The Buffalo News

For Buffalo sports fans without picture-in-picture televisions and unable to visit an establishment with multiple TVs, overlapping games by the Sabres and Bills posed a serious dilemma Thursday night. Full Story »

Sabres goaltender Patrick Lalime has agreed to a two-game conditioning assignment with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, Buffalo general manager Darcy Regier announced today in a press release. Full Story »

Brandon W. McLean pleaded guilty today to felony charges carrying a prison term of about 25 years for injuring four lawmen and three pedestrians during hit-and-run incidents after the Oct. 11 Buffalo Bills game. Full Story »

NIAGARA FALLS — An 88-year-old domed theater on Main Street that has survived disco, heavy metal and "Girls Gone Wild" has a new life after a two-year, $1.8 million renovation that restored many of its original features. Full Story »

The Buffalo News' NFL staff makes its picks against the point spread of each week's National Football League games. Full Story »

First Niagara Financial Group plans to apply to federal regulators to convert its main subsidiary to a commercial bank, abandoning the savings bank or thrift charter it has held since its establishment. Full Story »

City of Tonawanda and Amherst police early this afternoon were questioning a possible suspect in the robberies of two Tops Markets in the Northtowns within half an hour Saturday. Full Story »

Jeffrey Hernandez was sentenced to 12 years in prison today for slashing the throat of his estranged girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter. Full Story »

The Buffalo Sabres take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight at HSBC Arena. Following today's morning skate, News hockey columnist Bucky Gleason answered your questions on the league and the Sabres. Full Story »

Pop quiz: When was the last time the Buffalo Bills and Sabres played at the same time? Full Story »

Get out the heavy coats and galoshes again. Full Story »

The fired Grand Island Bridge toll collector who sent threatening e-mails to an anti-toll activist on the Island pleaded guilty to a violation charge of harassment Wednesday evening in Grand Island Town Court. Full Story »

Claiming that charter schools drain dollars and students from Buffalo's traditional schools, the Board of Education voted, 6-2, Wednesday evening to seek a state moratorium on new charter schools in and around the city. Full Story »

Be very glad that the Bills are playing the New York Jets indoors in Toronto and not outside in Ralph Wilson Stadium tonight. The forecast for the evening hours is the kind of weather your mother always told you not to go out in. It's going to be cold, with temperatures dropping through the 30s. It's going to be windy, with gusts of 25 mph or more. And it's going to be soggy. The rain is ... Full Story »

City of Tonawanda and Amherst police are asking for the public's help in locating an identified man wanted for questioning in the robberies of two Tops Markets in the Northtowns within half an hour Saturday. Full Story »

University at Buffalo senior wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt, senior tight end Jesse Rack and junior safety Davonte Shannon were all named first-team All-Mid-American Conference selections today. Full Story »

NIAGARA FALLS -- An unattended candle was blamed for starting a fire that injured a LaSalle Avenue man early today. Full Story »

A Buffalo arts and antique dealer was taken into custody today to begin a six-month jail term for bilking National Fuel out of thousands of dollars to heat his home and warehouse for years. Full Story »

LOCKPORT -- A teen charged with driving the pickup truck that killed a fellow Lockport High school student has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Full Story »

Cummins Inc. said it will temporarily lay off about 400 employees in January at its engine plant near Jamestown. Full Story »

LEWISTON -- Welcome to the Christmas we all dream about -- horse-drawn carriages, mansions, champagne and . . . Full Story »

The Buffalo Bandits signed five players, including Hamburg native Frank Resetarits, for the 2010 season, said Buffalo Bandits Director of Lacrosse Operations Scott Loffler on Wednesday in a news release. Full Story »

Joseph M. Giambra was taken into custody today as he was sentenced to six months in jail followed by 10 years of probation and treatment for sexually molesting a 79-year-old woman who suffers from dementia. Full Story »

Two adults and two children were routed from their home by a pre-dawn fire that caused an estimated $25,000 damage today, Buffalo fire officials reported. Full Story »

Voters in the Williamsville Central School District overwhelmingly approved a $29.5 million capital improvement project Tuesday, 867-215. Full Story »