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MINNEAPOLIS — A Fox News weekend anchor who was arrested after he allegedly became combative with police at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport may have taken a drug that didn't mix well with alcohol, a police report released Thursday suggests.
Gregg Jarrett, 59, was arrested Wednesday after police were called to the Northern Lights Grill in the airport's main terminal on a report of a customer who was “acting very intoxicated,” the report said.
Officers arrived to find Jarrett sitting at the bar — swaying back and forth and using the bar for support — and unwilling or unable to answer questions.
The bar employee told police Jarrett seemed very intoxicated after just one drink. Jarrett allegedly told another customer he'd taken medication before his flight, but he denied that when questioned by police. He told police he'd been drinking vodka since 9 a.m., the report said.
Jarrett was taken to a holding cell for possible detoxification and evaluation, and while there he became agitated, grabbed an officer's arm, and began struggling with police.
Officers found gabapentin pills in his pocket. A search of Jarrett's bag showed he was just released from an alcohol and chemical dependency treatment facility, the report said.
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama is preparing to boost the profile of an up-and-coming young Hispanic Democrat by nominating San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to become the nation's housing secretary. Obama's current housing chief gets a new title: budget director.Obama was expected to announce his latest Cabinet shuffle at the White House this afternoon, shortly after returning from a fundraising trip to his Chicago hometown for Senate candidates.The two men's life stories are similar: Both are minorities raised by single mothers, they hold Harvard law degrees and saw their political careers skyrocket after giving lauded Democratic convention keynote speeches.Castro, 39, is often among those being talked about as possible Democratic vice presidential candidates in 2016.
BELEN, N.M. — A World War II veteran in New Mexico has gotten his high school diploma — 71 years after he was drafted and left school.Officials said 90-year-old Belen resident Luis Silva earned the credits to graduate before the war, but never went to graduation or picked up his degree.Silva, who landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day, dreamt of going back to school and getting his diploma but never got around to it.This year, Belen High School Principal Rodney Wright was happy to make the dream come true.
