Trending: March 31, 2013

Emerging?
▪ CBS: China downplays new bird flu fears

▪ Reuters: FDA delays approval of GSK bird flu vaccine

▪ DecodedScience: Coronavirus update: Deadly virus can infect multiple tissues, similar to bird flu 

Facebook
▪ San FranciscoChronicle: You already have a Facebook phone
▪ Forbes: The Facebook phone puts text messaging profits at risk
▪ C|Net: In your Face, Facebook style 

North Korea
▪ TIME: North Korea’s saber rattling: Is the bark worse than the bite?
▪ Aljazeera: North Korea in ‘state of war’ with South

Doctor Who
▪ SkyNews:Tennant and piper back for Doctor Who’s 50th
▪ Forbes: ‘Doctor Who’ review: ‘Bells of St. John’ is a World Wide Web of intrigue
▪ Mirror: Doctor Who: Good, bad and ugly from 50 years of classic sci-fi 

Wichita State
▪ USAToday: Wichita State fights off Ohio State rally to reach Final Four
▪ ESPN: Wichita State upsets Buckeyes to reach Final Four
▪ SportsIllustrated: For Wichita State players, Final Four appearance not a shock 

Steve Alford
▪ LATimes: Here’s hoping Steve Alford’s word to UCLA lasts more than 10 days
▪ NYTimes: Steve Alford hired at coach at UCLA
▪ IndyStar: UCLA hires Steve Alford as new basketball coach 

Other news
▪ NYTimes: Phil Ramone, producer for music’s biggest stars, dies at 79
▪ Breitbart: Google celebrates Cesar Chavez’s birth
▪ CNN: Stephen Baldwin pleads guilty to tax charge, will pay $300,000
▪ USAToday: Texas district attorney, wife found dead

Weird news
▪ CNN: In his living room, blogger traces arms trafficking to Syria
▪ NBCNews: Man arrested with 21 tons ofstolen cheese

Trending: Saturday, March 30, 2013

Facebook

▪  NYTimes(blog): New phone by Facebook to showcase its network

▪  CBSNews: Facebook releases map of marriage equality support

▪  C|NET: Tracking the rumor that just won’t die: The Facebook phone

 North Korea

▪  GuardianUK: US warns North Korea of increased isolation  if threats escalate further

▪  NYTimes:Global powers cast wary eye as Korean tension escalates

▪  NYTimes: North Korea warns it may close shared factory with South

▪  CNN:Pyongyang has been defiant in the face  of efforts to halt its nuclear program

▪  BBC: North Korea tensions: Russia’s Lavrov fears `spiral’

▪  TelegraphUK: North Korea  plan to attack US mainland revealed in photographs

▪  Reuters: North Korea enters state of war against South

FGCU

▪  USAToday: FGCU runs out of magic, as Florida chomps Cinderella run short

▪  CBSSports: Florida takes FGCU seriously – and sends Eagles home

▪  FoxNews: Coach Andy Enfield’s home on the market

Reid Flair

▪  LATimes: Reid Flair: Son of WWE star Ric Flair, dies at 25

▪  CharlotteObserver: Ric Flair’s son, Reid Flair, found dead in SouthPark hotel

▪  WrestlingInc: More on Reid Flair’s passing: Ric Flair’s agent issues statement

Alexis Wright

▪  ABCNews: Zumba sex scandal: Alexis Wright pleads guilty to 20 counts

▪  CBSNews: Zumba prostitution case: Alexis Wright pleads guilty to 20 counts, including prostitution

▪  HuffPost: Maine Zumba teacher pleads guilty to prostitution

Dufnering

▪  YahooSports: Jason Dufner slouches, kicks off the latest trend in golf: Dufnering

▪  ESPN: Jason Dufner photo goes viral

▪  GuardianUK: American golfer sparks Twitter craze

School cheating scandal

▪  NYTimes: Ex-schools chief in Atlanta is indicted in testing scandal

▪  CNN: Grand jury indicts 35 in Georgia school cheating scandal

▪  NYTimes: Ex-schools  chief in Atlanta is indicted in testing scandal

▪  ABCNews: Three dozen indicted in Atlanta cheating scandal

▪  USAToday: 36 educators indicted in Atlanta cheating scandal

▪  NBCNews:Former superintendent indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal

Other News

▪  CNN: Baby shooting may have gang ties

▪  NYTimes: Provocateur comes into view after cyberattack

▪  HuffPost: Christopher Knafelc, Philadelphia man, jumps on train tracks to save fallen man

▪  PCMagazine: Is the SpamDDoS attack over?

▪  NBCNews:Best Buy shrinks as `showrooming’ persists

 Weird News

▪  TIME: Could some of our favorite flavorings be damaging our DNA?

▪  CNN: FBI’s `flying saucer’ online memo intrigues public

▪  CNN: Goofing off on company time? Go for it

▪  LATimes: Robotic jellyfish named Cyro could one day  work for the Navy (video)

Trending: Friday, March, 29, 2013

Facebook
▪  Wired: Here's the `very anonymous' building Facebook demanded from a starchitect
▪  CNNMoney: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg faced $1 billion tax bill
▪  ThoughtCatalog: Here are the top Facebook trends for 2012
▪  Techcrunch: Facebook to reveal `Home on Android' sources say is a modified OS on HTC at 4/4 event

Good Friday
▪  NPR: The Good Friday 5: Musical passion stories you must hear
▪  DailyMail: Baked on Good Friday in 1921: Britain's oldest hot-cross bun has been passed down through five generations
▪  NOLA: Good Friday celebrations and NOLA Bunarchy roll out the  weekend's Easter celebrations

North Korea
▪  NBCNews: North Korea puts rockets on standby as US official warns regime is no `paper tiger'
▪  NewYorkTimes: North Korea orders missile readiness. state media reports
▪  CNN: Why North Korea regime is scary
▪  CNN: Will China finally `bite' North Korea
▪  CIAWorldFactbook: North Korea
▪  CNN: South Korea unfaced: Threats of annihilation normal

Monsanto protection act
▪  Aljazeera: Anger over `The Monsanto protection act'
▪  Snopes.com: Monsanto protection act
▪  MSN: `Monsanto protection act' called `outrageous,' dangerous
▪  Inquisitr: Farmers protest Monsanto Protection Act at White House
▪  CBSNews: Critics slam Obama for `protecting' Monsanto

Maundy Thursday
▪  TheTelegraph: Pope washes feet of young Muslim woman  prisoner in unpredented twist on
▪  Maundy Thursday
▪  BibleGatewayblog: What is Maundy Thursday
▪  BBC: What is Maundy Thursday

Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon)
▪  USAToday: `Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
▪  Reuters: Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies after surgery
▪  DailyMail: Actor Richard Griffiths aged 65 dies while undergoing heart surgery
▪  GuardianUK: Richard Griffiths, uncle to Withnail and Harry Potter dies aged 65 after complications

Jenna Wolf
▪  HuffPost: `Today' host keeping paternity under wraps
▪  DailyMail: Today's Jenna Wolf reprimanded by NBC bosses for on-air hostility
▪  Twitter: Jenna Wolf on Twitter

Other news
▪  CNN: 7,000 dental patients get urgent warning
▪  CNN: Barbara Walters set to retire
▪  CNN: 7 bodies in chairs near Mexico plaza
▪  YahooNews: Rescued cat steals soldier's heart

Weird news:
▪  CNN: What caused mystery circles on frozen New York Pond
▪  CNN: Sir, you have a cat stuck in your engine

Trending: Thursday, March 28, 2013

Facebook
▪  C|Net: Facebook makes risky bet on news feed ads that track you
▪  NewYorkTimes: What you didn't post, Facebook may still know

John Edwards' Daughter
▪  NBCNews: John Edwards' eldest daughter: I was mad, `devastated'  about affair
▪  YahooNews: John Edwards' daughter Cate speaks out about his affair
▪  Glamour: Cate Edwards: What no one knows about my mother, Elizabeth Edwards

YouTube
▪  USAToday: YouTube tops 1 billion  monthy users
▪  Forbes: Here's looking at YouTube: Kid: Eight  years, one billion users...

American Idol
▪  USAToday: On `American Idol,' a Detroit breakdown
▪  FOX: `American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj: There's `absolutely not a chance' a man will win the show
▪  MTV.com: `American Idol' Detroit Night: What should top eight sing?
▪  USAToday: Narrowing the American Idol Field

Miami Heat
▪  ESPN: Heat's 27-game winning streak comes to end in Chicago
▪  FOX: Miami Heat's winning streak ends at 27 in Chicago
▪  NPR: Snap! Maimi Heat's streak end at 27
▪  bleacherreport: Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak snapped by Chicago Bulls

Jenna Wolfe
▪  Philly.com: Former Philly sportscaster Jenna Wolfe pregnant... and gay
▪  LATimes: NBC's Jenna Wolfe, Stephanie Gosk expecting, engaged, out. Whew!
▪  Reuters: NBC `Today' show's Jenna Wolfe expecting baby with gay partner

Derrick Rose
▪  ChicagoTribune: Rosenbloom video: Derrick Rose's time is now
▪  NBA.com: Derrick Rose: Stats, bio
▪  USAToday: Derrick Rose laughs off Waka Flocka Flame's tweet

North Korea
▪  CNN: US flies bombers over South Korea
▪  NBCNews: US bombers practice Korea peninsula attack

Other News
▪  CNN: Run on banks feared in Cyprus
▪  ABCNews: Large lines form outside Cyprus banks
▪  CNN: Massive cyberattack hits internet
▪  BostonHerald: Record-breaking cyberattack hits anti-spam group
▪  ABCNews: SARS-like virus kills two more people in Germany and Britain
▪  NBCNews: After weight-loss surgery, new gut bacteria keeps obesity away

Trending: Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Red equal sign

▪ ABCNews(blog): What's that red equal sign on Facebook about

▪ FOX2Now: What does the red equal sign mean on Facebook

▪ MSN: Same-sex marriage Facebook campaign adopts red equal sign

▪ Inquisitr: Red equal sign takes over Facebook in support of marriage equality

▪ Vice: The red marriage equality sign on your Facebook profile is completely useless

▪ CNN: Woman at center of DOMA: Edie Winsor's battle for equality 

Summly

▪ NPR: After Yahoo acquires Summly, is buying math the next tech bubble (blog)

▪ IndependentUK: How to make a tidy Summly like 17-year-old tech-whizz Nick D'Aloisio

▪ Techonomy: Why Summly matters: Software will become your research assistant

Kellie Pickler

▪ ChristianScienceMonitor: Kellie Pickler `DWTS' jazz routine performance well received (video)

▪ PerezHilton: DWTS Episode 2: Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough dazzle the judges!!!

▪ TasteOfCountry: Kellie Pickler's jazz earns standing ovation from `Dancing with the Stars' judge

▪ TheStir: `DWTS' recap: Kellie Pickler must be hiding something (video)

Lollapalooza

▪ USAToday: Lollapalooza tix are on sale

▪ HitFix:Lollapalooza lineup coming April 9: Will Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix and PostalSerivce be there?

▪ ChicagoCBSLocal: Early bird passes for Lollapalooza sold out

Other News

▪ CNN: North Korea cutting hotline with South

▪ CNN: Meet the guy who won the $338 million lotto

▪ CNN: Who really killed bin Ladin?

▪ CNN: Charm offensive: Peng Liyuan, China's glamorous new first lady

▪ ABCNews: Possible sinkhole drives families from FLA duplex

▪ NBCNews: Fourth sinkhole opens near Tampa; home evacuated

▪ ChristianScienceMonitor: Judge Judy's son: Interfering in child rape case?

▪ ABCNews: Could Amanda Knox be extradited to Italy?

Weird News

▪ Yahoo: Man finds baby squirrel (alive) inside bag of mulch

▪ CNN: Things athletes do to look cool

▪ TIME: Can you smell obesity

▪ ABCNews: Disabled man awarded $8000 after being stranded on Disneyland ride

▪ NBCNews:Honda mini-van comes with built-in vaccuum

▪ CNN: Gates wants geeks to build a better condom

Trending: Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Summly
▪ Reuters: Yahoo acquires mobile news start-up Summly
▪ Philosophically.com: The Summly deal makes no sense'
▪ BusinessInsider: Summly's 17-year-old founder has a girlfriend, and here's what she thinks about his $30 million acquisition
▪ CNBC: Yahoo wonder kid eyes more start--ups after Summly sale
▪ Summly.com: Nick D'Aloisio: Press resources (executive team's bio) (video)

Shakira
▪ MTV: How did Usher and Shakira Do?
▪ UsMagazine: Shakira on The Voice's male judges Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, User: They underestimate me
▪ People.com: Shakira, User debut on an emotional premiere of The Voice
▪ LatinoFOXNews: `The Voice:' Adam Levine says Shakira is a firecracker
▪ YouTube: `The Voice' debuts: Shakira and Usher are serious newbies

Amanda Knox
▪ NBCNews: Italy court: Amanda Knox to be retried for Meredith Kercher murder (Link no longer found)
▪ CNN: Amanda Knox vows to fight on as Italian judges order retrial in murder case
▪ ABCNews: Amanda Knox `shocked' by court ruling that she will be tried again for murder

BioShock Infinite
▪ Mashable: `BioShock Infinite' is journey you should not miss
▪ EnternainmentWeekly: `BioShock Infinite' review, with an addendum
▪ NewYorkTimes: BioShock's Latest: Civil war in a city in the sky
▪ USAToday: Irrational Games' Ken Levine talks `BioShock Infinite'
▪ Gamespot.com: `BioShock Infinite' review: Stupendous game

Alexis DeJoria
▪ PerezHilton: Jesse James and pro-drag racer Alexis DeJoria officially tie the knot
▪ USAToday: Jesse James marries racer Alexis DeJoria
▪ LATimes: In his fourth wedding, Jesse James marries Alexia DeJoria
▪ CBSNews:  Jesse James marries drag racer Alexis DeJoria
▪ HuffPost: Jesse James, DeJoria married: Sandra Bullock's ex walks down aisle for 4th time

Other News
▪ CNN: FAA: 149 Control tower
▪ USAToday: North Korea threatens Hawaii and U.S. mainlands

Weird news
▪ USAToday: Dog custody battle goes through 3 courts
▪ YahooNews: NKorea put artillery forces at top combat posture

Trending: Monday, March 25, 2013

Denny Hamlin
▪  LATimes Video of crash after collision with Joey Logano
▪  ESPN: Kyle Busch wins Fontana after wreck
▪  USAToday: Denny Hamlin airlifted to hospital; will stay overnight
▪  Denny Hamlin: Official Website
▪  Dennny Hamlin: Images

Phil Spector
▪  DetroitFreePress: Al Pacino's portrayal of Phil Spector `cheesy,' Spector's wife says
▪  MiamiHerald: HBO's `Phil Spector' a spectacular travesty
▪  PsychologyToday: Dangerous genius: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
▪  BuffaloNews: Was Phil Spector innocent? David Mamet makes his case in HBO film

Tiger Woods
▪  ESPN: Final round postponed at Bay Hill
▪  Bloomberg: Tiger Woods' chase to regain golf's No. 1 rank delayed  by storm
▪  LaTimes: Tiger Woods will have to wait a day

Aaron Craft
▪  USAToday: Ohio States' Aaron craft shows `big guts' with late-game heroics
▪  USAToday: Aaron Craft's buzzer-beater clips Iowa State, lifts Ohio State into Sweet 16
▪  CBSSports: Aaron Craft shakes off second-half mistakes tos end OSU to Sweet 16

Weird news
▪  CNN: Pilot impersonator gets into cockpit
▪  CNN: Whiz fan builds Lego Hogswarts (video)
▪  Time: How sloths took over pop culture

Other news
▪  CNN: Amanda Knox to learn her fate again
▪  CNN: Winter storm ignores calendar: Spring snow hammers Midwest
▪  CNN: Family vacation turns tragic at airport (falling sign kills boy)