Trending: Friday, May 3, 2013

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Google trends with 500,000+ searches from yesterday
Jeff Hannenman
▪ NPR: Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies (contracted necrotizing fasciitis two years ago, but relationship to his death not clear)
▪ CNN: Guitarist Jeff Hannenman, founding member of heavy metal's Slayer, dies
▪ Billboard: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49

Google trends with at least 100,000 searches but <500,000
George Jones funeral
▪ USAToday: 11 things we learned at George Jones funeral
▪ PeopleMagazine: George Jones remembered by country stars at funeral
▪ TheTennessean: Live blog: George Jones funeral  at Grand Ole Opry House

Also happening...
Gun violence news
▪ CNN: Man dead after firing shot at Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport, authorities say
▪ NBCNews: Man shoots himself at Houston airport after firing into the air, witnesses and sources say

One World Trade Center
▪ CNN: Beacon hoisted atop One World Trade Center

California wildfires
▪ CNN: Winds likely to fuel California wildfire
▪ ABCNews: Wildfire burns 10-mile path to the Pacific
▪ USAToday: Southern California wildfire threatens college campus

Obama in Mexico
▪ CNN: How Mexicans see America

Boston bombing aftermath
▪ ABCNews: Boston suspects originally plotted July 4th attack: Sources

Michael Jackson trial
▪ CNN: Debts, drugs, messy bedroom highlighted first week of Michael Jackson wrongful death trial

North Korea
▪ CNN: More tests will take North Korea closer to nuclear missile, Pentagon says
▪ NBCNews: North Korea moving closer to nuke that can hit U.S.: Pentagon

Advertising and marketing news
▪ CNN: JC Penney reintroduces fake prices (and lots of coupons too, of course)

Culture & cross-cultural news
▪ CNN: Rhode Island becomes 10th state to make same-sex marriage legal
▪ ABCNews: US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged during period that included recession and debt crisis
▪ NPR: Why lobbying is now increasingingly in the shadows
▪ FoxNews: Turkish airline bans flight attendants from wearing red lipstick
▪ NBCNews: Today's teens more materialistic, less likely to work hard, study says

World-of-work news
▪ FoxNews: Boomers finally leaving the workforce, but are millenials ready to step up?
▪ NBCNews: There may be millions more poor people in the US than you think
▪ NBCNews: Millenials with MBAs forced to look beyond big firms

Bangladesh building collapse
▪ CNN: Bangladesh building-collapse toll above 500
▪ CNN: Disney pulls out of Bangladesh factories
▪ NPR: Bangladesh engineer arrested in building collapse

Ongoing
▪ CNN: Maker of fake bomb detector sentenced by London court to 10 years in prison
▪ CNN: OD suspected in Chris Kelly death
▪ ABCNews: Alabama teacher charged in Mississippi girl's kidnapping
▪ FoxNews: Bird flu likely to appear in Europe, other places, expert says

Other news
▪ NPR: FBI adds first woman to its most wanted terrorists list
▪ NBCNews: S&P 500 sets record high, closes just shy of 1600
▪ CBSNews: Does antibacterial soap cause more harm than good? FDA to decide after four decades
▪ CBSNews: Pentagon OKs Samsung Galaxy S4 for its networks, company says
▪ CBSNews: Teenage player's punch leaves Utah referee in coma

Outside the U.S.
▪ CNN: Pakistan prosecutor of supsected Bhutto assassins gunned down
▪ NPR: Dozens die in runup to Pakistan's elections
▪ FOXNews: Pope Benedict returns to Vatican to live side-by-side with Pope Francis

Thinking news
▪ CNN: Tiny flying robots! Meet the quadrotor
▪ CNN: Colleges with the biggest bang for the buck
▪ NPR: Discovery's 'Big Brain Theory:' Not that kind of nerd TV
▪ FoxNews: NASA rover to explore... Greenland
▪ NBCNews: Driving with pet increases crash rates, study says

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: 'Messiah of sex:' John Williamson, sexual revolutionary behind bohemian retreat, dies at 80

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: How porn links and Ben Bernanke snuck into Bitcoin's code