Trending: Friday, August 23, 2013

Published 5:50 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Random killings by teens
▪ CNN: Arrest made in Spokane beating death of WWII vet
▪ NBCNews: Teen arrested in beating death of WWII vet, 88, in Spokane, Wash.

Robert Bales/Afghan massacre
▪ NBCNews: Soldier accused of massacre of Afghan villagers gets life without parole

Foiled plots news
▪ CNN: Police: 'Sovereign citizens' planned to execute Las Vegas cops

Wildfire news
▪ CNN: Yosemite fire: Blaze spreads to national park, threatens homes
▪ NPR: Calif. wildfire nearly doubles in size, burns into Yosemite park

Fort Hood killings
▪ CNN: Nidal Hasan convicted in Fort Hood shootings
▪ NBCNews: Hasan found guilty of premeditated murder in 2009 Fort Hood rampage
▪ FoxNews: Fort Hood shooter convicted on all counts

Microsoft news
▪ CNN: Hits and misses of the Steve Ballmer era at Microsoft
▪ NBCNews: In the vista of Ballmer's Microsoft, famous failures but also solid successes
▪ NPR: Microsoft CEO Ballmer retiring within the next year

Time Warner-CBS conflict news
▪ CNN: Time Warner's fix for CBS blackout: Free rabbit ears

Amazon.com news
▪ NBCNews: Amazon may be building a wireless network of its own

India rapes
▪ CNN: Police say female photographer, 23, gang-raped in Mumbai
▪ NPR: Police say one arrest made in gang rape of photojournalist in India

Sochi Winter Olympics
▪ NPR: Russia bans protests at site of Sochi winter Games

Health news
▪ NBCNews: Taking out half a kid's brain can be best option to stop seizures, research confirms

Archaeology news
▪ NBCNews: Archaeologists race against time and turmoil to save Gaza's ancient ruins

Housing sales
▪ NPR: Drop in new home sales may be sign higher rates are biting
▪ USAToday: New home sales plunge 13.4%

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: In wake of intern's death, Bank of America reviews hours
▪ NBCNews: One new astronaut used rhyme to get hired by NASA full time

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Cereal killer? Beware of Greeks bearing breakfast yogurt
▪ NBCNews: LA porn set closed after actress tests positive for HIV


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Ben Affleck
▪ NBCNews: Holy casting news! Ben Affleck to play Batman in 'Man of Steel' sequel

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <1M searches
Big Brother spoilers

Yesterday's Google trends with at lest 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Cameron Bay
▪ ABCNews: Porn star Cameron Bay opens up about HIV scare

Indicted
▪ FoxSports: Hernandez indicted on murder charge

Chelsea Manning
▪ FoxNews: Army can say if Manning gender swap would be permitted

Nasdaq
See 'Stock market news' in Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, August 22, 2013)
▪ Microsoft pushes Nasdaq to weekly win