Trending: Monday, December 23, 2013

Published 12:12 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
Weather
▪ CNN: Plummeting temps on tap for much of U.S.
▪ NBCNews: Christmas in the dark? Storm brings ice and outages to Midwest, Northeast
▪ NPR: Ice storm leaves tens of thousands in the dark

Obamacare deadlines
▪ CNN: Countdown to Obamacare deadlines
▪ NBCNews: Deadline looms for Obamacare
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare deadline is a milestone and marker of uncertainty

Target credit card breach
▪ NPR: After Target's data breach, customer incentive disappoints

North Korea
▪ CNN: Did business disputes play a role in Kim Jong Un's uncle's execution?
▪ FoxNews: Dennis Rodman leaves North Korea without saying if he met Kim Jong Un

Aviation accident news
▪ NBCNews: Jet wing strikes building at Johannesburg airport

Bus crash news
▪ FoxNews: 13 hurt as tour bus crashes on California freeway

Does-this-really-happen-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Kicked out of high school for 'public lewdness' after reporting rape

Deviant survivalist news
▪ NBCNews: Survivalist sought in murder of wife and two young daughters

This-would-make-a-good-plot-device-news
▪ NBCNews: New Jersey Realtors used client's home for 'sexual escapades:' report
▪ FoxNews: Pennsylvania woman tried to frame hubby with child porn

Americans abroad news (cross-cultural faux pas)
▪ NBCNews: US consultant Shezanne Cassim sentenced to year in UAE jail for posting satirical video

Conflicting norm news
▪ NBCNews: UK retailer M&S faces boycott after Muslim worker refused to sell alcohol

Gas prices news
▪ NBCNews: Gas prices edge downwards after recent rise

Pop culture news
▪ NBCNews: After outrage, Cracker Barrel to sell 'Duck Dynasty' items again

Life-as-a-child news
▪ FoxNews: Feds see surge in children crossing US border amid concerns over immigration policy

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Utah scrambles to stop gay marriages, as couples line up

World-of-work news
▪ FoxNews: Drunk at work? No problem: Union contracts gone wild

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: City hires 'cholita' traffic cops to ease Bolivian gridlock

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: Father of AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94

Trending now on Google
50,000+ searches
Obamacare

Festivus

Britney Spears

iOS 7 jailbreak
(Editorial comment: This is free consumer research that Apple should pay attention to in order to revamp its software)

20,000+
Mariah Carey

Trending now on Twitter
▪ Mikhail Kalashnikov
▪ #fandommemories2013
▪ #DEMIin2013
▪ #AskPeyton
▪ #DoseofCharm
▪ #CHIvsPHI
▪ Happy Festivus
▪ Trent Cole
▪ Christmas

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Sunday, December 22, 2013More than 200,000+ searches
▪ SNL
▪ Chicago Bears
▪ NFL Playoff picture
▪ Dallas Cowboys
▪ Peyton Manning▪ Patriots

At least 100,000 but <200,000▪ Sound of Music
▪ Steelers▪ Detroit Lions