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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

Crime and Public Safety, July 10Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:05PMA car being chased by sheriff's deputies apparently caught on fire Saturday and the started a fire burned 10 or 15 acres of plants, fire officials said.

Looted Mesopotamian, Saddam Hussein Artifacts Returned to IraqFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:51AMBy Rebecca Koenig - Draped carefully over a Persian rug, the 4,000-year-old lapis lazuli and carnelian necklace looked like a piece from a museum exhibit. It certainly belonged in one, having possibly once adorned the throat of a Mesopotamian royal.

Relief still months awayFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:25AMMotorists crowd Foothill Boulevard near a bicycle trail bridge construction site Thursday in Rancho Cucamonga. The rebuilding of the Foothill Boulevard bridge, and the pipeline project for recycled water in Ontario and Upland have torn up streets locally.

Sailing resultsThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 7:47AMRace one (allcomers, boats started 10): 1 Obsession (R Joy, A Friend), 2 Club 1 (G Mott, P Parker), 3 Shibboleth (D Woolston, M Woolston).

Vision in focus at special meetingThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:24AMSan Bernardino County leaders will meet this evening in Rancho Cucamonga to endorse a county vision plan - a sort of long-term goal list for the county.

Officials unite to support VisionWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:50PMSan Bernardino County leaders will meet this evening in Rancho Cucamonga to endorse a county vision plan - a sort of long-term goal list for the county.

Who sold what, published June 25Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:04PMResidential transactions in Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, San Francisco and southern Alameda County, published June 25, 2011.

Tahoe emerging as rock climbing destinationFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 12:15PMSean Bunnell, from Carnelian Bay, tops out on a vertical route that runs up the face of the aptly named Split Rock, located near Donner Lake in Truckee.