Don't do the crime if you can't do the timePhillips mistreatment claims: just a lot of whining? Ralph 'Bucky' Phillips, who killed a State Trooper this summer while escaping his jail cell, recently wrote a letter to The Buffalo News claiming that he is being mistreated in his cell at the Chemung County Jail.Due to his 24-hour surveillance, for example, he feels his privacy has been invaded.
In their first dual-meet of the season, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams both achieved mutual satisfaction as both defeated local rival Canisius on Friday night.
M. BasketballFriday:Buffalo77Cleveland State73M. SwimmingFriday:Buffalo138Canisius79W. SwimmingFriday:Buffalo136Canisius79FootballSaturday:Wisconsin35Buffalo3M.
Boxes piled with clothes and packages stuffed with food were a sign of the Student Association's annual clothing drive being put into high gear this past Saturday.The clothing and canned goods donated to the drive are dispersed to the Buffalo community."It benefits the Buffalo city mission, a non-profit organization that provides food and clothing to underprivileged families in the area," said Alison Merner, SA club services director.In order to increase donations, SA has given its clubs a challenge that began in October and ends mid-November so that the donations will be ready in time for Thanksgiving."It's a competition between clubs," Merner said.
There are those who look forward to Thanksgiving the entire year - and then there are those who would rather stay at home and watch TV by themselves.Enduring yet another dysfunctional, tension-filled family gathering is a lot like having the flu.
Women want him. Men want to be him. Convincing audiences that they want to emulate a rock-star secret agent will contribute to the unshakable success of the "Bond" movie.Ian Fleming's novel "Casino Royale" returns to the big screen with a new portrayal and revamped style that's sure to entice die-hard "007" fans while gaining the respect of anyone who can appreciate a slightly darker, more rugged action film.
As the Bulls leave the America's Youth Classic, there are two new notes in the team's record book.
UB's Center for the Arts exploded into a rhythmic celebration of India's dance and culture this weekend.
The aromas of lemongrass, mint, and a medley of other herbs and spices accompanied the end of International Education Week in the Student Union on Friday.
Tracy Snyder, a sophomore theater major, has been scrapbooking since she was 13 years old, and she doesn't plan on stopping any time soon.
Much like their first two games of the season, the women's basketball team found themselves trailing early, this time to the Manhattan Jaspers.
The ideal Thanksgiving: family and friends, miraculously getting along, stare in awe at a perfectly golden-brown turkey on a silver platter.
This past Friday a guest speaker shed light on the factors responsible for creating Hurricane Katrina.Vijay Singh, head of the environmental engineering department at Texas A&M University, hosted a lecture in which he explained that the devastation caused by the 2005 hurricane had in fact been building up for several decades."New Orleans is an area that had become very vulnerable to any level of hurricane attack, even more so in Katrina's case due to it being a level five (storm)," he said.
With another Buffalo businessman slain in an unsolved robbery on Wednesday morning and the Thursday announcement that the "bike path rapist" is indeed connected to the death of Joan Diver, the only thing that is clear about Western New York crime investigation is that it is in great need of reformation.This is a wake up call for the community and the police.Police investigators need to realize that violent crimes, like robbery-homicides in broad daylight and sexual assault like Linda Yalem, are not unique incidents.
Say cheese!When the Bulls travel to Madison, Wis. this weekend it will be the third time this season they face a nationally ranked opponent.
On Monday, one of the largest bands on the planet will solidify their place in music history with the release of "Stop The Clocks." Oasis, lead by the seasoned fist-swinging Gallagher brothers, will initiate themselves into the realm of legendary bands by releasing the best of their material as a greatest hits compilation.The British boxers are best known in the U.S.
Thursday morning, the Erie County Sheriff's Department announced a DNA link between the recent murder of Joan Diver and the still-unsolved 1990 homicide of UB student Linda Yalem.Diver, wife of chemistry professor Steven Diver, is the third homicide now linked to the "bike path rapist" - 10 total unsolved assaults have been attributed to the unidentified attacker over the last 20 years."From the beginning of the Joan Diver investigation, similarities were noted," said Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard at the Tuesday press conference.Discrepancies between the latest homicide and the other attacks, however, kept officials from linking the cases right away - unlike the other nine victims, it does not appear that Diver was sexually assaulted before she was killed.Officials would not say where the DNA that was matched.
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