Trending: Friday, May 17, 2013

Published 6:42 a.m. CST

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Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Dick Trickle
▪ FoxNews: Ex-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies at 71, sheriff says
▪ CNN: Retired NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent self-inflicted wound
▪ ESPN: Dick Trickle dead at 71

The Office
▪ FoxNews: Michael Scott returns for series finale as 'The Office' ends its 8-year run
▪ Reuters: Steve Carell helps 'The Office' close its doors in moving finale

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches but <200,000
Granbury, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Search for Texas tornado survivors: Some victims 'not even near their homes'
▪ MiamiHerald: Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes
▪ CNN: 7 still missing after Texas tornadoes (16 in 7 hours; at least one an EF4)

Aretha Franklin
▪ BuzzFeed: Did Aretha Franklin spoil who won American Idol?

David Beckam
▪ NYTimes: Beckham, 38, says he'll bend it no longer
▪ BBCNews: David Beckham: ex-Man Utd, Real Madrid & AC Milan star to retire
▪ CNN: End it like Beckham: Global superstar David Beckham retires

Also happening
Followup news
▪ CNN: Cause of catastrophic Texas explosions remains mystery
▪ FoxNews: Obama names new acting IRS chief
▪ CBSNews: Powerball jackpot soars to $550 million

Missing witness protection terrorist suspects
▪ NPR: Who are the terrorism informants in Witness Protection?
▪ CNN: Witness protection program lost track of two 'known or suspected terrorists'

Military sex abuse scandal
▪ NBCNews: Navy official removed from post after accusations of sending inappropriate texts, emails
▪ NBCNews: Mail rape survivors tackle military assault in tough-guy culture
▪ NPR: Head of sexual-harrassment program at Ft. Campbell arrested

American Idol winner
▪ NBCNews: Third time is a charm for newly crowned American Idol winner Candice Glover
▪ ABCNews: How Candice Glover won American Idol

Workplace news
▪ NBCNews: When war is desk job, drone pilots burn out; Drone pilot burnout triggers call for recruting overhaul
▪ NBCNews: Solider sentenced to life without parole for killing 5 at combat stress clinic in Iraq
▪ NBCNews: Big brother may not be watching, but your employer probably is
▪ NBCNews: Doctors doubt nurses skills, survey finds

Health news
▪ NBCNews: Chorus of critics greets new psychiatric manual (DSM-5) release
▪ NBCNews: SARS cousin finally has a name: MERS
▪ NBCNews: Attention deficit leads US kids' mental health problems, CDC reports
▪ ABCNews: How climate change could affect seasonal allergies

Culture-in-the-U.S. News
▪ NBCNews: No. 1 swimming pool problem? It's number two
▪ NBCNews: Average retirement age in the US rises to 61 (from 57 in the early 90s)

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: China phasing out reliance on executed prisoners for transplant organs

Other news
▪ NBCNews: Man tricked pregnant girlfriend into taking abortion drug, feds say
▪ NBCNews: Cops: Kidnap suspect held after snatched girl' mom rams car
▪ NBCNews: Boy, 10, sentenced to juvenile detention for rape, murder plot
▪ NBCNews: SUV passengers more likely to survive crashes against those in cars
▪ ABCNews:  Gold shipment vanishes in mysterious Miami airport heist
▪ ABCNews: Locks of love tangled in $6 million dispute

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: E. Robert Kinney, man who gave America fish sticks, dead at 96

Out-of-the ordinary news
▪ CNN: Internet celebrity hitchhiker with hatchet arrested in murder case
▪ NBCNews: Man finds $4.85M lottery ticket in cookie jar
▪ NBCNews: Venezuela is running out of toilet paper