The Last Roundup: Settlement of a three-year...

The Last Roundup: Settlement of a three-year legal battle between country singer Mickey Gilley and his former partner, Sherwood Cryer, means finis to the once-famous Gilley’s honky-tonk bar in Pasadena, Tex., a Houston suburb. Gilley this week won the right to demolish the now-defunct club that had become a symbol of the country culture when it was featured in the film “Urban Cowboy.”

Second Career: Joseph Edozien, 65, is leaving his post as dean of the nutrition department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but he won’t be retiring. Instead, he will return to his native Nigeria and accept the crown of the township of Asaba--and rule over about 1 million subjects. Edozien’s uncle was king until his death in 1988 and the township council unanimously chose the educator to succeed him. “There’s the excitement of starting something new after one has been teaching for 35 years,” Edozien said.

Mum’s the Word: Judge Robert Bork suggests he might have been the last-ever nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court with a record for anyone to examine. During an interview on Fox News, Bork seemed almost envious that current nominee David Souter “has spent a lifetime not expressing himself on the issues.” Senate hearings on Souter’s nomination began Thursday.

On a Clear Day: City officials in Toccoa, Ga., have decided yoga might not be a form of devil-worship after all. They have reversed an earlier order canceling yoga classes and will allow them to take place, but without official sanction or funds. Local chiropractor Philip Lawrence led the fight against the classes, charging they taught people to clear their minds--which he says is an open invitation for Satan to waltz on in.