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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — There’s a chance, other than the seven draft choices, that none of them will make the Bills’ roster. But this past weekend, the o...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It was the first meeting of the Ralph Wilson Stadium Wall of Fame committee since the Bills’ team owner and facility’s namesake p...

Five more area seniors have accepted invitations to play in this year’s Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic. Added to the Pennsylvania roster are Thoma...

A few items found while cleaning out the notebook: The first item was sent in by Dan and Pam Reinhardt of Bradford on the track and field success of t...

WASHINGTON — When my neighbor gleefully reported that Bill Maher had dedicated a searing monologue to me for a column about the Donald Sterling/Cliven...

After a few days of hunting it can be difficult to drag yourself out of bed well before daylight to hunt gobblers when the birds won’t cooperate. For ...

WASHINGTON — The genius of the Constitution is to establish zones in which the rights of the minority are protected against majority oppression: freed...

It’s time once again to clean out the notebook while waiting to see what Big 30 team makes the longest run in the state playoffs this spring: While on...

Commissioner Adam Silver barely waited until Anderson Cooper had signed off when he issued an apology for the owner his predecessor should have run ou...

Why, many are asking, did it take the world so long to pay much attention to the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls by Muslim fanatics in Nigeria...

WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa, revolted by the police-state arrogance of some elected prosecutors, has stopped a partisan abuse of...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It was a mantra during the Bill Polian/John Butler/Marv Levy era. The Bills wanted nothing to do with players of questionable cha...

WASHINGTON — On the eve of the Obama administration’s release Tuesday of a report warning about grave consequences of climate change, presidential cou...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So what do we make of the Bills’ draft? Clearly, to use the words of President/CEO Russ Brandon, it was “bold and aggressive.” Wh...

The real problem with writing this weekly column, other than never having any quality material, is most of these items are older than the meatloaf in ...

WASHINGTON — The unfolding GOP primary season is clarifying two points: The Republican establishment is back, and it is more conservative than you’d t...

WASHINGTON — After the marshal on Monday spoke the traditional “God save the United States and this honorable court,” the Supreme Court ruled that the...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So the rumors about the Bills looking to trade up in Thursday’s first round of the draft were true ... now the question is whethe...

WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky may not have intended it this way, but she just did Hillary Clinton a big favor. Lewinsky could be forgiven, of course, i...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — You’ve heard the phrase ad nauseum ... though it’s morphed a bit. Back in the ’70s National Football League general managers, whe...