Published 1:11 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Trending now on Google and Twitter*
Today's headlines
2014 preview
▪ NBCNews: The top 10 political stories to watch in 2014: The midterms, can Obama rebound, does the health-care law and Website enjoy more success in 2014 than it did in 2013?, Iran deal, economy (does it continue to improve), can immigration pass the House, The 2016 jockeying, GOP's ideological war (does it continue), debt ceiling (Does it become another fight? Or are the budget battles really over for the next year years?), FL-13 (If Democrats have ANY chance of winning back the House, they need to win this race).
Credit card theft
▪ CNN: Target: 40 million credit cards compromised
▪ NBCNews: Millions of Target customers' credit, debit card accounts may be hit by data breach
▪ USAToday: Target confirms massive credit-card data breach
Fake sign language interpreter
▪ FoxNews: Mandela memorial service interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital
Lottery news
▪ CNN: Georgia woman claims half of $648 million Mega Millions jackpot
▪ NBCNews: Mega Millions: One winner collects prize, the other remains unknown
Line-of-duty fatality news
▪ ABCNews: Central Texas deputy fatally shot serving warrant
2016 election
▪ CNN: Clinton says she'll decide about 2016 next year
Secret giving news
▪ NBCNews: $3,500 diamond ring dropped in Salvation Army kettle in South Florida
North Korea
▪ CNN: Dennis Rodman lands in North Korea to train basketball team, agency says
▪ USAToday: 'Bad Boy' Rodman visits 'friend' Kim Jong Un again (Editorial comment: Dear ▪ North Korea: Please keep him this time)
Housing news
▪ CNN: Home sales fall in November
▪ NPR: Existing home sales dip, but prices rise
Blood pressure news
▪ CNN: So you have high blood pressure? New guidelines suggest maybe you don't
Food contamination news
▪ FoxNews: 'Superbug' bacteria widespread in US chicken, consumer group finds
Dog thinking news
▪ HLN: What does the dog say? New device may tell us!
SmartPhone news
▪ FoxNews: Bill would require 'kill switch' for smartphones
SeaWorld news
▪ CNN: 'Blackfish' prompts school to cancel long-standing SeaWorld trip
UK soldier killing
▪ NBCNews: Two Muslim converts guilty of killing UK soldier Lee Rigby on London street
Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Ex-firefighter accused of starting deadly California blaze that destroyed 60 homes
World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Diplomats' exploitation of domestic workers a 'plague,' activists say
Execution/death penalty news
▪ NPR: Executions in U.S. drop close to 20-year-low in 2013
Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay wedding
▪ USAToday: Methodists defrock pastor who performed gay son's wedding
Trending now on Google (See yesterday's Trendilla for explanation of changes to presentation of Google trends)
1M+ searches
Phil Robertson (The Duck Dynasty guy)
▪ CNN: Remarks about gays prompt suspension of 'Duck Dynasty' star
200,000+ searches
Justin Bieber
Anchorman 2
50,000+ searches
Target credit card breach (see above)
Barbara Walters
Trending now on Twitter
▪ A&E
▪ #dinahjane
▪ #p4a
▪ #My5HHolidayWish
▪ Phil Robertson
▪ #ScentSavings
▪ #WDHolidayTips
▪ Jesus Shuttlesworth
▪ New Mexico Supreme Court
▪ Paul George
Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Wednesday, December 18, 2013
At least 2M
▪ Phil Robertson
At least 200,000 but <2M
▪ Justin Bieber
▪ Anchorman 2
▪ Ian Watkins
At least 100,000 but <200,000
▪ Ga lottery
▪ Bitcoin
▪ The Fault in our Stars
▪ Michael Buble
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