Merck says appeals court overturns verdict in Vioxx case
By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP)
- A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck & Co. in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.

Doctors told to check up on heart device patients
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer (AP) - People with implanted heart devices need closer follow-up care, an international panel of heart specialists recommended Wednesday in the first guidelines for monitoring this rapidly growing group of patients.

Broadcom co-founders charged in stock options probe
By GREG RISLING Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal officials have charged Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company's reported income by illegally backdating stock options for five years.

Ex-Marine to pay $11K in recruiting sex case
UKIAH, Calif. (AP) - A former U.S. Marine has agreed to pay $11,000 to a woman who accused him of coercing sex during an overnight party at a recruiting station.

McGreevey takes stand in divorce case
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - The nation's first openly gay governor has begun testifying in his divorce case, saying he proposed writing a book with his estranged wife, but she turned him down and later wrote her own memoir.