Published 3:38 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Trending now on Google and Twitter*
Today's headlines
2013 in review news
▪ NBCNews: The 10 biggest political stories of 2013 (descending order): the IRS and Benghazi controversies, gun-control legislation gets blocked in the Senate, De Blasio wins in New York, Christie cruises to re-election, McAuliffe wins in Virginia, Immigration bill passes the Senate, stalls in the House, Showdown over Syria's chemical weapons, Snowden's NSA leaks, the government shutdown, the botched health-care rollout
Obamacare
▪ FoxNews: Insurers extend premium deadline amid ObamaCare problems
▪ USAToday: Insurers adjust deadlines in response to HHS
Indian diplomat (Devyani Khobragade)
▪ CNN: Arrest, strip-search of Indian diplomat in New York triggers uproar
▪ NBCNews: India blocks cheap booze for US diplomats after envoy's arrest and strip-search in NYC
▪ NBCNews: Secretary Kerry expresses regret to India after diplomat strip-searched
U.S.-China warship incident news
▪ NPR: Beijing: Near miss as U.S. warship 'harassed' Chinese vessel
Consumer Reports car news
▪ CNN: Toyota Prius is Consumer Reports' best new-car value
NSA spying
▪ CNN: White House to release independent report on NSA spying
Drone news
▪ FoxNews: Colorado judge rules in favor of holding drone-hunting after legal fight
Mega Millions
▪ CNN: Did you win? Numbers announced for $636 million Mega Millions jackpot
▪ NBCNews: Tale of two clerks in monster lottery jackpot: Only gets a $1 million bonus
▪ NPR: Winning Mega Millions tickets sold in California and Georgia
2016 Olympics news
▪ CNN: U.S. delegation to Russian Olympics includes gay athletes
▪ NBCNews: US delegation to Sochi appears to snub Putin over antigay laws
Stonehenge news
▪ CNN: New dawn for ancient monument: Stonehenge visitor center opens
Economic/stock market news
▪ NBCNews: Fed says to cut back on its economic stimulus beginning in Jan.
▪ USAToday: Dow soars to record close on Fed's 'Taper Lite'
Child sex abuse
▪ CNN: British Lostprophets rock star jailed 35 years for child abuse
Virus news
▪ NBCNews: CDC issues warning about painful virus (chikungunya) from mosquitoes
Mystery illness news
▪ ABCNews: Mysterious illness in Texas kills 4
Blood pressure news
▪ USAToday: Advice would put fewer Americans on blood pressure meds
Dumb-idea news
▪ CNN: Harvard student Eldo Kim charged in final-exam bomb hoax
▪ NBCNews: Failing grade: Alleged Harvard bomb hoaxer needed more than Tor to cover his tracks, experts say
▪ NPR: Student is charged in Harvard bomb scare
Animal action news
▪ NBCNews: Social media mobilizes to help blind man keep hero dog
Neanderthal news
▪ NBCNews: Sex and the Siberian Neanderthal: Incest and inter-species action
BP Followup news (World-of-work news)
▪ NBCNews: Ex-BP engineer found guilty in Gulf of Mexico (Macando) oil spill case
▪ NPR: Ex-BP engineer found guilty of obstructing justice
Future inventions news
▪ CNN: The CNN 10: Inventions: Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, Atlas humanoid robot, automatic, Bounce Imaging Explorer, MakerBot Digitizer, Google Glass, GravityLight, Oculus Rift, Soccket Energy Ball, Tooth 'tattoo' sensor
Pop culture news
▪ CNN: Josh Gad sets sail for 'Gilligan's Island'
▪ NBCNews: 'Voice' champ Tessanne Chin: 'I was a wreck' after win
▪ USAToday: As top U.S. light bulb fades away, shoppers stock up
▪ USAToday: GLAAD slams 'Duck Dynasty' for 'vile' remarks in 'GQ'
Driving-under-the-influence news
▪ FoxNews: Pa. town latest to force drivers over and ask for cheek swabs for federal study
Culture in the U.S. news
▪ TIME: Washington residents smoke way more weed than officials thought
▪ NBCNews: Do stay-at-home moms need a 'postnup?'
▪ NBCNews: Grandparents scrimp, save -- and still want to splurge on grandchildren
Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: 'Great Train Robber' and British folk hero Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84
* Beginning yesterday, Google trends from the previous day no longer appeared at google trends. Trendilla has not been able to determine whether they may still be accessible through the current menus.
Trending now on Google
100,000+ searches
▪ Anchorman 2
50,000+ searches
▪ lotto
▪ Justin Beiber retiring
▪ Eldo Kim
Trending now on Twitter
▪ #FINDJARULE
▪ #5KahramanPolis
▪ #p4a
▪ #beyoncethinkpieces
▪ #BetterXmasAlbumTitles
▪ Mario Kart 8
▪ Christmas
▪ Y&R
▪ Doumit
Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Tuesday, December 17, 2013
At least 5M searches
▪ Mega Millions
At least 1M but <5M searches
▪ The Voice
At least 100,000 but <1M searches
▪ Texas lottery
▪ Devyani Khobragade
▪ Tim Witherspoon
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