Chrissie Bates’s photo: murder victim was working as a prostitute

​Minneapolis Police are still investigating the murder of Chrissie Bates, the transgender woman who was found dead in her downtown apartment Monday.Before she died, Chrissie was working as…
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Chrissie Bates, transgender homicide victim, found stabbed downtown

Chrissie Bates, a transgender woman living northeast of the Basilica of St. Mary in downtown Minneapolis, is the city’s first homicide victim this year.

Formerly known as Christopher Bates…
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Hilton Armstrong becomes latest victim of SportsCenter laser beam

[enlarge at your own risk] After a closer look, it appears ESPN has combined the very basics of the Contra Laser with the covenient, all-too-familiar characteristics of the Spread gun. Wholeheartedly approve.
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Larry V. King, Dakota County deputy, was Sarah May Casareto’s O.R.-bound victim

If you’re going to tell a patient headed for the operating room that it’s time to “man up” while you steal his pain meds to feed your drug addiction, it’s probably not a good idea to pick a…
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