Fearful residents of Gabon’s capital stay home and gunfire heard in country’s 2nd-largest city

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — The capital of this former French colony seemed like a ghost town Friday as residents shut themselves inside their homes, fearful of more violence after the son of late dictator Omar Bongo won presidential elections. Sporadic gunfire rang out in Gabon’s second-largest city after a night of looting.

Merck, Schering to pay $5.4M to resolve probes by 35 states into cholesterol drug studies

NEW YORK — Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. said Wednesday they will pay $5.4 million to settle a multistate investigation that the companies delayed the release of test results casting doubt on the effectiveness of two blockbuster cholesterol drugs.

Luxurious Las Vegas community not isolated from real estate meltdown

LAS VEGAS — It was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it’s an emblem of recession blues.

Ruskin Bond celebrates his 75th birthday

MUSSOORIE - Ruskin Bond, a stalwart of children’s literature, celebrated his 75th birthday with children here on Tuesday.

At the Movies: capsule reviews of ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ and other films this week

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Powerful x-rays may reveal secrets of ‘dinobird’ fossil

WASHINGTON - About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur metamorphosing into a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilised in limestone.

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