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The power came back on in my area of Hamburg (McKinley Mall area) at 7:00pm. Hopefully the same is happening for others as well. Our power went off about 11pm last night. Between the eerie silence, the sound of tree after tree snapping and falling, and the bizzare blue lightning, it was one of the…

It’s an exceptionally hot summer day in Buffalo. After a long, boring day at work, do you: A. Hop in the nearest pool B. Enjoy dinner and a movie in lovely, comforting air conditioning C. Take a stroll along the beach D. Rip four seasons of decorative crap out of the closet under the stairs…

Lauren Fix was on WBEN this afternoon talking cars with Sandy Beach. I’ve had my Eclipse for almost five years now and it’s been a great car, but I’m always thinking about what car I’d like to buy next. Lauren said, “Your car is your personality” which I fully agree with. I tend to like…

Good column over at Bloomberg.com from Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. — The subprime and other junk mortgages that Fannie and Freddie bought — and the market in these mortgages that their buying spawned — are the underlying cause of the financial crisis. These…