Adele

A two-legged puppy can now get around thanks to a 3D printer — just one good news story that proves Earth is still an okay, not-garbage-y place to be.

The season’s most coveted look is shiny, shapely and right at the tips of your fingers.

U.K. singer Adele has won over fans and critics both here and abroad for her combination of skill and sincerity. Few of her contemporaries can belt out a heartbreaking (unrequited) love song quite like Adele and her Grammy-winning hit "Someone Like You" in particular has brought many a listener to tears since its release.

I’ve been thinking about music a lot this week. While I always have tunes playing somewhere, whether it’s on my computer while I putter, or in the kitchen while I cook or in the car while I zip around from site to site for work, music’s always there.

Looking back in 2011, it’s easy to think the bad news stories — the economy taking a turn for the worse again, losing a major Canadian political figure in NDP leader Jack Layton. Need some help in remembering the year’s great stories? Here are 10 of 2011’s happiest bits of news.