UNC Fires Professor Jailed in Argentina

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has fired a tenured professor of physics, Paul Frampton, who has been serving jail time in Argentina on drug charges, The News & Observer reported. Frampton is about to be freed from jail. He has said he was duped by a woman he met online, and that he believed the suitcase he carried with him (that had cocaine in it) was a gift for her. Frampton's dismissal -- on grounds of misconduct and neglect of duty -- follows the recommendation of a faculty committee.