Finally, some good news.

• Position: OFF THE NEWS

"There has been a stunning decline in extreme poverty, defined as less than about $2 per person per day, adjusted for inflation. For most of history, probably more than 90 percent of the world population lived in extreme poverty, plunging to fewer than 10 percent today."

--New York Times

"U.S. drivers will pay an average of $2.21 a gallon for gasoline over the holiday weekend, the lowest since 2005...