Sunday, August 4, 2013

Trending: Sunday, August 4, 2013

Published 6:30 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Global travel alert/embassy closures
CNN: Intercepted al Qaeda message led to shuttering embassies, consulates
▪ NBCNews: 'Significant' al Qaeda threat remains unclear as embassy closures extended
▪ NPR: State department extends closure of embassies
FoxNews: State department to keep some embassies closed, as lawmakers say terror threat 'specific' and 'serious'

Pakistan
CNN: Officials: Pakistan on alert for possible attack

Afghanistan
NPR: Regimental Combat Team 7 rolls up its flag in Afghanistan

Skydiving news
CNN: Skydiving instructor dies on tandem jump in Mississippi

Prince George
NBCNews: New dad Prince William: I'm on diaper duty

Pot farm news
NBCNews: Pot farms in California: Too dangerous to intervene?

Media news
NBCNews: Newsweek sold to IBT Media

Deviant driving news
NPR: One dead after driver plows through crowed L.A. boardwalk
CBSNews: Venice boardwalk rampage: 38-year-old Nathan Campbell arrested
USAToday: Witnesses say driver appeared to aim for beachgoers

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
NPR: Digital seen surpassing TV in capturing our time

Sex-trafficking
NPR: FBI official: Internet a key recruting tool for sex traffickers

Outside-the-U.S. news
CNN: China halts import of New Zealand milk powder becasue of bolulism bacteria

Obituary news
CNN: Veteran NBC news correspondent John Palmer dies
NBCNews: Julius Chambers, attorney who helped shape US civil rights law, dies at 76

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Powerball
NBCNews: No winner: Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $400 million

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <1M searches
UFC 163
LATimes: UFC 163 recap: Jose Aldo beats 'Korean Zombie' by TKO in 4th round

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