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Developers checking in with more hotel rooms

Updated: 9:35 AM /
The Embassy Suites hotel in the Avant building added 150 suites to the city's portfolio of downtown hotel rooms when it debuted in July. That opening could turn out to be just the start of a wave of new hotels entering the market. But is there sufficient guest demand for the supply of rooms?

Driver in crash that killed four was going 90 mph, deputies say

11:39 PM /
A day before Viktor Shapiro drove 90 mph to his death with three other Amherst teenagers, he raced down the same road in Clarence with a friend doing 115 mph.

Arrest made in Lisbon Ave. party stabbing

11:42 PM /
A Buffalo man was arrested Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old Clarence man outside a University District house. Todd Heatley, 28, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jacob Herbert, who was stabbed several times at about 4:30 a.m. last Saturday outside 112 Lisbon Ave.

The Embassy Suites at the Avant on Delaware opened in July, adding 150 hotel rooms. More projects are on the horizon.
Bill Wippert / Buffalo News

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Sports

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This Day in Buffalo Sports History: All the way

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Life & Arts

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City & Region

Mother who lost leg marks birthday at home

Updated: 11:51 PM /
Sarah Gregory celebrated her 31st birthday Friday in the company of her husband and 7-month-old daughter in their Amherst home. More than seven weeks after she was hit by a car on South Park Avenue and lost her left leg, Gregory was released from Erie County Medical Center.

Sports

Sabres fall flat, Flyers take advantage

Updated: 12:19 AM /
It's something that hasn't been said often this season, but there was no debate this time. From the crease on out, the Buffalo Sabres were the inferior team.

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

Decision day for health care in the House

Updated: 9:10 AM /
President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.

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.