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Death Airs Hedge-Fund Excesses

Drowning unleashes rumors of coke binges, male strippers and murder

Dec 5, 07 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The legal wrangling that has followed the September death of hedge fund manager Seth Tobias in his Florida swimming pool is sensational enough, the New York Times reports—his wife says he drowned; Tobias' brothers accuse his wife of murder—but details of the high living bankrolled by high finance... More »

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Florida • Wall Street • cocaine • murder • hedge fund • drowning • Seth Tobias

Europeans Go for Coke

2007 EU report says coke use up by one million

Nov 22, 07 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Cocaine is "Europe's stimulant of choice," according to a new study that says nearly five million Europeans used coke this year—a million more than last. The Spanish and British used it most, BBC reports, but Danes and Italians increased their usage most in 2007. Two million Europeans... More »

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drugs • Spain • European Union • United Kingdom • cocaine • Italy • Denmark

UK Teens Guilty of Cocaine Smuggling in Ghana

16-year-olds may spend three years in detention

Nov 21, 07 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Two 16-year-olds were found guilty today of attempting to sneak $600,000 of cocaine from Ghana to Britain, the Times reports. The conviction could mean up to three years in a Ghanaian juvenile detention center for the British girls, who claimed they had been set up when they were arrested... More »

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United Kingdom • cocaine • smuggler • Britain • Ghana • teenager

Sentence Cuts In Store for 19,500 Crack Convicts

Federal commission mulls rule change

Nov 12, 07 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The federal panel that sets sentencing guidelines for judges may decide as soon as tomorrow to cut at least 2 years off the sentences of 19,500 inmates convicted of using crack, the LA Times reports. New rules introduced this month equalize crack and powdered cocaine sentences, and tomorrow will... More »

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federal courts • cocaine • crack cocaine • federal sentencing • mandatory minimums • sentencing guidelines

Cocaine & Meth Prices Get High

Drug fighters encouraged as hefty price hikes signal supply shortage

Nov 9, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Prices for cocaine and methamphetamine have jumped for the fourth quarter in a row, indicating a short supply of the dangerous drugs, according to the latest figures from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. A gram of pure cocaine cost $137 in September, up from $93 last year, and meth jumped... More »

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drugs • cocaine • DEA • methamphetamine

New Standards Reduce Crack Cocaine Terms

Federal effort tries to bring parity to drug sentencing guidelines

Nov 2, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crack cocaine offenders will receive shorter prison sentences under new federal guidelines, which replaced rules that treated a gram of crack like 100 grams of powder cocaine. The rules introduced yesterday reduce the average sentence to 8 years, 10 months, the Times reports, and may reflect an effort to restore... More »

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Congress • Department of Justice • cocaine • crack cocaine • federal sentencing • sentencing guidelines • drug sentence

Hingis Fails Coke Test, Retires

Tennis star denies taking drugs, but quits over age and health issues

Nov 1, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tennis star Martina Hingis today admitted that she tested positive for cocaine in a pre-Wimbledon drug test, and announced her retirement, citing age and health problems. The five-time Grand Slam champ denies taking drugs, the AP reports. "I find this accusation so horrendous that I've decided to confront it... More »

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cocaine • tennis • Wimbledon • Martina Hingis • sports doping • WTA • Grand Slams

'Preppie Killer' Busted in NYC Drug Sting

Cops: Dealt cocaine with girlfriend from Manhattan apartment

Oct 24, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Chambers, the notorious "preppie killer" who served 15 years in prison for strangling a young woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, has been arrested for repeatedly selling cocaine to undercover police, according to law enforcement authorities. Chambers, 41, struggled with police during the... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • cocaine • murder • drug dealing • Robert Chambers

Colombian Rebel Dodges Justice Again

Mistrial declared in
US drug-trafficking case against FARC leader

Oct 5, 07 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Justice Department was unable to gain a conviction against Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera, Reuters reports, with a judge declaring a mistrial yesterday after jurors deadlocked on a drug-trafficking charge. Palmera, captured in Colombia in 2004, was convicted in July in a 2003 kidnapping of American contractors, but... More »

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terrorism • cocaine • Colombia • Rebel • Palmera • FARC

US Cocaine Supply Plummets

Prices rocket to highest in 20 years

Oct 3, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cocaine supply has dropped sharply in the last year in 37 US cities, which law enforcement officials attribute to a crackdown on drug cartels by Mexican authorities and a record volume of drugs seized at sea. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were among major cities experiencing sharp... More »

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War on Drugs • San Francisco • Mexico • New York • cocaine • Felipe Calderon • Los Angeles • drug trafficking • San Diego • drug cartel

Owen Wilson Drops Out of Next Movie

Drugs, heartbreak
may have been behind suicide attempt

Aug 29, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Owen Wilson won’t appear in Tropic Thunder after an alleged suicide attempt that's made the actor tabloid fodder, Fox News reports. Wilson was to join the production next week in Hawaii but has struck a “mutual agreement” with director Ben Stiller. The news comes on the heels of... More »

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suicide • Hollywood • cocaine • Owen Wilson • Ben Stiller • Kate Hudson • actor • movies

Lohan Sentenced to Day in Jail

And three days at the morgue

Aug 24, 07 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood wild child Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to a single day in jail as part of a plea deal on misdemeanor charges of drunk driving and cocaine possession, reports AP. The actress was also sentenced to three years probation, ten days of community service, a  rehab program, and three days... More »

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Paris Hilton • cocaine • Lindsay Lohan • drunk driving • celebrity • drug possession • Beverly Hills • jail • misdemeanor • Nicole Richie • Wonderland Center

Lohan Escapes Drug-Possession Charges

Tabloid queen faces seven misdemeanors after DUI arrests

Aug 23, 07 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan scored a lucky break today when LA County authorities decided not to bring felony drug-possession charges against the actress in two DUI arrests. She faces seven misdemeanors—including being under the influence of cocaine—but police decided the amounts of coke found at the crime scenes either were... More »

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rehab • cocaine • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • drug use • drunk driving • celebrity • drug possession • conviction • jail • misdemeanor

Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone
can’t get cocaine
satisfaction

Aug 7, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • cremation • cocaine • guitarist • musician

Cocaine Tied
to Pitcher's Sudden Death

Police found cocaine in Rod Beck's home;
widow confirms habit

Aug 1, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phoenix police found cocaine and drug paraphernalia in the home of former All-Star pitcher Rod Beck following his sudden death in June, they said yesterday. Officials found "large quantities of powder, crack, and rock cocaine,"  the Arizona Republic reports. Though the medical examiner has not released the... More »

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drugs • MLB • AIDS • Chicago Cubs • San Diego Padres • Boston Red Sox • cocaine • Rod Beck • addiction • baseball

'I'm Innocent' Lohan Says

Lohan says coke not hers, but lawyer thinks troubled star relapsed

Jul 25, 07 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan has proclaimed her innocence after being arrested yesterday for DUI and cocaine possession. In an email to Access Hollywood the 21-year-old said the drugs "were not mine," and that she was "almost hit" in a parking lot car chase with the mother of... More »

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cocaine • Lindsay Lohan • DUI

Lohan Arrested on DUI Suspicion

Actress in drunken car chase, with cocaine in tow, two weeks after
rehab stay

Jul 24, 07 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Santa Monica cops booked actress Lindsay Lohan early this morning on five counts, including drunk driving and cocaine possession. The hits keep coming for Lohan: The arrest comes two weeks after she checked out of an chic California rehab clinic and only five days after she was booked on a... More »

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cocaine • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • drunk driving • celebrity

In Anti-Drug Move, Mexico Purges Police

Surprise replacement of chiefs intended to root out corruption

Jun 26, 07 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico has dismissed all of its federal police chiefs in an effort to kick-start the country's stalled war on drugs. Corruption within law enforcement is a major factor in the failure of President Felipe Calderon's six-month drug crackdown, the LA Times reports. Six federal officers were arrested this month for... More »

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drugs • Mexico • police • cocaine • Felipe Calderon • corruption • Mexican drug war

Alaskan Tribes Score No-Bid Bonanza

Sen. Ted Stevens
under scrutiny for shady  contracts

Jun 19, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon. In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and... More »

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Congress • Alaska • FBI • Senate • contracts • House Appropriations Committee • cocaine • Ted Stevens • Bolivia • Eskimo • House of Representatives • Halliburton • federal investigation

Peasants Booted for Biofuel Bucks

Green crop brings black days for displaced Colombian farmers

Jun 5, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paramilitary gangs are driving thousands of Colombian farmers from their land to make way for the nation's latest lucrative crop: palm oil to produce biofuel, the Guardian reports. The violent land grabs have helped create some 3 million displaced Colombians. "It's the dark side of biofuel," said a... More »

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farming • cocaine • Colombia • biofuel • palm oil • coca

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