Trending: Thursday, June 6, 2013

Published 2:30 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

Google trends from yesterday at bottom

Today's headlines
Tropical Storm Andrea
▪ CNN: Andrea chugs toward Florida's Big Bend
▪ NBCNews: Tropical Storm Andrea drenches Florida, bound for East Coast
▪ FoxNews: (Video) Tropical Storm Andrea about to reach landfall on Florida coast
▪ USAToday: Tropical Storm Andrea to make landfall near Tampa today (ad first)
 
Philadelphia building collapse
▪ FoxNews: Philadelphia rescue crews pull 61-year-old woman 12 hours after deadly building collapse
▪ CBSNews: Search goes on after deadly Philadelphia building collapse
▪ CNN: Philly mayor: Probe of building collapse under way
▪ NBCNews: Contractor of collapsed Philadelphia building has criminal record (ad first)

NSA phone surveillance
▪ FoxNews: NSA reportedly collecting phone records of millions, though officials had denied holding of 'data' on Americans
▪ NPR: Spy agency's collection of phone records reopens controversy
▪ NBCNews: 'Critical tool?' Top lawmakers defend NSA snooping on Verizon phone records
▪ CNN: Senate intelligence leaders say phone surveillance is 'lawful'
▪ CNN: Lawmaker: Seizing Americans' phone records helped stop terrorist attack

Powerball
▪ CNN: Costly courtesy in Powerball line

Gun violence news
▪ USAToday: Stepbrother's AK-47 goes off, killing girl on 13th birthday
 
IRS
▪ FoxNews: 'Maliciously self-indulgent:' Lawmakers rip IRS over conference spending

Jeep SUV recall
▪ NBCNews: Chrysler recalling 630,000 SUVS, Jeeps worldwide

Mortgage rates
▪ CNN: Farewell 3% mortgage rates
 
Health news
▪ FoxNews: Medical breakthrough for multiple sclerosis sufferers

Science news
▪ NBCNews: Now birds lost their penises
▪ NPR: Feeling a little blue may mask our ability to taste fat

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Chicago high school student facing charges after hot sauce prank
▪ NPR: The fat-shaming professor: A Twitter-fueled firestorm
▪ NBCNews: From 'dude' to dividends: The budding industrialization of pot
▪ NBCNews: American blame 'government welfare' for persistent poverty, study finds
▪ TIME: Smoking alcohol: The dangerous way people are getting drunk
▪ CBSNews: 10 percent of youth behind bars report sexual victimization
 
Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Esther Williams, swimmer turned movie star, dies
▪ CNN: Esther Williams, star of film and swimming, dies at 91
▪ NBCNews: Esther Williams, Hollywood star and champion swimmer, dies at 91
▪ NBCNews: Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies in car crash
 
Drone strike news
▪ NBCNews: Former drone operator says he's haunted by his part in more than 1,600 deaths
▪ NBCNews: Poll finds overwhelming support for drone strikes

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: Billionaire offers $1 million to solve math problem
▪ FoxNews: American teacher in China arrested for alleged child sexual abuse
▪ FoxNews: Russian president Putin, wife announce divorce
▪ NPR: In Turkey, protesters proudly call themselves 'looters'
▪ NPR: Koreas agree to first high-level talks in years
▪ NPR: For Venezuelans, kidnappings are simply business as usual
▪ NBCNews: 50 years on, UK agrees to compensate Kenyans tortured during colonial rule
▪ CNN: 165 kidnap victims freed in Mexico
 
Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: After 10-mile-run, woman gives birth to surprise baby
▪ NBCNews: On, no, Elmo! Street performer busted for trying to bilk Girl Scouts
 
Google trends from yesterday with at least 1M searches
Paris Jackson
▪ See also: Trendilla from Wednesday, June 5, 2013
▪ USAToday: Paris Jackson is 'physically fine,' attorney says

Google trends from yesterday with at least 200,000 searches but <1M
Bruins
▪ ChicagoTribune: Bruins take commanding 3-0 series lead in Eastern finals

Samantha Power
▪ NBCNews: Samantha Power, White House's UN ambassador nominee, has 'seen evil at its worse'
 
Philadelphia building collapse
▪ See also heading at top of page and Trendilla from Thursday, June 6, 2013

Tropical Storm Andrea
▪ See heading at top of page

CMT Awards 2013
▪ CNN: CMT Awards: See the winners here!
▪ Newsday: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert big winners at CMT Awards 2013

Google trends from yesterday with at least 100,000 searches but less than 200,000
The Last of Us
▪ USAToday: Review: 'The Last of Us' a gripping tale of survival

Ryan Braun
▪ ESPN: Ryan Braun sits out with injury