Possible Clues:

• "I haven't gotten word yet"
• "Same old, same old"
• '... is good news'
• ''.. .... is good news ''
• ` `.. .... is good news' '
• That's said to be good and fresh in a son
• '. . . . . . is good news'
• Absence that's often desirable
• Nothing in the paper - points of the compass are absent
• 'I haven't heard anything yet,' or the theme of this puzzle