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China Central Television has a guide for helping people pick alternative English names for those studying the language or working for international firms. Among its warnings: "Many Chinese like to pick names that are in fact, not names."

Take Beyonce. Take Sinatra. Take whomever you love and set them on fire — with a "Pyro Board." It plays music by pulsing the beats in flame, and when the singer hits a high note — stand back.

NPR's Michele Norris asked people to share thoughts about race and identity in six words. Her series of reports on Morning Edition offered insights on "pride, prejudice and identity," judges say.

Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, former classmates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's at the University of Massachusetts, are accused of throwing out a laptop and other items that could link Tsarnaev to the bombings.

A human rights group says police in China detained two people for protesting the government's approach to smog. A popular film about the same topic was recently removed from major websites.

David Bowdich of the FBI's Los Angeles office also said that investigators believe both shooters had been radicalized for some time.

David Lopez Jackson has been charged in connection with two of the church fires set this month in the St. Louis area.

The massive explosions were traced to cooking gas cylinders, but officials say the restaurant was located next to a house that store construction explosives.

"This was my mistake and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama. No harm was meant," wrote speechwriter Meredith McIver.

Voting began Tuesday and will run until just before midnight on April 24, with five names to choose from. So far, the young birds have been known only as DC2 and DC3.