Trending: Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Published 7:19 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Georgia school shooting
▪ CNN: Georgia school employee hailed as 'real hero' for talking gunman into giving up
▪ NPR: School clerk in Georgia persuaded gunman to lay down weapons

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Resources dwindle to fight large wildfires across the U.S.

Syria
▪ CNN: Syrian activists: Videos show chemical weapons used
▪ NBCNews: UN has 'strong concern' over reports of hundreds killed in Syria chemical weapons attack

NSA spying
▪ CNN: NSA misrepresented scope of data collection to secret court
▪ NPR: Secret Court: NSA surveillance program was unconstitutional

Fertility news
▪ NBCNews: 40 men sue hospital after accidental thaw destroyed sperm

Stock market news
▪ CNN: Fed confusion leads to 6th straight loss for Dow

Firearm news
▪ CNN: AR-15 triggered fire that killed Tennessee father and son

ACT news
▪ NBCNews: Only 1-in-4 ACT test-takers have college, career skills

Health benefits news
▪ CNN: UPS cuts insurance to 15,000 spouses, blames Obamacare

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Hiring revs up, but it's mostly part time and low pay

Jewel theft news
▪ NBCNews: French police arrest notorious 'Pink Panther' jewel thief prison escapee

Bradley Manning
▪ ABCNews: (Video ad first) Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for leaking secrets

History news
▪ NBCNews: Angry Nixon: New tapes reveal an overwrought president in grips of Watergate

Archaeology news
▪ NBCNews: 6,100-year-old crock pot has earliest evidence of food spicing (and it's still delicious)

Pope Benedict
▪ TheGuardian: Ex-pope Benedict says God told him to resign during 'mystical experience'

Cross-cultural psychology news
▪ NPR: Japan projects a more assertive image to the world

Irony news
▪ NBCNews: American Airlines' trainee found on 'no-fly' list

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Study: Welfare pays more than minimum wage in most states

▪ FoxNews: 3 members of 1972 Dolphins skip White House event over differences with Obama

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Panning for gold in South Sudan, a gram at a time

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Blue Moon
▪ USAToday: 'Blue moon' dominates night sky, captivates observers

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Elmore Leonard
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, August 20, 2013)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
PS4 release date
▪ Techradar: PS4 release date confirmed as Nov. 15 in US, Nov. 29 in Europe

Al Jazeera America
▪ USAToday: Al Jazeera America launches, sues AT&T

Christopher Lane
▪ See 'Gun violence news' in Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, August 20, 2013)