American fugitive arrested in Ireland

American fugitivearrested in Ireland
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A man charged in a traffic accident that killed three Washington State University students has been captured in Ireland, four years after he fled to avoid his trial. Frederick Russell, 27, was arrested Sunday by the Irish National Police at a store where he worked in Dublin, U.S. Marshal Michael Kline said. He was working under the alias of David Carroll, Kline said. The extradition process has already begun but could be lengthy, said Whitman County Deputy Prosecutor Carol LaVerne. Prosecutors say Russell was driving an SUV that struck three other cars as it tried to pass vehicles the night of June 4, 2001, between Pullman, Wash., and Moscow, Idaho. Russell was charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault, and a test showed his blood-alcohol content was 0.12 percent, higher than the legal limit.
Greece accuses museumof buying stolen artifacts
LOS ANGELES -- The J. Paul Getty Museum, which recently returned artifacts allegedly looted from Italy, is facing similar accusations from Greece. Greece has renewed a claim that four items acquired by the museum were actually stolen and should be returned, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Three items -- a gold funerary wreath, an inscribed tombstone and a marble torso dating from 400 B.C. -- were purchased by the Getty for $5.2 million in 1993. The fourth, an archaic votive relief, was bought in 1955 by J. Paul Getty himself. The billionaire oilman died in 1976. Citing interviews and law enforcement records, the Times reported that the purchase of the funerary wreath was made by Marion True, the Getty's former chief curator of antiquities who resigned earlier this month and faces criminal charges in Italy. True's attorney referred questions to the Getty but museum spokesman John Giurini would not talk about the case.
FDA withdraws approvalfor ADHD medication
WASHINGTON -- The FDA has withdrawn approval for a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder because it has been associated with liver problems, including death, agency officials said Monday. The move means drug manufacturers will no longer produce generic versions of pemoline, which was developed by Abbott Laboratories and sold under the name Cylert. Abbott discontinued the drug earlier this year, but generic versions have remained available. The FDA is not recalling the drug, instead allowing pharmacies to sell their remaining stock as doctors still using it switch patients to alternative treatments, the agency said in a statement. The lack of a recall drew fire from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. "It is reckless and insensitive to the health and lives of children and adults using this drug for the FDA and the involved drug companies to fail to institute an immediate recall of these dangerous products," said Drs. Sidney Wolfe and Peter Lurie, who lead the organization's Health Research Group, in a letter to the FDA.
New superintendent vows changes at academy
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A new superintendent took command of the Air Force Academy on Monday, saying his goal is to make the school a safe environment for cadets amid complaints of sexual assault and religious intolerance. He succeeds Lt. Gen. John Rosa, who was brought in to help the academy recover from a sexual assault scandal. Dozens of female cadets said they were punished or forced out after reporting sexual assault. Regni said his job would be easier thanks to widespread changes that Rosa oversaw in his 2 1/2 years at the academy. In recent months, the school has been shaken by allegations that evangelical Christian staffers and cadets at the academy had harassed students of other faiths. In October, an academy graduate filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the school's leaders fostered an environment of intolerance. The Air Force issued new guidelines on religion in August.
Frozen body in uniformflown to Hawaii for ID
VACAVILLE, Calif. -- A body believed to be that of a World War II airman, found frozen in the Sierra Nevada, was flown Monday to Hawaii for identification, officials said. The body in an Army uniform was discovered earlier this month mostly encased in a glacier in Kings Canyon National Park. It had been thawing since last week at the coroner's office in Fresno County. The body was flown to Hickam Air Force Base on Oahu where it will be examined at the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, which identifies the remains of lost soldiers, said 2nd Lt. Lindsey Hahn, a Travis spokeswoman. An identification could solve part of a decades-old mystery -- the disappearance of a navigational training plane that left a Sacramento airfield in November 1942 carrying a crew of four on a routine flight.
Associated Press