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Cuomo: Cashless tolls coming for Niagara Thruway bridges

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File-This Aug. 17, 2017, file photo shows Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor passing the ball before an NFL preseason football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Taylor understood there would be changes to the Buffalo Bills group of receivers when he elected to return for a third season by restructuring his contract in March. Little did he anticipate how drastic that transformation would become some four months later. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bills receivers challenged to adapt after Boldin retires

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Police arrest man, woman in fatal beating in Buffalo

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Minnesota Vikings' Trae Waynes (26) and Edmond Robinson (51) tackle Buffalo Bills' Sammy Watkins (14) on a punt return during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Rich Barnes)

Bills trade Watkins to Rams, get Matthews from Eagles

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Minnesota Vikings running back C.J. Ham (30) rushes for a touchdown during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Keenum leads Vikings to 17-10 preseason win over Bills

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Okposo says he’s healthy after concussion put him in ICU

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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2005, file photo, Buffalo Bills fan Kevin Welninski, of West Seneca, N.Y., displays his displeasure with the Bills during their NFL football game against the Denver Broncos at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Hope might run eternal in Buffalo, but it usually comes with a hint (or more) of skepticism given how much time has passed since the Bills were relevant. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

Playoff drought looms over Buffalo Bills’ latest fresh start

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Upstate NY lawmakers cheer expansion of Uber, Lyft

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Goal of nation’s first opioid court: Keep users alive

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

Correction: Buffalo Soldiers-Marker story

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In this June 28, 2017, photo, a sign on route 49/46 in Rome, N.Y., marks the spot where digging for construction on the Erie Canal began. This Fourth of July marks the 200th anniversary of the ceremonial first digging for the construction of the Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway that would change history. (John Clifford/The Daily Sentinel via AP)

Work on Erie Canal began 200 years ago and changed history

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016 file photon mosquitos collected by Chris Horton, of the Berkshire County Mosquito Control Project, are displayed in Pittsfield, Mass. The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University reports that 2017 was the fourth-wettest spring on record from West Virginia to Maine., raising concerns about a corresponding spike in mosquito-borne illnesses. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

Health officials wary as wet spring leads to mosquitoes

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, Minnesota Wild's Jason Pominville, left, congratulates teammate Marco Scandella after he scored during the first period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, in St. Louis. Former Sabres captain Jason Pominville is returning to Buffalo after being acquired along with defenseman Marco Scandella in a four-player trade with the Minnesota Wild, Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Captain returns: Sabres land Pominville in trade with Wild

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles. Hailing a ride with a smartphone app in many U.S. cities could come down to a fight over fingerprints. Following incidents where Uber drivers were found to have criminal records, a growing number of state and local governments want ride-hailing drivers to undergo fingerprint background checks. Uber and its chief rival, Lyft, have fought those checks, contending their own method of vetting drivers is just as safe. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Need a ride? Uber, Lyft running in upstate NY, Long Island

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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino holds a baseball bat as he concedes the election in Buffalo, N.Y. Paladino, a one-time candidate for governor of New York who publicly insulted former President Barack Obama and his wife, may be booted off the Buffalo School Board. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

The Latest: Lawyer: School board member hearing a ‘charade’

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Dave Kummer, left, and Steve Rice roll through coal country Friday on bikes they'll pedal all the way to Maine to raise money for Fanconi anemia research. Steve Rice and Dave Kummer, two cyclists from Denver, are riding across the country to raise money and awareness for a rare disease while honoring a friend who was killed last year. For 40 years, Kummer, 61, said he had wanted to ride across the country, but he didn’t have the time. Then he retired and brought up the idea with his friend Rice, 66, who suggested they do it for charity. They decided to focus on Fanconi anemia, a hereditary disease that affects the bone marrow. (Ed Glazar/Gillette News Record via AP)

Pair pedal through Gillette, raising money for research

By JONATHAN GALLARDO - Associated Press

Beaulieu welcomed Montreal trading him to Buffalo Sabres

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2015, file photo, Nashville Predators assistant coach Phil Housley instructs players at NHL hockey training camp in Nashville, Tenn. The Buffalo Sabres hire Housley as their new coach, the club announced Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Housley home-coming: Returning to Buffalo as Sabres coach

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 13, 2017 photo, Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus, right, prepares to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball game in Buffalo, N.Y.. He is joined by Bisons general manager Michael Buczkowski. The Bisons honored the Bills player by hosting a “Marcell Dareus Night,” in which he donated $2,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Buffalo and also hosted about 100 children to watch the game from the stands. (AP Photo/John Wawrow)

Bills’ Dareus makes 1st pitch in bid to put troubles behind

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Police: 2 NY raids yield 40 lbs. of pot, $700K-plus in cash

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