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That's One Big BabyMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:04PMSixteen pounds, 1 ounce, nearly 2 feet tall with a 17-inch chest and a full head of thick dark hair … at birth, yowza.

Dictionary Of Ancient Akkadian Provides Glimpse Into Civilization's CradleMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:04AMThe newly completed mammoth project retains the title its first researchers gave it -- "The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary" -- even as a later generation of scholars proved that Assyrian was a dialect of Akkadian. The language was spoken thousands of years ago in what is now Iraq, as well as in parts of Syria, Iran, and Turkey. It a distant relative of Arabic and Hebrew. -Richard Solash, RFE

How Money Problems Show up in Your DreamsThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:35AMIf your dreams include losing your credit card, falling and never hitting bottom or getting lost in a forest, experts say these nocturnal adventures may actually be a window into your financial stability, future and decision making.

'The Playboy Club' Offers A Look At Chicago's Racy PastThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:54AMNEW YORK — Of the new TV series announced for fall, none has caught the audience's eye (while raising eyebrows) like "The Playboy Club."

My word!Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:19PMDictionary of ancient lost language finally completed

After 90 Years, a Dictionary of an Ancient WorldTuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 11:14PMNinety years in the making, the 21-volume dictionary of the language of ancient Mesopotamia and its Babylonian and Assyrian dialects, unspoken for 2,000 years but preserved on clay tablets and in stone inscriptions deciphered over the last two centuries, has finally been completed by scholars at the University of Chicago.

Ancient Assyrian Dictionary Completed by University of Chicago ScholarsMonday, June 6, 2011 @ 6:45PMScholars at the University of Chicago have completed a project that includes 28,000 words from ancient Mesopotamia, covering a period from 2500 B.C. to A.D. 100.

More slang in dictionary, including ‘bridezilla,’ ‘ZOMG’ and ‘zhooshed’Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 1:38PMDon't say the folks at Oxford Dictionaries refuse to get with the times. The well-established authority on the English language is giving an official nod to a host of questionable terms, including "schmick," "man cave," and "Twittersphere." Also on the list of new words admitted to Oxford Dictionaries Online: "ZOMG," "bridezilla," and "lappy." (That last one is short for laptop, in case you didn ...

Steve Jobs at WWDC in San FranciscoMonday, June 6, 2011 @ 1:16PMSteve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, took the stage today at the technology company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.