Just as voters are not exactly embracing with happy hearts the whole Democratic team and platform, they also are not, it seems to me, wittingly voting for undivided government.

NPR: Let's Talk About The Risks of Undivided Government

And for every traveller who has been disappointed in a destination upon arrival, there is a happy visitor in Venice, where the city looks exactly as it is supposed to.

BBC: Living in: Venice

Not exactly a blowout quarter, but investors were happy to hear some good news, however limited.

FORBES: Forbes Wrapup: Nortel Rings Wall Street

While I certainly didn't intend to raise awareness in exactly this fashion, I'm extremely happy that the Wounded Warrior Project is getting the well-deserved additional attention.

WSJ: Yankees GM Cashman breaks leg skydiving

Although he is happy to discuss the route of his walk he is wary about divulging exactly where and when he will be on any particular day.

BBC: Paul Salopek: Going for a seven-year walk

"Many of the responses we have received, to which we are of course responding individually, stress the happy mixture of university and community use which is currently characteristic of the arts centre - but this is exactly what we want to preserve and enhance, " said the statement.

BBC: Petition over Aberystwyth Arts Centre suspensions