question: The father of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke in support of his son Sunday, saying he was simply in the "wrong place, (at the) wrong time, with (the) wrong people."

Amir Ismagulov is the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, one of three friends charged in connection with the case.

Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev are accused of obstruction of justice. They have already waived their right to bail.

Robel Phillipos, charged with lying to investigators, will appear in court Monday and will ask to be released on bond, his lawyers said in a court filing.

The FBI says that on April 18 the three friends went to Tsarnaev's college dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Authorities believe two of the men -- Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev -- removed items from the room, including a laptop and a backpack loaded with fireworks.

Here are the latest developments in their cases:

Azamat Tazhayakov

Tazhayakov's father, who lives in Kazakhstan, spoke to CNN in New York. He said he met with his son last week for about 40 minutes.

Both father and son believe in the U.S. justice system, Ismagulov said. The government will get to the bottom of what happened and let Tazhayakov go, said the father, speaking in Russian.

Tazhayakov is due back in court May 14. He was already in federal custody on immigration charges related to his student visa, having been arrested in the days after the bombings due to his friendship with Tsarnaev.

The Kazakhstan native is charged with obstruction of justice. If found guilty, he could face up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
1. Who is Amir Ismagulov?
2. What did his son do?
3. What case?
4. What is the accusation against him?
5. Did they accept bail?
6. Who is being said to have lied to investigators?
7. When will he appear in front of the judge?
8. What is his attorney going to ask for?
9. What did these kids do?
10. Where?
11. When?
12. What did they take?
13. All of them?
14. Which ones?
15. What did Tazhayakov's dad say?
16. Who did he tell that to?
17. Where does his dad live?
18. When does he go back in front of the judge?
19. What other charges are against him?
20. What are the consequences if he's found guilty?
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answer: 1. The father of Azamat Tazhayakov,
2. one of three friends charged in connection with the case.
3. Boston Marathon bombing
4. obstruction of justice
5. No
6. Robel Phillipos
7. Monday
8. to be released on bond
9. went to Tsarnaev's college dorm room
10. at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
11. on April 18
12. a laptop and a backpack loaded with fireworks.
13. No
14. Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev
15. he met with his son last week for about 40 minutes.
16. CNN
17. Kazakhstan
18. May 14
19. immigration charges
20. up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

question: Augustine of Hippo ( or ; 13 November 354 28 August 430) was an early North African Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are "The City of God" and "Confessions."

According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith." In his early years, he was influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the neo-Platonism of Plotinus. After his baptism and conversion to Christianity in 386, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and perspectives. Believing that the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, he helped formulate the doctrine of original sin and made seminal contributions to the development of just war theory. When the Western Roman Empire began to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Church as a spiritual City of God, distinct from the material Earthly City. His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. The segment of the Church that adhered to the concept of the Trinity as defined by the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Constantinople closely identified with Augustine's "On the Trinity".
1. Who wrote "Confessions?"
2. Did he write anything else around that time?
3. What?
4. What time period was it written in?
5. Who influenced him first?
6. And after?
7. Was he a Christian?
8. Since when?
9. What did he do at that time?
10. Hold old was in 386?
11. Where did he live?
12. Where was he bishop of?
13. What did he think you needed as part of human freedom?
14. What doctrine did he help create?
15. And what theory did he contribute to?
16. When did he formulate the church as a sacred city?
17. When the Roman Empire ended, did he separate church cities from material cities?
18. What was the concept called?
19. Did his ideas carry much weight back then in the world?
20. When did he die?
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answer: 1. Augustine of Hippo
2. yes
3. "The City of God"
4. Patristic Era
5. Manichaeism
6. Plotinus
7. yes
8. 386
9. developed his own approach to philosophy and theology
10. 32
11. North Africa
12. Hippo Regius in north Africa
13. grace of Christ
14. doctrine of original sin
15. just war theory
16. unknown
17. yes
18. Church as a spiritual City of God
19. yes
20. 28 August 430

question: Connie Lau hates smoking. "It smells awful, and it's so bad for you. It breaks my heart to see my friends smoking. I try to get them to give up smoking." She says.

So why does Connie walk into convenience stores and try to buy cigarettes? She is testing to see if stores will sell cigarettes to a kid who is younger than 18. "You have to be 18 to purchase cigarettes, and I'm 16, so if they sell to me, they're breaking the law," Connie says.

Connie isn't a vigilante ; She works with local police in her town of Castro Valley, California. Officers drive her to stores, and she goes in alone to try to buy cigarettes. If the person behind the counter sells her a pack, an officer comes in and writes the business a ticket for breaking the law.

Most stores obey the law and don't sell her cigarettes. The law requires that customers show ID if store employees ask them to. "When they ask your age, you can't lie," Connie says. "Most stores don't sell to me. In a year, we've visited almost 150 stores and had only 15 sales."

Working undercover can be scary, even with police nearby. Connie said one cashier refused to sell her cigarettes and then got angry when he found out her age. He threatened to call the authorities. "To calm him down, the police went in to explain that I was undercover," she says.

Most teens wouldn't think of going undercover for the police. What's Connie's motivation ? For starters, she can't stand smoking. But she also believes it's important for young people like her to try to make a real impact in their communities. In her view, teens can do more than get good grades in school, do chores at home, and do well in out-of-class activities.

Every time she stops the sale of cigarettes to children, she's helping to uphold the law. "A single teenager can make a big difference," Connie says. "For the most part, when stores get caught, they learn their lesson and don't do it again."
1. Who hates smoking?
2. Why?
3. How old is she?
4. Does she try to buy cigarettes?
5. Who does she work with?
6. Where?
7. Where?
8. Do most stores sell her cigarettes?
9. How many stores have they visited in the last year?
10. How many sales happened at those stores?
11. Has she ever been scared?
12. Why?
13. Did he call?
14. Why does she do what she does?
15. Are there any other reasons?
16. What are they?
17. What are they?
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answer:
1. Connie Lau
2. It smells awful
3. 16
4. yes
5. local police
6. in her town
7. Castro Valley, California
8. no
9. 150
10. 15
11. yes
12. one cashier refused to sell her cigarettes and then got angry when he found out her age. He threatened to call the authorities.
13. no
14. she can't stand smoking
15. yes
16. believes it's important for young people like her to try to make a real impact in their communities
17. believes it's important for young people like her to try to make a real impact in their communities