Trending: Thursday, December 5, 2013

Published 5:08 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Breaking news: Nelson Mandela dies
▪ CNN: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies
▪ NBCNews: Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Weather
▪ CNN: Storm's 1-2-3 punch: Frigid, snowy and icy

Medicaid fraud
▪ NBCNews: Dozens of Russian diplomats in NY defrauded Medicaid system: Prosecutors

Non-gun violence
▪ CNN: Florida man kills wife and son with crossbow, then slits throat

U.S. nationals abroad deaths
▪ CNN: American teacher slain in Libya

Bear attack news
▪ CNN: Bear suspected in attack captured, killed

iPhone news
▪ NBCNews: Obama say's he's not allowed iPhone for 'security reasons'

School bus accidents
▪ NBCNews: Child killed in school bus accident in Idaho

Wildfire news
▪ NPR: $559 K fine set for safety failures in deadly Arizona wildfire

World-of-work news
▪ CBSNews: One-third of bank tellers rely on public assistance

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Militants launch deadly attack on Yemen's defense ministry

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Danny Wells, character actor and co-star of 'Super Mario Bros.', dies at 72

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Amazon

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <200,000 searches
Weather
▪ See 'weather' above

Pandora
▪ USAToday: Tech stocks: Pandora share climb

Sears

Old Navy

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Reddit

Dropbox
▪ TechCrunch: Brace launches Dropbox-powered hosting solution for static sites

Jennifer Lawrence
▪ USAToday: Jennifer Lawrence hungers for normalcy

Mega Millions
▪ Philly.com: Powerball jumps, though Mega Millions worth much more

Weather.com

Sprint

SEPHORA

Michaels

Xbox One
▪ BostonGlobe: Xbox One is more than a game, but less than ideal

American Horror Story

Bitcoin
▪ FoxNews: Mayor, police chief in struggling Kentucky coal town to donate salary in Bitcoins to spur economy

Trending now on Twitter
▪ RIP Nelson Mandela
▪ #FantasyPlayoffSleeper
▪ #breakoutartist
▪ #RememberingMandela
▪ #tbt
▪ Austin Mahone
▪ #PeoplesChoice
▪ Christmas
▪ Morgan Freeman