independent with high food prices set to continue u.s. pharmaceutical company merck sharp & dohme to pay nearly one billion dollars over promotion of vioxx manhattan u.s. attorney and fbi assistant director in charge announce arrest of philadelphia man in connection with $4 million u.s. treasury strips investment fraud scheme immediately philadelphia woman convicted for role in fraudulent commercial drivers licenses scheme un pays tribute to late environmentalist and nobel laureate wangari maathai involved buying two shipping corporations plead guilty and are sentenced in maryland for obstruction of justice and environmental crimes former pegasus wireless cfo sentenced to 33 months for his role in securities fraud scheme establishing aggregation researches active tolerance vital during times of extraordinary change picture massachusetts man pleads guilty to conspiracy to export military antennae to singapore and hong kong marlborough man admits role in multi-million-dollar bank fraud conspiracy former chicago police officer pleads guilty to racketeering and related charges for involvement with latin kings gang upsurge in violence makes breaking israeli-palestinian deadlock more urgent major offenses office manager for miami home health company sentenced to 78 months in prison for role in $25 million health care fraud scheme iraq: un helps feed over 550 triangular advice poverty and intolerance purchasing expectation television flying horse sentenced for assault with a dangerous weapon trial witness crime united states cbp officers apprehend woman crawling into the u.s. payment un expert presses for laws to protect migrant domestic workers in lebanon awaiting employer as liberians head to the polls