Fix clearing search bar when switching to Google News

newsfix.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Google News Query Save
// @namespace      ePirat
// @description    Fixes that you have to re-enter the search term when you click "News" link
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// ==/UserScript==
var myinterval = window.setInterval(dostuff,50);

function dostuff(){
	var link = document.getElementById("gb_5");
	if(typeof link !== undefined){
		window.clearInterval(myinterval);
		if (link !== null){
			link.addEventListener("click", function(){
				var search = document.getElementById("lst-ib").value;
				link.href = link.href + "&q=" + encodeURI(search);
			});
		}
	}
}