Trending: Thursday, August 1, 2013

Published 2:33 p.m.

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Ariel Castro
▪ CNN: Judge sentences Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to life, plus 1,000 years
▪ NPR: Cleveland kidnapper sentenced to life plus 1,000 years

Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Snowden gets Russia asylum: White House 'extremely disappointed'
▪ NPR: U.S. 'Extremely disappointed' at Russia's asylum for Snowden

Syria
▪ CNN: Report: Ammunition depot explosion kills at least 40 in Syria

Iraq
▪ NBCNews: Iraq endures highest monthly death toll in 5 years

Stock market
▪ CNN: S&P 500 tops 1,700 for first time
▪ NPR: S&P 500 index passes 1,700 mark for first time

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Job hunting at work? You're not alone

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Residents flee as wildfires threaten homes in Pacific Northwest

Food poisoning news
▪ CNN: Kansas company recalls 50,000 pounds of ground beef products

Student loan news
▪ CNN: Congress OKs cheaper student loans

Health news
▪ NPR: What outbreak? Students tune out tweeted health warnings
▪ CBSNews: Doctors warn tattoos over moles, birthmarks may hid melanoma

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Kerry: Obama has timeline for ending Pakistan drone strikes strike 'very,a very soon'
▪ NPR: Kerry says U.S. plan to stop drone strikes in Pakistan

Gun news
▪ NBCNews: Gun suicides up, murders down in US cities, CDC finds

Mercenary news
▪ FoxNews: Mexican cartels hiring US soldiers as hit men

Shark attack news
▪ NBCNews: Second shark attack in four days forces Hawaii beach closure

San Diego mayor
▪ NPR: Best San Diego mayor says he didn't get harassment training

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Italy's Berlusconi sentenced in tax fraud case

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: $50,000-a-night 'floating' hotel room on Denver skyline
▪ FoxNews: Book missing for more than 150 years returned to Kentucky library

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Riley Cooper
▪ ESPN: NFL won't penalize Riley Cooper

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Lauren Silverman
▪ ABCNews: 5 things about Simon Cowell's gal pal Lauren Silverman

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <500,000 searches
Maria Mitchell
▪ TIME: Google Doodle honors Maria Mitchell, first professional woman astronomer in the U.S.