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By Margaret Lyons in News on Nov 30, 2007 12:42AM

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Wonder where "celebrities" shop in Chicago? Expensive places.

Ask Ellie gives some tough-love advice on how to get over a work crush. "This is getting beyond a crush to an unhealthy obsession." Burn, lady! How about something a little nicer? Sheesh.

If you've been working on writing an episode of CSI or Bones (which...is secretly great), have we got a mystery-solving method for you: A Canadian scientist uses isotope analysis on teeth and bones to discover where people lived and where their mothers were pregnant, based on the make-up of the water they drank. Mmmm, science-y. The methods confirmed that the still unidentified little boy whose body was found in a laundry bag in Naperville lived in the area and also uncovered that his mother was pregnant in Michigan or Canada.

Freddie Wilson's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department. Wilson was shot 18 times during what police say was a traffic stop on November 13.

That was all kind of a downer. Here, this is our favorite puppy photograph ever. Except maybe that one. Aaah. Better.

Garsh, between Only Connect and JVoves, our cup runneth over with skyline photos