Be happy, people - a consensus is building that the worst is about behind us.  A roundup of some economic data and experts' opinions makes it hard not to reach the conclusion that the recession is, in fact, over. Here's one happy little detail: the Dow is honing in on 10,000 again, having closed up about 20 points at 9,885.80 this afternoon.  What's more, as we noted last week, it's doing this even as it's almost time for companies' third quarter ...