PRECIOUS METAL: Faced with more high-priced, big-bucks...

PRECIOUS METAL: Faced with more high-priced, big-bucks cases, the Santa Ana building housing the federal bankruptcy court has installed metal detectors and X-ray machines. One clogged courtroom has handled the FundAmerica case, whose former chairman allegedly ran a nationwide pyramid scheme. Another will see former Denver developer Bill L. Walters facing off against creditors in his personal bankruptcy. Judges were reportedly concerned about security, but one guard moaned the new machines will slow things down and “it’s going to be like an airport.”