Trending: Saturday, December 7, 2013

Published 10:29 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Weather
▪ NBCNews: Frozen nation: At least 11 dead as cold, ice and snow grip US
▪ NPR: Another winter storm moves east, more snow, ice expected

North Korea
▪ CNN: American Merrill Newman heads for freedom, 'deported' form North Korea
▪ NBCNews: 'Murky' drug trade: How did North Korea become a meth hub?

Nelson Mandela
▪ NBCNews: US government considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008

Astronomy news
▪ NBCNews: Venus has its brightest night of the year

Health research news
▪ CNN: Killing cancer like the common cold

The economy
▪ CNN: Improving economy: Is it real?

Aviation news
▪ CNN: Final boarding: McDonnell Douglas DC-10 makes last passenger flight

Bitcoin news
▪ CNN: Someone bought a $100,000 Tesla with Bitcoins

Toilet news
▪ NBCNews: Toilet of the future? You might want to sit down for this

Best headline
▪ NBCNews: Toilet of the future? You might want to sit down for this

Metro North crash news
▪ NBCNews: Feds order major Metro-North safety changes after deadly crash

Drug-find news
▪ NBCNews: 12 tons of marijuana found hidden in big rig in Orange County

iPhone news
▪ NBCNews: Heyday app is the anti-Facebook for the iPhone

Hacking news
▪ NBCNews: Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network

Bad idea news
▪ NBCNews: Why is China targeting the moon -- and should NASA as well?

Deviant behavior news
▪ ABCNews: Police: Pa. newlyweds killed man for thrills

Goldman-Sachs
▪ ABCNews: Rogue Goldman trader sentenced to prison

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Deer struck by car goes airborne, strikes jogger

London
▪ CBSNews: Time lapse: Welcome to London

Rocket-launch news
▪ CBSNews: Atlas V rocket launches on secret mission

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Don't get booted from the bar! Watch out for these weird bar rules 
▪ NBCNews: Judge orders Colorado baker to serve gay couples
▪ USAToday: S.C. sheriff refuses to lower flag for  Mandela

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Six released from Mexican hospital but detained in theft of cobalt-60

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
World Cup draw
▪ CNN: 2014 World Cup draw: Host Brazil plays Croatia in opening game

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Robinson Cano
▪ NYDailyNews: Yankees may have never really wanted Robinson Cano back on team

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Fifa: Official site

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #LiesObamaToldUs
▪ #satchatwc
▪ #MLPseason4
▪ #PearlHarbor
▪ #sitssharefest
▪ Christmas
▪ Grammy
▪ Schurrle
▪ Osvaldo