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Tamerlan Tsarnaev met with the relative in Dagestan last year. Russian investigators want to know whether Magomed Kartashov influenced his cousin or introduced him to others who might have encouraged Tsarnaev to turn to terrorism. Kartashov's lawyer says her client is a preacher, not an extremist.

California transportation officials say it will take more work — and up to $10 million — to get the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ready for its planned grand opening on Labor Day. A problem arose after 32 massive steel bolts broke when they were tightened to anchor part of the bridge's seismic safety system.

For more than two weeks, a funeral director in Worcester, Mass., had been trying to find a grave yard willing to take Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body. Police there now say a place has been found and that the remains are no longer in Worcester. They have not revealed the location.

President Obama may not like the bills Congress considers, but he rarely vetoes them. In fact, Obama has vetoed fewer pieces of legislation than any president since Martin Van Buren. It's not just because Congress is sending him fewer bills.

The two makers of HPV vaccines have agreed to lower the prices for their vaccines to less than $5 a shot for low-income countries. The cheaper vaccine may make it easier to vaccinate girls in places where the risk of death from cervical cancer is greatest.

A lingerie company says the bra has a "growth strategy" to help bust Japan's inflation problem.

A minor league baseball team captured what looks like a blowup when a young woman's guy wouldn't get off the phone to kiss her. The video's been viewed a more than a million times. Judge for yourself whether this was real or not.

Members of minority groups are often perceived as sharing a connection with prominent members of that group, whether they want to or not. Those connections often fall into four common types.

Colorado is set to become the first U.S. state to regulate and tax recreational sales of marijuana, after lawmakers approved several bills that set business standards and taxes. Legislators expect enforcement of the rules to be paid for by two taxes on marijuana — a 15 percent excise tax, and a 10 percent sales tax.

The legendary Hollywood FX man died Tuesday at age 92. Known for creating the monsters in such films as Mighty Joe Young and Jason and the Argonauts, Harryhausen spoke with Fresh Air in 2003 about studying animals in nature to create the monsters of our imaginations.