Once-dicey Buffalo, New York is on the cusp of something big and other top stories.

• Once-dicey Buffalo, New York is on the cusp of something big

  From its booming city center to its buzzing West Side, Buffalo — once considered too dicey to even walk around — feels like a city on the cusp of something big.

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• Pro Football|NFL Fans: This Is the Year for Your Team! (No It Isn't.)

  

  Photo The Oakland Raiders took safety Karl Joseph with the 14th over all pick in this year’s N.F.L. Draft. Credit Eric Risberg/Associated Press The draft is over, and free agents have been signed. Training camps are springing to life around the country. It’s the peak moment for a feeling often in short supply among N.F.L. fans: optimism. There’s no reason all 32 teams can’t overachieve this year, right?Here’s a look at the league through the rose-colored glasses of late..

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• Millennial wave turning Rust Belt Cities into 'Brain Belt' cities

  

  A new wave of millennials is flocking to Rust Belt cities, attracted by affordable housing, the cache of converted industrial buildings, and the growing young adult population in these resurgent cities. Even as some of these cities witness an overall population decrease, an influx of educated young people makes for a more robust knowledge economy, helping to create a virtuous cycle that attracts even more educated people, according to a new analysis from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Baltimore, Bu..

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• How can Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick justify 400% raise?

  

  Or the old Fitz who threw three interceptions in the fourth quarter in the final game in Buffalo that cost the Jets the playoffs? The focus was on Fitz in the Buffalo ...

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• Todd Bowles has no fear as Jets stare down difficult schedule

  

  The NFL schedule-makers did the Jets no favors with the way their schedule begins this season. The Jets play five teams who made the playoffs last year in their first six games. The one team on that list that did not make it is the Bills, and the Jets play them in Buffalo — on a Thursday night — with Bruce Smith’s jersey being retired at halftime. Many observers look at this run of games and expect the Jets to struggle mightily in the first two months, but coach Todd Bowles said he is not focus..

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