Michael Brooks: The road to the Nobel prize is paved with jeering colleagues (Independent) After decades of effort, scientists have managed to create a vaccine that reduces the risk of HIV infection. It is only a partial success, reducing infection by about a third. But it is a breakthrough that looked as if it might never come. Especially since a group of leading HIV researchers made a concerted effort to stop this particular trial from going ahead. [News Source]

Half Way Packing Co. is back in business (Bolivar Herald-Free Press) Half Way Packing Co. is back in business, and Ted Ballenger is back as manager. Other than that, things have changed. [News Source]