Trending: Monday, December 9, 2013

Published 4:20 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Weather
▪ CNN: Travel havoc, family missing, many stranded in coast-to-coast freeze
▪ NBCNews: Relentless winter storm refuses to give respite to commuters, air travelers
▪ NPR: University of Oregon investigating 'out of control' snowball fight
▪ FoxNews: Hagel orders US support in Central African Republic mission

Obamacare
▪ NBCNews: NYT: On health exchanges, premiums may be low, but other costs can be high

People killed by police news
▪ CNN: Catholic college police officer kills student after struggle, university says
▪ ABCNews: Former Napster exec killed on bike by patrol car

U.S. military in CAF
▪ CNN: U.S. military aircraft to aid Central African Republic mission
▪ NBCNews: U.S. to send transport planes to Central African Republic
▪ NPR: U.S. will help transport troops in Central African Republic

NSA
▪ NBCNews: World of Spycraft? NSA taps in-game communications: report

Russian spy ring/Medicaid fraud
▪ CNN: Source: Diplomatic fraud ring also spied

North Korea
▪ NBCNews: Kim Jong Un's uncle dragged away from meeting, erased from documentary

Syria
▪ NBCNews: Syria's internet is down again

Thailand
▪ NPR: Thai prime minister dissolves parliament, calls new elections

Singapore
▪ NPR: Singapore's leader urges calm after rare riot

Evolution news/life-on-Earth news
▪ CNN: Oldest human DNA found in Spain
▪ NBCNews: What happened to all the dinosaur poop? The cockroaches ate it

Aviation/bird strike news
▪ NBCNews: Snowy owls, listed as threat to planes, shot down at JFK airport: source

Social media news
▪ CNN: Reddit to the rescue: Strangers find missing dog

Auto bail-out follow-up
▪ NBCNews: Auto bailout saved 1.5 million jobs: study

Mars rover news
▪ NBCNews: Martian microbes? Ancient lake could have held life, rover team says
▪ USAToday: Mars crater may have supported microbial life forms

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Americans' net worth hits all-time high
▪ USAToday: Nine beers many Americans no longer drink

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Record number of British baby boomers taking illicit drugs -- and landing in hospital

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Bonnie and Clyde
▪ LATimes: 'Bonnie & Clyde' draws 9.8 million viewers across three networks

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Seahawks
▪ USAToday: Colin Kaepernick, 49ers overcome rival Seahawks, 19-17

Gronkowski
▪ BostonGlobe: Losing Rob Gronkoswki may be too tough to overcome

Adrian Peterson
▪ ESPN: Adrian Peterson: No tears or  Lisfranc

Lakers
▪ USAToday: Kobe Bryant return spoiled as Raptors beat Lakers

Steelers
▪ HuffPost: Steelers kill all post-season hopes with 34-28 loss to Dolphins

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
School closings
▪ WashPost: School closings, accidents, power outages after winter storm; round two to come

Grace Hopper
▪ LATimes: Grace Hopper, Amazing Grace of computer history, gets Google Doodle

Drew Brees
▪ ABCNews: Drew Brees throws for 4 TDs as Saints send off Panthers

Detroit Lions
▪ NFL.com: Reggie Bush didn't play for Detroit Lions on Sunday

SNL
▪ CNN: As 'SNL' spoofs 'Sound of Music,' Carrie Underwood prays for haters

Aspergers
▪ TIME: Susan Boyle reveals she has Asperger's

Green Bay Packers
▪ SI.com: No shortage of drama on Survival Sunday

Rudy Gay
▪ SI.com: Raptors agree to send Rudy Gay to Kings in seven-player deal

Mike Shanahan
▪ WashPost: Mike Shanahan-Daniel Snyder relationship might be damaged beyond repair

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #TMP325
▪ #SOTV
▪ #KDWBAriana
▪ #KMB13
▪ #FNIchat
▪ Well Done 4
▪ Christmas
▪ World of Warcraft
▪ Pandora