The Great News: Greatest Job Of All Time, Eco-Friendly Houses, and Good Times Return!

Chance Of Money Storms Likely! The Federal Reserve claims that the economy is still contracting, but more slowly than previously. Which can either mean the recession is easing, or it just might be more of a stroll to economic ruin, rather than a sprint. For now, focus on the positive: you won't have to pitchfork fight for canned food in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Yet! Yay! [yahoo.com]

House of Poos! It's lighter, stronger, cheaper, and more environmentally-friendly than excavating clay. You can build a house out of it, and be the alpha hippie on the block. They're bricks! Earth-saving bricks! Made out of poo, wonderful poo! [treehugger.com]

Get Paid To Drink Wine! This job seems too good to be true: ten grand a month to drink wine, and learn how to talk about it all fancy. Why would anyone be so cruel as to get a hobos hopes up? But if it's true… then this is the greatest gig out there, hands down. Truly great news to whoever scores it. Good luck! [sfgate.com]

The World Needs More Heroes! So this story is kind of gruesome, but since the news is so thick with stories of self-interested douchebags, it doesn't hurt to dwell on someone who just did the right thing. This little girl suffered a horrible injury, and this hero carried her for four days to get help. [news.com]