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Saturday, November 7, 2009

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'Extreme Makeover' comes knocking for Buffalo family

Updated: 12:17 PM /
Television personality Ty Pennington this morning knocked on the door of a Jamaican immigrant living on Buffalo's West Side.

Firefighters battling blaze at warehouse

1:57 PM /
Buffalo firefighters are battling a major fire at a warehouse on Exchange Street near the Larkin Building.

Cheektowaga beats Alden 27-13; follow today's playoff action live

Updated: 2:31 PM /
One down, two to go out at Ralph Wilson Stadium, where the Section VI high school football playoffs are under way. Cheektowaga defeated Alden in the day's first matchup; Southwestern takes on Eden at 3 p.m. Reporter Keith McShea and photographer Mark Mulville follow all of the day's action at Prep Talk Live.

Delores Powell, center, and her four children in the backyard of their Massachusetts Avenue home in April 2008. From left are Deborah, Gabrielle, Delores, Anschell and Joel.
Charles Lewis/News file photo

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BLOGS

News & Opinion

Got jobs?

The breaking news on the economic front this morning is the latest, and still frightening, unemployment situation:…

— from Strictly Business

Editorials: Today's editorial board meeting (11/6)

Hi, all. Today's board meeting opened with discussion of the tragedy at Fort Hood, but we're not going to weigh in…

— from Matters of Opinion

Sports

Track Talk: Betting the Breeders' Cup II

ARCADIA, Calif. --- After a disastrous first day, we're aiming for a financial turnaround on Saturday at the…

— from Sports, Ink

Signs point to Enroth

If the Sabres' morning skate was any indication, rookie goalie Jhonas Enroth will make his NHL debut tonight…

— from Sabres Edge

Life & Arts

Zeppelin Fighters of the Stone Age

Not sure I could've dreamed up a cooler band then Them Crooked Vultures. Foo Fighter Dave Grohl back behind the kit…

— from Miers on Music

Zagajewski's poetry of the cosmic world and the human face

"Poetry summons us to life, to courage/ in the face of growing shadow./ Can you gaze at the Earth/ like the perfect…

— from ArtsBeat

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Sports

Cheektowaga beats Alden 27-13; follow today's playoff action live

Updated: 2:31 PM /
One down, two to go out at Ralph Wilson Stadium, where the Section VI high school football playoffs are under way. Cheektowaga defeated Alden in the day's first matchup; Southwestern takes on Eden at 3 p.m. Reporter Keith McShea and photographer Mark Mulville follow all of the day's action at Prep Talk Live.

Business

Obama signs law benefiting unemployed and home buyers

Updated: 12:00 AM /
President Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective home buyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.

World & Nation

Obama appeals for health care votes

Updated: 2:32 PM /
President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House voted to advance debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.

Opinion

Looking at these elections

Updated: 9:57 PM /
Today's editorial page looks back at Tuesday's elections? Would it have been too much for Sheriff Tim Howard to pledge to fix the real problems at the jail, rather than thanking his followers for not believing in them? And the low voter turnout was dismaying but Niagara Legislature downsizing was a plus.