Some random Google News search results for “good news”
AIDS cases on the wane?

ALMOST exactly 25 years after it was recognised, there is some solid good news about the Aids virus: the rate of new infections has passed its global peak and an epidemic which has claimed 25m lives so far is finally on the wane. As world attention belatedly focuses on the Africans living with the virus, another part of the story has been missed: a series of recent studies shows the prevalence of Aids was overstated – and that its incidence is now falling.

Chinese boobs waxing

The chest circumference of Chinese women increased by nearly 1cm in the past 10 years, the Beijing College of Clothing Technology said in a recent report that studied changes in figure for Chinese women in the past decade, China News Service reported.

South African Large Telescope unveiled (5 months ago)

The SALT is the “largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere” and – as the Post reported – will allow us to see 13 billion years back in time. It was built by an international consortium of universities and government agencies lead by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. And, its intergalactic window to the night skies of this hemisphere should inspire pilgrimages to South Africa by star gazers and star trekkers from all over the world to experience unprecedented forays back and forth throughout space and time.

Yucaipa, California is in good fiscal shape

The city is in very good shape financially and the prospect in the foreseeable future is encouraging. City Manager John Tooker noted that Yucaipa continues to operate in the black, with an “undesignated funds” balance of over $7 million, even after taking more than $6 million from this fund to finance the Live Oak/Oak Glen interchange project.

Steven Tyler’s voice will be OK for fall concerts

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has come clean about his health. The band had to cancel about three weeks’ worth of dates this spring because Tyler was ill, and in an e-mail exchange with rollingstone.com, he admitted that his doctors “zapped a broken blood vessel in my voice box and it’s healed.”

…and a million more stories about sports figures being able to play in the big game, celebrities having babies, and various and sundry business deals closing. Not impressed? Try some of these for your good news fix:

Happy News
Global Good News
Good News Network
Good News Agency
Positive News
UpBeat