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One of four Texas men accused of using a dating app to assault and rob gay men has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Federal prosecutors say 21-year-old Nigel Garrett and three other Dallas-area men were charged with hate crimes, kidnappings, carjackings and using firearms to commit violent crimes. An 18-count indictment alleges the men arranged meetings at victims’ homes through a social media dating platform for gay men. Investigators say most victims were tied up, assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. The indictment alleges the suspects are responsible for four home invasions in North Texas, in the cities of Plano, Frisco and Aubrey, over about a three-week period early last year. Garrett was sentenced Wednesday following a plea agreement. The other three suspects also have pleaded guilty. They’re awaiting sentencing.

Allison Janney is poised to win her first Golden Globe this weekend, thanks to her uncompromising performance as Tonya Harding’s mother in “I, Tonya.” Maybe now people will recognize her. Despite being 6 feet tall and having won seven Emmys during a career spanning 30 years, Janney tells us that she goes unnoticed on the street. “I will go to a restaurant and the waitress will go, ‘I feel like I know you. Do you eat here a lot?’” (YES!!!) she told us at the Carney Awards in Los Angeles. Janney may be best known for her seven-year stint as C.J. Cregg on “The West Wing,” which went off the air in 2006. The 58-year-old star thanks being “a character actor” for her relative anonymity and tells us that even when she is recognized, people can’t put their finger on where they saw her. “People will come up to you ask, ‘What did I see you in?’ and they want you to list your resume,” she said. “It is funny. A lot of people don’t watch TV or they know me from theater. I still like I am relatively unrecognizable.” It’s even better for Janney when she goes overseas. “I was just in Scotland and England,” she said. “I walked around with a cloak of anonymity. It was fantastic.” No one has ever mistaken Janney for a Mother of the Year candidate. And Golden Globe or not, she doesn’t expect to be asked for parenting tips by filmgoers who see her playing Harding’s mother LaVona Golden. “No, I have never been asked about stuff like that,” she said. “No one has ever come to me for tips on being a good mother. None of my characters are great mothers.” But Janney does have a soft spot for the Bonnie Plunkett character she plays on the sitcom “Mom.” That role has so far led to a pair of Emmys for Janney. “Bonnie has a big heart,” she said.

About $3200: A contestant on “Jeopardy!” lost thousands of dollars over his pronunciation of the word “gangster.” The long-running game show saw one of its more uncomfortable moments during a New Year’s Day broadcast in which a contestant named Nick Spicher answered a question using the “er” sound at the end of the word rather than the “a” sound. He was prompted with the answer “A song by Coolio from ‘Dangerous Minds’ goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic.” The answer was a reference to the book “Paradise Lost” and the song “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Nick responded with, “Gangster’s Paradise Lost.” The response was technically correct, and the contestant was awarded $1,600 for the answer. However, host Alex Trebek had the unfortunate task of breaking the news to Spicher a few minutes later that the judges had reviewed his response and could not let him keep the points. Additionally, because he got the answer wrong, an additional $1,600 was taken from his score, meaning the flub ultimately cost him $3,200. This dropped him out of the lead. “Our judges have reevaluated one of your responses a few minute ago, Nick,” he said. “You said ‘gangster’s’ instead of ‘gangsta’s’ on that song by Coolio, so we take $3,200 away from you. You are now in second place.” “Jeopardy!” didn’t shy away from the controversy, posting a note on its websiteexplaining the decision to rescind Nick’s initial response. “It turns out that ‘gangsta’ and ‘gangster’ are both listed separately in the Oxford English Dictionary, each with its own unique definition,” the post read. “Nick changed not only the song’s title, but also its meaning – making his response unacceptable.” Things aren’t all bad for Spicher as the museum educator from Everett, Washington ended up winning the game anyway, despite the setback.

Amazon and Google both discounted their home speakers so deeply over the holidays that they likely lost a few dollars per unit — a troubling sign for Apple as it prepares to launch its HomePod speaker, analysts said. Both companies cut prices for the smallest version of their speakers, the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home Mini, to as little as $29 from $50 for the US holidays. Midlevel versions cost a bit more than twice as much. Both companies took small losses or broke even on sales of the hockey puck-shaped devices, analysts estimated. The Echo Dot has about $31 worth of parts, according to analysis by ABI Research. Components in the Google Home Mini cost about $26. The figures do not include overhead, shipping and other expenses, meaning discounted versions likely sold at a loss. “Apple is in a bit of trouble,” said Adam Wright, senior research analyst at IDC, who estimated that about 35 million smart speakers had been installed worldwide as of a couple of weeks ago — not including US Christmas sales. “We’ve witnessed an explosion in the last six months.” Apple failed to ship its $349 HomePod speaker in 2017, as it initially planned, and said the device would go on sale in early 2018. Apple aims to make a profit on the device itself and bolster sales of its $9.99 per month Apple Music subscription, analysts said. Apple’s voice assistant Siri likely will focus on recommending new songs. Amazon and Google, meanwhile, are eager to give consumers a taste of their respective digital assistants, Alexa and Google Assistant, at impulse-buy prices, hoping to lock in customers and profit from later sales of goods and data about buying habits. The Home Mini and Echo Dot do not match the sound quality of the HomePod, but consumers may see less need for a superior, pricier speaker from Apple once they have a rival set up. Even the midlevel Amazon and Google devices were discounted to $79 over the holidays. “That kind of pricing is great for consumers and bad for Apple,” said Paul Erickson, a senior analyst with IHS Markit. Some consumers might consider a $30 speaker to be cheap enough to throw away and not a barrier to buying the Apple device when it arrives. Amazon declined to comment on Echo devices said but said last week the Echo Dot was the most popular item its Prime members purchased while using Alexa. Alphabet-owned Google did not disclose sales numbers for the Home Mini, but Google Home spokeswoman Nicol Addison said the company was very happy with holiday performance. Google gave away the devices to buyers of its new Pixel 2 smartphones and offered them for $29 at Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy.

A Texas teen is accused of killing her New Year’s Eve date after a plot to steal his guns went wrong. Yvonne Raquel Ramirez, 19, of Baytown, is facing murder charges after she allegedly gunned down Joshua McKinney at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday in Harris County. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Ramirez, who recently met the aspiring Marine and started spending time with him, concocted a plan to rob him of his firearms, KTRK reports. Ramirez allegedly demanded $2,000 from McKinney in exchange for the return of his guns during the encounter, which quickly turned violent, a witness told detectives, according to the station. McKinney put Ramirez in a neck hold and put a gun to her head, according to the witness account. At that point the witness called police, just moments before gunshots were heard in the 100 block of Mizell Street. McKinney was found dead in the street, while Ramirez had been shot in the shoulder. She initially told responding deputies that McKinney was shot when the gun dropped and fired, but she later told investigators that she grabbed his gun and fired it in self-defense, KTRK reports. Another witness reported seeing Ramirez trying to move McKinney’s body after the fatal shooting. She also stole his wallet, prosecutors allege. Ramirez remained held on $50,000 bail in the Harris County Jail as of early Wednesday, jail records show. She was expected to appear in court later Wednesday. Ramirez, according to charging documents obtained by KHOU, told investigators she was getting high with McKinney when he accused her of stealing his guns. She denied the accusation, leading to a confrontation during which Ramirez said she took a gun that McKinney had tucked in his back and shot him. Investigators later found text messages on Ramirez’s phone describing how she stole McKinney’s weapons, KHOU reports. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether anyone else was involved in the alleged murder, according to the Houston Chronicle. A former instructor at the Texas Challenge Academy, a military institution operated by the Texas National Guard, said McKinney was a “standout cadet” who wanted to join the Marines. “Josh was an amazing young man,” Regina Willis told the Daily Beast. “This death doesn’t seem real.” Ramirez, meanwhile, said her life was seemingly coming together just one day ahead of the alleged murder. “Everything falling in place, i start my job monday, getting my car soon & then my apt,” she wrote on Facebook. “Couldn’t be more blessed Thank you God.”

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The only person Thor hates more than Loki is the repo man! Floridan Thor Yarabek unleashed a fury of epic proportions on a tow-truck driver who tried to repossess his truck — storming his vehicle and firing several gunshots, according to a report Tuesday. “The name of the individual that was shooting at me is Y-a-r-a-b-e-k, Thor Yarabek,” the unnamed victim said in a 911 call, according to ClickOrlando.com. “Thor, like, the superhero?” the 911 operator asked. “Thor, like, yeah, like the god, the Viking god,” the victim replied — adding that, like the comic book superhero, he was “huge, [in] every way.” The tow-truck driver had been hauling away the massive man’s GMC truck in Melbourne at 5 a.m. when he got out to turn off its emergency brakes, the local news site reported. He then saw Yarabek running toward him — but instead of an enchanted hammer, he was wielding a gun, authorities told the site. The tow-truck driver, who was not injured, jumped back in his vehicle and “hauled a-s,” he told the 911 operator. Yarabek later called 911, too, and reported that his truck and an attached trailer full of guns and hunting gear had been stolen from his driveway. Yarabek was arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm, shooting a deadly missile into a vehicle and other charges after cops found a Springfield XD .45-caliber gun on his kitchen counter. His own truck was left with a flat tire during his shooting spree, according to the site

Good ol' Hoda Codpiece!

DEAR ABBY: I recently moved back home to help take care of my mom. We get along well, but there’s one major issue. She has to care for my brother’s four kids every day and is pretty much raising them. Because they are loud, whiny, rude and demanding, my mother snaps and yells at them constantly. It makes life miserable for everyone. My brother refuses to accept the fact that he’s taking advantage of our mom financially and emotionally. He has plenty to say about me moving back home, though, even though I help to pay bills and contribute. Never once has he offered to make a dent in the huge grocery bill his children ring up, and he complains about how much gas Mom uses toting them to the half-dozen or so programs he has them in. I have PTSD, and the situation is taking its toll on me to the point that I can no longer be around the kids or my mom. Is there anything I can do? Or must I just accept that this is how life will be if I choose to stay home? TAKING A TOLL IN NORTH CAROLINA DEAR TAKING A TOLL: Have a talk with your mother about her short fuse with the grandchildren, and figure out why it’s happening. If she is so stressed or sick that she can’t manage them, correct them and give them positive reinforcement, they should not be under her supervision. Your brother should not expect his mother to foot the bill for feeding and transporting them. If your mother can’t make him understand that, then the two of you should make clear that if he doesn’t pony up, his children will have to go to day care rather than Grandma’s. And last, because this unpleasant family dynamic is taking a toll on you, you must decide if you want to remain in that household under those conditions, or if coming home to take care of your mother was a mistake you should rectify. DEAR TAKING A TOLL: Get your own trailer DEAR ABBY: We are a couple in our 70s living in drought-stricken Southern California. Our dearest friends moved to Nevada three years ago, and we visit them often. What drives me crazy when we visit is the way they use water. When we finish a meal, my hostess will go to the sink and rinse the dishes before putting them into the dishwasher. I mentioned to her that it was only necessary to scrape the plates, that the dishwasher is designed to wash dirty dishes, and she agreed — temporarily. The last time we visited, she was back to her old habits. Also, she runs the dishwasher when it’s only half-full, instead of waiting until there’s a full load. I realize that Nevada is not having a drought, but I find her water waste very upsetting. I’m aware that it’s her house and her water and she can do what she wants, but is there anything you can suggest that I can say or do to get her to cut down on her water usage? PARCHED IN SO-CAL DEAR PARCHED: I have news for you. California is not the only state that has suffered through drought problems. Nevada has plenty of them, too. Make the speech you’re dying to make once and get it off your chest. After that, be a gracious guest and keep your mouth shut. You are not the drought police, and if you keep harping on this, you may no longer be a welcome houseguest. DEAR PARCHED: Funny, I just got a letter from a reader in Nevada who complained about her visiting friend from California who is a hypercritical old biddy...

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What about OZ? Not really a gay series, but lots of gay subject matter.

Maybe MORE Purdy now? Country singer Carrie Underwood is bringing in 2018 by sharing more details about more injuries that she suffered after a fall that broke her wrist. In a blog post to fans on New Year's Day Underwood says she sustained a facial injury that required 40-50 stitches and that she's "not quite looking the same." She says that she is grateful the injuries weren't much worse and for the people who have helped her since the November accident. She also cautioned fans that she might not look the same when she's ready to be seen on camera again. "I'm hoping that, by then, the differences are minimal, but, again, I just don't know how it's all going to end up." Underwood also says she'll be in the studio next week.

His neatly-groomed facial hair?

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A quick-thinking coach averted what could have been a terrible bus accident for the University of Dubuque women's basketball team. The Division III team from Iowa was driving back from a tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday morning. About 90 minutes into the trip, assistant coach Justin Smith was jolted from his seat when the bus hit a guard rail on Interstate 24 in Kentucky. The driver had passed out, with the bus going 70 mph. Smith leapt into action, hitting the brakes and stopping the bus. Apart from the driver, everyone on the bus was OK. "We're still a little in shock," Smith told The Associated Press by phone Monday. "I'm just thankful everyone's OK. ... I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. The actual initial accident and me jumping out and grabbing the wheel felt like three seconds." After stopping the bus, Smith and the other coaches got the bus out of harm's way. It was still on the highway and could have been hit from behind. "We didn't feel safe where it was at and we had the girls move up to the front of the bus," he said. "I sprinted about 100 yards behind the bus to get traffic away from the bus and make sure there were no other accidents." Smith is a first-year assistant and no stranger to bus trips. "I've been a high school coach and had a lot of late nights on yellow school buses," he said. "For some reason, always had in the back of my mind, what if the bus driver fell asleep. It's fight or flight mechanism and 99 percent of the people would have done the exact same thing." Emergency personnel arrived. The driver was conscious and taken to Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. "We were amazed by those guard rails and that's what we were running over," head coach Mark Noll said. "We ran over a bunch of them. The bus had its fair share of damage, not the point you'd think it would have. But if those things weren't there we would have been going into oncoming traffic and we would be having a very different conversation right now." This is an unnerving time for Noll. Later Sunday night, he received a phone call and was told about one of his former players when he was an assistant at Wisconsin-Stout. Amanda Geissler died in a plane crash in Costa Rica . (A family of 5 from the Westchester (NY) suburb of Scarsdale was wiped out in that crash, as was a Florida family of 4. One of the 2 pilots was a cousin of a former President of Costa Rica.) http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/families-florida-ny-die-costa-rica-plane-crash-article-1.3730348 Smith said the team was supposed to leave later Sunday morning, but the driver had told him and Noll that he wasn't feeling well the last few days. So the team moved the departure time up an hour to 7:45 a.m. "You never know what would have happened had we left a little bit later," Smith said. The team has 22 players, including 19 freshmen and sophomores. Most of them were at the back of the bus. The coaches said the players didn't really know what happened, thinking the bus might have hit a deer or something else. "The girls didn't recognize the severity of it right away," Smith said. "When you're 18, 19, 20 years old you feel invincible and that's a good thing they can bounce back from. We had a good practice (Monday) and had a good film session." The University of Dubuque plays rival Loras College on Wednesday. "It does put things in perspective big time," Noll said. "We're playing a game and trying to achieve great things as a team and the adversity of what we went through yesterday makes us come that much closer together."

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Or as my mom called him, Guy Lumbago Lumbago, essentially, comes from Latin and physicians use it to denote "pain stemming from the low back." We kind of lump that together and we say that "lumbago" is "low back pain." To be more precise, it should be broken down into axial back pain - in other words pain that remains in the spine and doesn't radiate down the legs - or radicular pain - which most people refer to as "sciatica" - but "lumbago" is a general term denoting low back pain.

He'd probably make A LOT more offering them to fetishists. As long as he didn't clean them first. :cool: