The biggest threat comes from foxes which would happily make a meal of free-ranging hens.

BBC: NI farms cash in on 'free-range' market

And that was all before the short, tragic flight of TWA 800 which promises to make airline travel take longer, but presumably end more happily.

CNN: D.C. Brigadoon -- Applaud It While It Lasts!

Drivers like the ones I described in the first group above would have happily embraced this service as a way to increase their trips and make more money.

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Rally-goer Sidney Rodriguez(ph) happily tells me, so is cement of the sort used in Brazil's shantytowns to make additions to small homes.

NPR: Lula Enjoys Healthy Lead in Brazil Presidential Race

Happily, the finale is a smooth run, as Bob and a young companion (Nutsa Kukhianidze) make hay at the tables of a casino.

NEWYORKER: The Good Thief

Meanwhile, although the rules under consideration may make life much more complicated and costly for many U.S. investment banks, bank stock prices are heading happily upward, on news from Europe promising resolution of the knotty fiscal and monetary issues there.

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