Trending: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Published 2:24 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Obamacare/Affordable Care Act
▪ CNN: Surprise! Cruz votes with Democrats after trying to block spending plan
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare prices released: Average monthly cost is $328
▪ CBSNews: Premiums on ObamaCare marketplace beat expectations, report shows

NY Mall shooting
▪ FoxNews: New York mall on lockdown after deadly shooting, gunman armed and dangerous

Earthquake news
▪ CNN: Death toll rises to 330 in Pakistan quake
▪ NPR: Pakistan quake killed hundreds, created island off coast

Housing market news
▪ CNN: New home sales climb 8%

Postage stamp news
▪ CNN: Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 3 cents

Poaching news
▪ CNN: Poachers in Zimbabwe poison 87 elephants for ivory, official says

Lottery news
▪ CNN: 'The drama is nonstop:' Powerball winner 'Wild' Willie wants his old life back

Minimum wage news
▪ NBCNews: California signs law raising minimum wage to $10/hour by 2016

Recall news
▪ NBCNews: Sunscreen for babies, kids recalled for potential contamination

Dinosaur news
▪ NBCNews: Thousands of dinosaur tracks found along Alaska's Yukon River

Sunken treasure news
▪ CBSNews: Argh! Pirate booty found from 1717 shipwreck

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Survey: 15 percent of Americans don't go online

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ ABCNews: Internet sensation 'Papa Smurf' dies; other blue people live on

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Ted Cruz
▪ See 'Obamacare' above

Agents of SHIELD
▪ NYTimes: Action, yes, just no superhero this time: Marvel's 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D' begins on ABC

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Dumb and Dumber 2
▪ LATimes: 'Dumb and Dumber To' begins production, but will audiences care?

Teyana Taylor
▪ NYDailyNews: Rihanna starts Twitter war with Teyana Taylor after mocking her Anita Baker cover song

NCIS
▪ NYTimes: CBS to test a third version of 'NCIS' franchise