What 2 recent news articles would fit Dickens' quote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.."?

Question

One news article should be evidence proving that it is the best of times in our world, and the other news article should be evidence proving that it is the worst of times in our world.

Answer 1

The best of times:
Hurricane Katrina debris workers return treasured flag of widow

http://www.goodnewsdaily.com/show_story.php?ID=1504

The worst of times:
COALITION CASUALTIES
More than 4,000 dead
Some of the troops killed in Iraq weren't old enough to drink. See their faces, ages and hometowns

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html

Answer 2

Decode this lyrics " Time after time"
Then it must be in time.