(RNN) - Police said they arrested three people in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing attacks. Two of the students were roommates with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the attacks. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, were charged with obstruction of justice. Robel Phillipos, a U.S. citizen, was charged with making a false statement. Officials do not believe they helped planning the attack, but that they tried to cover up the crime after the fact.

NBA player Jason Collins has come out, saying he is gay. He is the first active openly gay athlete in the NBA.

The Vestavia Hills Police Department will participate in the National Drug Take Back 2013 event.

Officers will take back unused or expired prescription drugs, no questions asked, Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At last year's event, 488,395 pounds of prescription medications were collected at more than 5,000 take back sites across the U.S.

The most common ways of getting rid of prescription drugs--throwing them away or flushing them down the toilet--are considered unsafe. The Partnership for a Drug Free America estimates that every day 2,500 teenagers use prescription drugs, most often found in a home medicine cabinet, to get high for the first time. The National Take Back Day seeks to prevent the availability of those unused prescription drugs in the home.

Residents can drop of their medications at the following locations:

A barbeque cookoff set for Saturday in Cahaba Heights has a goal that goes beyond just serving great barbeque.

Proceeds from the inaugural "Cahaba Que" cookoff will raise money for breast cancer research and benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.

Guests can taste samples of barbeque from each team, enter to win door prizes and vote for the best food item in the Peoples Choice Award.

Admission prices are as follows:

$20/person - Over 21 years old: Includes taste testing samples from each team, 1 pint of Cahaba Brewings Co.'s finest beer, music and entertainment

$15/person - Under 21: Includes taste testing samples from each team, music and entertainment

$5/person - 12 and under: Includes unlimited bounce house access, taste testing samples from each team, music and entertainment

Free - Children 6 and under