Trending: Thursday, April 18, 2013

Published 7:27 a.m. CST

Google trends with 1M+ searches
West, Texas
▪ CNN: 'Like a nuclear bomb:' Deadly fertilizer plant blast kills 5 to 15 people in Texas town
▪ ABCNews: Texas fertilizer  plant explosion sends 180 to hospitals, levels homes, 5 to 15 feared dead
▪ NBCNews: 'Devastating' explosion rocks Texas town (Link unavailable)
▪ NBCNews: 'Whole street is gone:' Bloodied eyewitnesses describe blast horror
▪ NBCNews: Amateur video shows explosion's devastation (Link unavailable)

More West, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Chemical industry watchdog falls years behind on safety reports for deadly accidents

Google trends with 100,000+ but <1M searches
Gucci Mane
▪ eonline: Hoax alert: Gucci Mane did not insult judge in court

Amanda Bynes
▪ NYDailyNews: Amanda Bynes slams 'ugly' ex Kid Cudi, says she's 'obsessed' with herself on Twitter
▪ SFChronicle: Perez Hilton urges Amanda Bynes' parents to get her help

Man of Steel
▪ MTV: 'Man of Steel' Trailer: Is Superman finally getting it right?
▪ RollingStone: Video: Superman grows up in 'Man of Steel:' Will open June 14
▪ ABC: 'Man of Steel' celebrates 75 years (Cool pic from 1948)
▪ NPR: With mullet or with monkey, everyone knows Superman

Ongoing...
Gun background checks defeat
▪ CNN: New gun background checks rejected: Opponents 'willfully lied,' Obama says
▪ CNN: How the Senate voted on new background checks for firearms sales
▪ ABCNews: Obama scolds Senate for failed gun bill
▪ NBCNews: Obama: Senate background check failure 'shameful' day for Washington; compromise falls 6 votes short

Boston bombing investigation
▪ CNN: Images reveal 2 possible suspects in Boston bombing, official says
▪ ABCNews: Cops have clear image of potential Boston marathon bombing suspect▪ ABCNews: Mystery 'man on the roof' image goes viral
▪ NPR: Video of man leaving bag under review
▪ NBCNews: Boston bombing aftermath: How you can help

Other news
▪ CNN: Test results due in ricin scare: Mississippi man arrested
▪ AP: North Korea sets preconditions for talks restart
▪ NBCNews: Wife of ex-official arrested in slain Texas DA case
▪ CBSNews: Rare pink diamond fetches $36 million at auction

Thinking news
▪ NBCNews: Springttime's Lyrid meteor shower beginning to bloom in the night sky
▪ CBSNews: The end is near for Windows XP
▪ FOXNews: Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish▪ NPR: Separating social media's fact from fiction amid crisis: Twitter as a first draft
▪ NRP: Can acid neutralizers help coral reefs bounce back?

Weird news
▪ CNN: Captain Underpants was most complained-about library book of 2012
▪ NBCNews: Budweiser looking to score big with bowtie cans

Today in history
▪ History.com: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906; close to 8.0 on the Richter scale