Howdy, friends of Tonic! Who’s up for some quick bites of positively good essentials? We’ve got your philanthropy, your random acts of mega-kindness, your Indian auto-fix, and some words of wisdom from a young mom who knows what she’s talking about. Exhale from Facebook rumor anxiety and sigh at television that is used for good. Come back every day for Daily Briefs that make skimming worthy headlines a snap. Without further ado …
- Are science sensors tracking Bin Laden?
- India’s middle class — a bright spot in an otherwise dark global economy?
- Why stop at chicken soup? Feel-good foods that do a body good.
- Diane Sawyer is unwittingly recruiting good Samaritans — TV watchers with hearts of gold.
- It looks like Eternal Sunshine may be on the horizon.
- Stars from Oz with money to burn send their spare change to bushfire victims.
- Electro-solar powered road trip in India inspires idealism in a cynic’s world.
- Bristol gets realistic: admits that abstinence isn’t. The blinders come off.
- Beloved Facebook promises not to sell us out.
- Cambodia finally gets its time to seek justice. Tribunals begin, prosecuting crimes against humanity.
- The wave of the future — taking a cue from pandas.