Now, Dr. James Williams is looking...
(AP) With the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., inside a packed movie theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises," ques...
"When we have incidents like this in America things are never the same afterwards. Things were never the same after 9-11...
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comThe parents of the unarmed teen who was shot and killed by a Florida neighborhood ...
(AP) After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excludi...
(WBEN) Weeks after a national Democratic organization pledged over $200,000 to help re-elect Kathy Hochul, the National R...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- The U.S. Navy is resuming its practice of using old warships for target practice and sinking the...
(CBS News) Running for president, Mitt Romney has been called a lot of names. For about a dozen-and-a-half young children, he...
(CBS News/WBEN) President Obamaon Monday announcingpush to extend the so-called Bush-era tax cuts for low and middle-income A...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awa...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin can be released from jail while he awaits tri...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major union and an outside group committed to electing Democrats to the House have reserved nearly $...
Amherst's Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board have signed off on plans for a $15 million mixed-use development...
Today, Republican voters in the newly drawn 27th Congressional Dist. go to the polls to select a candidate to challenge Democ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres have released their 2012-13 schedule. The Sabres will play games on consecutive nights ...
(AP) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Marco Rub...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say the wife of Trayvon Martin's shooter is being accused of lying to a judge about the...
According to the AAA, the current average cost for a gallon of unleaded gas in the region is $3.84.The State Health Depar...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears ...
RELATED STORIES: George Zimmerman back in jail| Zimmerman credibility may be hurt by bond dispute| Video: Zimmerman's bon...
(CBS News) Nearly a year after announcing his presidential bid, CBS News estimates that Mitt Romney has earned the necessary ...
TAMPA, Florida - The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al Qaeda - hacking into al Qaeda websites...
(CBS) ORLANDO, Fla. - A year before George Zimmerman shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death, he stood before a City Hall co...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineProf. Robert Thompson, Syracuse Univ. Pop Culture ExpertSEE PICTURES OF GIBBS's L...
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Barack Oba...
(AP) For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades o...
Do you use Facebook for business or pleasure? Has the novelty faded?Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesd...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDavid Mark, Politico.com(AP/WBEN)A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama is air...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
On The Campaign Trail.....Fresh from declaring his support of same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama is diving into the em...
(CBS News) -- Mitt Romney swept the three Republican primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia Tuesday, collecti...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) -- As the second week of testimony was about to begin inthe manslaughter trial of Dr. James Corasanti,defe...
Two former and two current Transportation Security Administration employees were accused of allowing large amounts of cocaine...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Sanford city commission rejected the resignation of the police chief harshly criticized for his han...
(CBS News) SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman was released on bail overnight.Officials in Florida say Zimmerman, the neighborho...
A judge says George Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Marti...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case has removed herself after George Zimmerman'...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) About a month after Direct Air filed for bankruptcy, Congressman Brian Higgins and Congresswoman Kathy Hoc...
MONTEREY, Calif. (Associated Press / WBEN)— Dole Food Co. said late Saturday that its fresh vegetables division is reca...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) - Officials are hoping that improvements at the Niagara Falls Airport will help out another high pro...
Hamburg (WBEN/AP) -- The killing of Trayvon Martin -- and the subsequent arrest of George Zimmerman -- has again sparked disc...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) One pre-trial hearing could mean no trial for George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin. One local a...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Now that George Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder, we can soon expect a trial in the sh...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen have withdra...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Special prosecutor Angela Corey said Monday she will not take the Trayvon Martin shooting death before ...
Philadelphia, PA (WBEN/AP) - The Buffalo Sabres have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs with a loss to Philadelphia Thursd...
Niagara Falls (WBEN) -- It's a financial boost for the Niagara Falls International Airport.Congresswoman Kathy Hochul tod...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- Friends and family of the late Buffalo Mayor James D. Griffin gathered Wednesday night to unveil the clay...
One potential Mega Millions Jackpot winner in Maryland was a McDonald's employee who claimed to hold the winning ticket a...
(CBS News) -- President Obama has overtaken Republican candidate Mitt Romney for the first time of the 2012 campaign in a doz...
(AP/WBEN) A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank offic...
A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creat...
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- A security video that shows neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman being led in handcuffs from a p...
Niagara Falls (WBEN) -- Several speakers taking part in a vigil to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin at Hyde Park in Niagara...
Police video of George Zimmerman addsto the debate overself-defenseSEE THAT VIDEO HEREWASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bobby Rush donn...
As outrage over the shooting of Trayvon Martin continues, much of the nation's editorial pages and commentators are focus...
Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed is becoming a way of protes...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Jessica Jenkins scored 22 points and Doris Ortega contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead St. ...
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 ...
The AAA reports that the average gallon of gas in the area costs $3.99. Last year, the price didn't top $4.00 unt...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a suspicious package sent to Rush Limbaugh's South Florida home was not dangerou...
TMZ.com is reporting that Davy Jones, the member of the 1960's TV rock band The Monkees, has died of a heart attack. He was 6...
Mitt Romney is fighting to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in a high-stakes Michigan primary that will not decide the R...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- The GOP presidential candidates have had a lot of practice -- and will again debate the issues tonight i...
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest Empire State Manufacturing Report showed another rise in business condition...
Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide ins...
(AP)WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family m...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- Some of the institutions that usually button up for winter in WNY are really making the most of the sprin...
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...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A prominent member of theRepublican Party in Western New York says Mitt Romney rebounded well from his earl...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, reboundin...
ANALYSIS: Shorn of his front-runner image after a defeat by Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, Romney is campaigning for...
Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for no...
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...
(WBEN) Reporters who have followed both Ron Paul and Rick Santorum early in their career seem united in one view: Each is out...
(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...
(AP) NFL officials conspired to hide evidence linking concussions to dementia and brain disease, seven retired players --inlc...
Why did Newt Gingrich win South Carolina?His media bashing rebuttal to an ex-wife's charges certainly resonated, accordin...
(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 ...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)Though he has yet to see the video, a local Muslim says he has heard the reports of the video of Marines all...
(AP) Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and ea...
THEWBENPOLITICSPAGENEWHAMPSHIRERESULTSWhile Mitt Romney is the overwhelming favorite to win the New Hampshire presidential pr...
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) -- Voters in the tiny New Hampshire village famed for casting the first ballots in the nation's fir...
Batavia (WBEN) -- Authorities in Genesee County announcing a drug bust on Saturday. The arrests happened late Friday night in...
(WBEN)There are still likely more closures to come,but for now there are no New York state stores on the initial list of stor...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Jason Pominville scored at 2:19 of overtime, and Ryan Miller finished with 22 saves to lift the Buffalo ...
The AAA reports gas prices have remained flat this week in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area. It costs an average of $3.60 f...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Syracuse men's basketball is unbeaten and unsettled.Former longtime assistant coach Bernie Fine is und...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim said Friday he's "really sorry" he question...
Spot Coffee's newest cafe has opened on Hertel Avenue near North Park. It's the fourth Buffalo-area outlet. There are three o...
10 injured at LA Walmart on Black Friday eve (AP) Authorities say at least 10 people suffered minor in...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine says allegations that he molested two former ball boys...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN) -- Tuesday's road trip by the Occupy Buffalo forces to the Amherst law offices of Steven J. Baum was perfec...
(WBEN/AP)The Philadelphia Flyers chased All-Star goalie Ryan Miller with three early goals in a 3-2 victory Wednesday night, ...
Approx. Three Million In The Dark The number of homes and businesses still without power on the East C...
Buffalo, NY(WGR) -- The Sabres gave up another lead on home ice against thePanthers on Saturday. Florida struck twice in the ...
A Florida investment group has purchased a Delaware Avenue plaza for a reported $4.5 million. Business First reports the ...
(AP) Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tues...
Montreal, QC(WBEN/WGR) -- Ryan Miller served notice that he will be a dominant force in the NHLagain this season, making 40 s...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)22 arrests and four indictments have been unsealed in connection with a cocaine pipeline from Puerto Rico to...
AsTexas Gov.Rick Perryas tumbled in polls for the Republican race for president, Herman Cain - the former pizza magnate and r...
Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates, according to a new CB...
(AP)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reaffirmed to supporters that he isn't running for president, even as a speech he deli...
(AP/CBS) Herman Cain was the clear winner Saturday of a straw poll of Republican activists in this battleground state, amassi...
COMPLETECOVERAGE:WATCHTHEDEBATE | LEAVEACOMMENT Side by side in confrontational debate, Republican pre...
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