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PATERSON— Authorities in New Jersey say a man charged with killing his estranged wife and another person in a church service shooting has attempted to commit suicide in jail by overdosing on drugs.

Passaic County Sheriff's Department spokesman William Maer said Joseph Pallipurath was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday.

Maer said the man had been hoarding medications and took a combination of prescription and nonprescription drugs including aspirin.

The attempt was thwarted by a corrections officer who noticed that Pallipurath had vomited in his cell.

Pallipurath is charged with killing his wife and a man who came to her aid inside a Clifton church on Nov. 23. The wife's cousin was critically wounded.

NEW YORK — James T. Newman, a Vietnam War helicopter pilot whose rescues of downed airmen earned him the Distinguished Service Cross and other honors, has died. He was 73.

Newman's son Jay said he died Sunday of complications associated with lung cancer.

Newman was twice nominated for the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for valor. While he did not receive that medal, he did get a Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest award for combat valor, the Silver Star, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and 23 Air Medals, among others.

He first served in Vietnam in 1966, suffering a leg wound that nearly led to an amputation. Regaining flight status, he returned in 1970 as commander of C Troop, 2/17 Air Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division.

His first nomination for the Medal of Honor came in February 1971, when he rescued four U.S. crewmen from a crashed medevac helicopter on a mountaintop base in Laos where South Vietnamese Rangers were under heavy attack by North Vietnamese troops.

The same week, he rescued two other downed pilots by chopping down small trees with his main rotor blade, an act that astonished helicopter experts but earned Newman a Silver Star.

Five months later, Newman rescued two more pilots injured in a crash near the Laotian border, spotting a flash from their signal mirror and extracting the men with seconds to spare.

MELVILLE — The Long Island surgeon who wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5 million in a divorce settlement has asked a Nassau judge to throw her in jail for not allowing him to visit his three children, the doctor's attorney said Tuesday.

Dr. Richard Batista's attorney, Dominic Barbara, wants his estranged wife, Dawnell Batista of Massapequa, held in contempt.

Dawnell Batista's attorney, Douglas Rothkopf of Garden City, said his client never denied Dr. Batista visitation.

A hearing on the issue is scheduled for Thursday

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials said Tuesday they are still conducting a months-long investigation into possible links between asthma drugs, including Merck's Singulair, and suicide.

The Food and Drug Administration said in March it was reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients who had taken Singulair.

First approved in 1998, Singulair was Merck's best-selling product last year. The company expects to report between $4.3 billion and $4.5 billion in sales of the drug for 2008.