Mogadishu police chief among 11 killed in clashes

Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 11 people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and officials said.

Residents cowered in their homes or took cover behind buildings as mortars slammed into the city. Islamist fighters wearing headscarves and ammunition belts draped over their shoulders were seen arriving from the outskirts of the capital to join the battle.

"A mortar landed on a neighbor's house and killed two people and injured four others," said Abdiwali Dahir.

Police spokesman Col. Abdullahi Hassan Barise confirmed the death of police …

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City Rep She's the new Miss Chicago. If she wins the Miss Illinoistitle in June, she goes to the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic Cityin September. Nicknames "People call me `Chu' for short. Close friends call me`Chu-Chu.' " Two Times, Two Wins! She was America's Junior Miss in 1987. Shedidn't enter another pageant till the Miss Chicago this year. Hertalent: classical piano. NU Grad She's 22, has been a legal assistant in the law firm ofMartin Rothenberg Ltd. Lives near Belmont Harbor. "Bernie Hansen ismy alderman." She earned a 1991 Northwestern U. B.A. in politicalscience and economics. Reared in Milwaukee. Dad Alfonso, acardiologist, is of Chinese descent. Mom Lou Divina is …

Iraqi officials say suicide car bomb in Baghdad kills 11 people at prison entrance

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say suicide car …

Oncothyreon partner suspends cancer drug studies

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Oncothyreon Inc. said Tuesday its partner Merck Serono temporarily suspended all clinical trials of the drug candidate Stimuvax because of potential safety issues.

Stimuvax is Oncothyreon's lead drug candidate and the company does not have a product on the market. Merck Serono is part of Germany-based Merck KGaA.

Shares of Oncothyreon fell $1.37, or 29 percent, to $3.41 in afternoon trading. Shares have traded between $1.18 and $7.77 over the last 52 weeks.

The company said the suspension was a result of a "suspected unexpected serious adverse reaction" in a multiple myeloma patient. Specifically, …

Air Force memo: Boeing used proprietary info at least twice in U.S. contract efforts

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Boeing Co. has used proprietary informationbelonging to a competitor at least twice in trying to win agovernment contract, according to an Air Force memo filed in LockheedMartin's lawsuit against Boeing.

The nine-page memorandum suggested that the Chicago-based defensecontractor's improprieties extended beyond the "handful of people"that Boeing blamed for unethical behavior in winning a $1.88 billionrocket launch contract in 1998 that Lockheed Martin had also bid for.

The memo revealed that the Air Force had considered suspendingBoeing in 1999 in a separate case because its employees used aproprietary document belonging to competitor Raytheon Co. for …

Plett undergoing treatments

Sandy W. Plett, director of Summer Camp and Youth Ministries, will be undergoing treatments for Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the next six months. Sandy and her husband, Barrette, appreciate …

Cockpit recorder recovered in fatal SC jet crash

Investigators say they've recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a fiery South Carolina jet crash that killed four and critically injured former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM.

National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said Saturday that the recorder has yet to be analyzed. She says authorities investigating the crash at Columbia Metropolitan Airport have yet …