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Florida rapper Rollie Bands took great exception to people criticizing his beats. In fact, he took to Instagram on Friday, inviting the naysayers to confront him at his Tampa Bay-area apartment complex. Minutes after posting his challenge on the social media site, he was shot dead. According to HipHopDX, Bands wrote on his Instagram story: “A lot of these n*****s know where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n***a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 minutes.” And five minutes after the posting, Bands was shot once in the parking lot of his apartment building....

The golf course crime spree is relieving men of their expensive Rolexes. A pair of female thieves posing as reps for a charity have been prowling upscale golf courses in southern England, swiping Rolexes from the wrists of wealthy older men. Police say the thieves are dark-haired women in their 20s or 30s with "Eastern European accents" who have reportedly robbed 14 golfers at posh UK golf courses.

Hospice loses loyal friend By Becky Orr rep6@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Many people in Cheyenne lost a good friend on Jan. 26 when Rollie died. Rollie loved without any strings attached. He could lift the spirits of terminally ill people just by being around them. Rollie was a therapy dog at United Medical Center Hospice. He died of lymphoma at the home he shared with Dave and Judy Stratton and their family. The dog often accompanied Stratton, hospice children's program coordinator, as Stratton visited terminally ill patients at their homes. The two were best friends. Stratton...