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POLICE are today waiting on the results of tests carried out on suspected drugs seized during a series of raids in Southampton. A large quantity of an unknown substance that was collected during the early morning raids in Millbrook is currently being analysed . Sixty police officers were involved in the drugs swoop which targeted four houses as part of an operation focussing on the use and supply of drugs in the area. Officers surrounded the entrance to properties in Irving Road before smashing through doors and searching the homes in Irving Road. Two men, both aged 34 were arrested as part of the raids. One was arrested for possession of Class A drugs, the other was arrested for possession of Class C drugs. A further male was cautioned for possession of cannabis.
FORMER BAYOU FINANCE CHIEF GETS 20 YEARS IN FRAUD CASE
The company filed for bankruptcy in May 2006, prompting lawsuits that claimed it operated a Ponzi scheme that paid off old investors with money from new investors. Marino apologized before sentencing, saying he was "truly sorry." McMahon said she will order him to pay restitution in the "nine figures," saying she will set the amount within 90 days. Marino's lawyer said he will appeal the sentence. His client began helping prosecutors after an investor discovered his confession and suicide note at Bayou's Stamford, Connecticut, office in 2005. .
Nuke fuel recycling project a 'spectacular success' so far
Workers use remotely operated manipulators at shielded "hot cells" to chop up highly radioactive materials and evaluate the fuel composition and off-gases. They also test the capabilities to chemically dissolve the fuel mixture, extract certain elements and reformulate the different streams. The lab spent about $12 million on the project during the final six months of fiscal 2007, and the work is continuing at about the same level in 2008 - even though Congress dramatically slashed the Bush administration's overall funding request for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program. "We will spend a little more than $12 million - maybe $15 million," Christensen said. "It's about the same money but a lower-level effort than before because it will be spread out (over an entire year)." Future funding is still uncertain.
An L.A. loft for high-flying Depp
Johnny Depp has been busier than any pirate in the Caribbean, and that could be why the downtown L.A. loft he bought in the fall for close to $2 million is still vacant.
Depp bought a penthouse in the Eastern Columbia Building, an Art Deco landmark on South Broadway. The 13-story building, opened in 1930 as a retail and office tower and later used as a department store and movie backdrop, was converted into 147 residential lofts in 2006. FOR THE RECORD:
Hot Property: The Jan. 6 Real Estate column said a West Hollywood compound once owned by silent-film director Irvin Willat contained 20 detached houses on a portion of the original property. The residences are attached and occupy the entire original family compound. It also named Nichole Fox of Brower, Miller & Cole as a contact.
L.A. Times fires editor in dispute over budget cuts, month after ...
The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday. James O'Shea was fired following a confrontation with Publisher David D. Hiller, the Times reported on its Web site. The story didn't say when the confrontation took place. "The Los Angeles Times, like all newspaper companies, is facing major challenges in charting a course that will be successful for the future. The path ahead is going to be difficult and requires that our people and our organization be aligned behind what we need to do," Hiller said in a statement. "As a result of these changes, Jim O'Shea will be leaving the Times." In a story posted on the Times' Web site late Monday, Hiller said he agreed with O'Shea and other critics that newspapers should address declining advertising sales and circulation with creative thinking rather than across-the-board cuts.
Forget brain drain: Colleges flood labor market with Ph.Ds
Groups such as the Business Roundtable have grabbed headlines with urgent warnings about the need to ramp up production of American scientists. In fact, Teitelbaum testified to Congress last year, there is no evidence of a shortage of scientists and engineers - particularly on the Ph.D. track. .
Steinem Makes Excuses for Hillary
The Bush White House is seriously considering making Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In today's Idaho Statesman, Wayne Hoffman quotes Kempthorne saying he "would have to consider" any offer from the president. That means he wants the job. Kempthorne also said that he's been in periodic contact with White House staffers about the job. The Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" column predicted July 18 that Bush would wait until the Senate recess before announcing Kempthorne as his choice. The recess began Friday. If it is Kempthorne, Bush will have made a comically anti-environmental choice. During six years in the Senate in the 1990s, Kempthorne scored a "0" on the League of Conservation Voters' legislative scorecards every year except 1993, when Kempthorne scored 6 percent on the basis of one little-remembered vote against funding a rocket booster for the space program that environmentalists judged harmful to the environment.
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