Trending: Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Published 2:47 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Cuba
▪ USAToday: Obama shakes hands with Cuba's Raul Castro

Mars news
▪ CNN: 200,000 people apply to live on Mars
▪ NBCNews: Mars One unveils plan for private Red Planet robotic mission in 2018

Aviation news (laser-blinding)
▪ NBCNews: JetBlue pilots make safe landing after laser blinding

Drone news
▪ CNN: Colorado town's vote on drone ordinance postponed

Apple news
▪ USAToday: Apple's Siri has met her match, analyst says

Banking news
▪ NPR: Regulators OK 'Volcker Rule' to rein in banks' risky trades
▪ FoxNews: Goldman Sachs banker jailed in Nigerian corruption case

Animal abuse news
▪ NBCNews: DiGiorno dumps dairy farm after NBC shows company video of alleged abuse

Animal rescue news
▪ NBCNews: Dog whisperer turns rejects and strays into K-9 officers

GM
▪ CNN: GM names Mary Barra as CEO -- first woman to run major automaker

Olympics news
▪ BleacherReport: International Federation of American Football given provisional IOC recognition

Lululemon
▪ NBCNews: Lululemon co-founder steps down in wake of 'women's bodies' remark

World-of-work news
▪ FoxNews: Across country, commuters turn away from cars

Cross-cultural news
▪ CNN: Challenge your own preconceptions: Take the 'ignorance' test

Kenya mall shooting
▪ NBCNews: Only four shooters at Kenya mall and they may have escaped alive, says NYPD

North Korea/China
▪ NPR: Ouster of North Korea's Jang noted with unease in China

Health coverage news
▪ NPR: Don't count on insurance to pay for genetic tests

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Spanish 'ghost airport' goes on the block
▪ NPR: Brazilian  leader's (Kubitschek) 1976 death found to be a military murder
▪ NPR: With many police on strike, looters hit Argentina's stores

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Dallas Cowboys
▪ SI.com: The 'Boys' are blowing it

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
The Voice
▪ LATimes: 'The Voice' recap: The top 5 perform in the semifinals

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Mike Ditka
▪ ChicagoTrib: Bears retire Ditka's No. 89 during ceremony

Alex Morgan
▪ BleacherReport: Alex Morgan announces engagement

Roy Halladay
▪ ESPN: Roy Halladay retires with Blue Jays

Eleanor Parker
▪ WashPost: Eleanor Parker, Oscar-nominated actress and baroness in 'Sound of Music,' dies at 91

Trending now on Twitter
▪ Mack Brown
▪ Zuma
▪ #TheVampsWildheart
▪ #AskRKelly
▪ #CHALKPreschool
▪ #HolidayRecipes
▪ #PerfumeVideoPremiere
▪ Tila Tequila
▪ Christmas