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Buffalo is tied for No. 18 among the top 25 cities for dog bites on postal workers, according to a new survey released this week. The statistics on dog bites are part of a joint collaborative awareness effort between the U.S. Postal Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the medical and veterinary community and the insurance industry. May 19-25 has been designated as National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Nationally, 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs, with children accounting…

Five colleges in Western New York will receive a combined $2 million in federal funds for the 2012-13 academic year. The dollars will support aUpward Bounda programs at Buffalo State College, DaYouville College, SUNY Fredonia, Genesee Community College and the University at Buffalo, according to the U.S. Department of Educationas website. Upward Bound prepares disadvantaged high school students for college by providing academic tutoring, course selection counseling and financial literacy. Funding…

Ranging from university research professors hoping to provide treatments for cancer, to recent college grads hawking digital sheet music, more than 30 entrepreneurs pitched their products to potential investors during a two-day venture forum in Buffalo. The 2012 Venture Forum May 16-17 featured two full days of networking and deal-making, attracting both entrepreneurs from Upstate New York and Southern Ontario together with and venture capital professionals from throughout the state and beyond. In…

Read to Succeed Buffalo received a $70,000 funding renewal grant from the The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation. The grant continues a partnership that began in 2007 when Read to Succeed was created to focus on the needs of early childhood literacy. The grant enables the organization to continue programming in literacy coaching and other programs that help children succeed in school. Read to Succeed provides programs for children from birth through eighth grade, including teacher support for individual…

Congratulations to Western New Yorkas 34 Healthiest Companies that were honored at a May 17 luncheon at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The second annual event was sponsored by Independent Health, Wegmans Food Markets and YMCA Buffalo Niagara and hosted by Business First. The finalists were chosen based on employee surveys that were measured by Healthiest Employers LLC, based in Indianapolis. See the accompanying slide show. (Photos from two participants a Azerty Inc., and Mount St….

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is getting the word out a again a about a destructive beetle that is threatening New Yorkas 900 million ash trees. Sunday, May 20 marks the start of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness throughout the state. The first appearance of the bug in New York state a in Randolph 50 miles south of Buffalo a was confirmed June 17 by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Agriculture and Marketing. The DEC has a map showing…

Buffalo ranks 35th on a new list of America’s manufacturing hubs. The rankings were released this morning by On Numbers, an online service of American City Business Journals Inc., the parent company of Business First. The study says manufacturing is more important to the economy of Wichita than to any other major market across America. The manufacturing sector contains 18.1 percent of all jobs in the Wichita region, according to On Numbers’ analysis of the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…

This weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer — for Canadians, anyway. It’s Victoria Day weekend, and the St. Catharines Standard says the forecast is as good as it could get. The forecast from Environment Canada is for sunny and warm weather all weekend. aItas a perfect 10,a says David Phillips, a senior climatologist at Environment Canada. Malls in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N.Y., areas are expecting heavy traffic as cross-border shoppers take advantage of an extra day of…

A quick look at what’s happening today.

Commissioner John King responds to criticism about having one of his staff rule on his decision to suspend funds to Buffalo.

Netgear says its first next-gen Wi-Fi router will go on sale next week, with a lower-end version and a USB notebook adapter to follow this summer.

Buffalo Technology says its first 802.11ac router and media bridge are on sale now, making it the first to market with next-generation gigabit Wi-Fi gear.

TORONTO a Brandon Morrow pitched his second shutout in four starts, blanking the Mets on three hits and leading the Toronto Blue Jays over New York 2-0 on Saturday.

Morrow (5-2) struck out eight and walked one to win for the fifth time in six outings. He has three career shutouts, including a victory over the Los Angeles Angels on May 3.

Toronto matched its season high by winning its fourth in a row overall.

Morrow also benefited from a close call in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Scott Hairston led off with a walk and went to third on Mike Baxter’s one-out single. Baxter tried to stretch his hit into a double but was thrown out at second base by Jose Bautista.

Baxter and Mets manager Terry Collins argued with umpire Brian Knight that shortstop Yunel Escobar had failed to tag Baxter. Replays confirmed that Baxter should have been safe.

Instead, Morrow ended the game by getting Daniel Murphy to line out to shortstop.

New York lost for the sixth time in nine games and saw starter Miguel Batista leave with a sore lower back after two scoreless innings.

The right-hander warmed up for the third but had to be replaced by righty Jeremy Hefner, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo before the game.

Hefner (0-1) held the Blue Jays in check until the fifth, when ninth-place hitter Jeff Mathis singled with two outs. Kelly Johnson doubled to center and the ball got past Andres Torres for an error, allowing Mathis to score the opening run and sending Johnson to third. Escobar followed with an RBI single to right.

Mets third baseman David Wright, whose .409 batting average is highest in the majors, was held out of the lineup. Collins said Wright is still slowed by an illness and could be kept out of Sunday’s series finale.

Escobar and Johnson each doubled and singled.

Morrow set down the first seven batters he faced before Ronny Cedeno singled through the right side in the third. Unfazed, Morrow retired the next 13 Mets batters in order, a streak that ended with Lucas Duda’s two-out double to right in the seventh. Morrow promptly ended the inning by striking out Ike Davis.

NOTES: Mets INF Jordany Valdespin was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Hefner. … Mets OF Jason Bay (fractured rib) hit off a tee Saturday and remains on track to resume full batting practice Monday in Pittsburgh. … Blue Jays LHP Evan Crawford (back spasms) was not available. … Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero went 0 for 4 Friday in his first game action at extended spring training, splitting time between the outfield and DH.

Osi Umenyiora promised Saturday to buy back Giants great Lawrence Taylor his Super Bowl XXV ring.

The catch — the Giants defensive end will only bid to win the auction if he lands one million followers on Twitter.

Umenyiora put himself forward as an unlikely entrant early Saturday.

“All L.T, NYG, NFL FANS! If i get 1million followers, i will buy L.T’s ring back and give it to him,” he tweeted. “The 1,000,000th will give it to him. In person. I’m not joking.”

Umenyiora will need to pay a six-figure sum to land the 1991 ring, with the top offer after 24 bids standing at $108,378 with less than 12 hours to go before the auction ends Saturday night.

But his money looked safe with the Umenyiora approximately 970,000 followers off the one million mark at the same stage.

Umenyiora later clarified it would be a random follower that would return the ring to Taylor, after it was pointed out that those helping him get to seven figures on Twitter would be doing so without a shot at the main reward.

Taylor, meanwhile, was still coming to terms with the fact that his Super Bowl ring, which he won at the end of the 1990-91 season when the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills in the title game, was even up for auction.

A longtime representative of Taylor told FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer on Friday that the former NFL linebacker had given the championship ring to his son TJ who could do whatever he wanted with it.

“Lawrence was in fact unaware of it but said he gave it to TJ and it’s his right to do what he wants with it. He’s fine with whatever TJ decided,” Mark Lepselter told Glazer.

TORONTO aJon Nieseas short outing hurt the Mets last night, and it could continue to affect the club for days to come.

Niese allowed eight runs in last nightas 14-5 loss to the Blue Jays and lasted just three innings. It was the shortest of several recent short starts from the rotation a Mets starters have only pitched seven or more innings in three of 16 games in May. Niese has both of the shortest outings in that stretch, also lasting three innings in a start against the Astros on May 1.

The rotationas recent inability to go deep into games stands out given the Mets are only eight games through a stretch of 20 consecutive games before their next scheduled off-day. It puts even more pressure on a bullpen that has already been called into action more often than manager Terry Collins would have preferred.

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aOur bullpen has pitched very well, and [pitched] a lot this year,a Collins said. aItas a concern because you can wear them out early and weare going to need them throughout the season.a

In an ideal situation, Collins would probably have left Niese in a bit longer just for the sake of eating innings, but felt he needed to remove the left-hander since it was clear Niese didnat have his best stuff.

aI had to do it,a Collins said. aHis pitch count was getting up there and I was just making sure we could get him prepared for his next start.a

Manny Acosta, Ramon Ramirez, rookie Robert Carson and (of all people) catcher Rob Johnson pitched the remaining five innings for the Mets, with Acosta allowing five runs and Ramirez one more.

After last nightas performance, the Metsa bullpen ERA stands at 5.24, better than only the Phillies (5.34) among major league teams.

The Mets have some reinforcements on the way but not in the immediate future. Jenrry Mejia is on a minor league rehab assignment as he recovers from Tommy John surgery and is expected get some work out of the bullpen at Triple-A Buffalo. Right-hander Pedro Beato is recovering from a shoulder injury and is on the 60-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, making him eligible to return in about a weekas time.

Carson was making his major league debut last night, and allowed one walk in a scoreless inning. The left-hander was called up from Double-A Binghamton after D.J. Carrasco was designated for assignment Thursday.

Johnson made the first pitching appearance of his six-year professional career, moving to the mound after catching the first seven innings. He pitched a perfect eighth inning, retiring all three batters and even recording a strikeout of Blue Jays left fielder Eric Thames.

The Mets would count it as a bonus if they could get at least seven innings from either of their scheduled starters for the remainder of the this series. Converted reliever Miguel Batista is set to start today, having thrown seven shutout innings in his last start Monday against the Brewers. Dillon Gee, tomorrowas starter, has lasted at least 5 1/3 innings in all seven of his starts this season, but the right-hander has struggled to the tune of a 5.65 ERA.

BUFFALO a An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a Buffalo-to-New York City flight with a loaded revolver in his bag, and federal authorities believe head been flying with it for two days.

The US attorney in Buffalo charged 52-year-old Brett Dieter of Barbersville, Va., with possessing a concealed .357 Magnum, which a screener spotted before he boarded yesterday at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The Piedmont Airways employee was to pilot a US Airways-contracted flight to La Guardia Airport.

Investigators believe Dieter had been flying with the weapon since Wednesday, when he flew from Charlottesville, Va., to New York City without having his bag X-rayed. Head made seven flights since.

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