Trending: Saturday, January 11, 2014

Published 4:26 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trending now at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: NJ Democrat lawmaker on traffic scandal: 'I do think laws have been broken'
▪ NBCNews: Alex Rodriguez receives 162-game suspension
▪ NPR: A feud that lasted a lifetime: Ariel Sharon vs. Yasser Arafat
▪ FoxNews: Conservatives question US Chamber's plan to spend millions to defeat Tea Party style candidates in 2014
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Hackers steal credit card data from Neiman Marcus customers; Four politicians who stand to gain from Chris Christie's bridge scandal, Alex Rodriguez suspended for 2014 season; Latest headline: Tap water may be out for days after W. Va. spill
▪ CBSNews: Alex Rodriguez suspended from baseball for 2014 season
▪ USAToday: A-Rod suspension reduced to 162 games


Water emergency news
▪ NPR: Hundreds of thousands still without water in W. Va.
▪ USAToday: West Virginians may wait days to get water back on after chemical spill

Political scandal news
▪ NPR: The other political scandal: New York Mayor De Blasio and 'Forkgate'

Flu news
▪ FoxNews: Flu season worsens as illness spreads to at least 35 states, CDC says

Plane crash news
▪ CNN: Wreckage of downed plane carrying software president found in Idaho

Advertising news
▪ USAToday: Study: Most Super Bowl ads do squat

Aviation emergency news
▪ NBCNews: 'Heroic actions' by SoCal nurse save pilot mid-flight

Recall news
▪ FoxNews: GM recalling 370,000 pickups for fire risk

Hacking news
▪ NPR: Neiman Marcus says hackers stole credit card data

Animal disease news
▪ FoxNews: Widespread pig virus threatens to bump pork prices

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Pumped up: Breastfeeding mothers fight for rights at work
▪ NBCNews: Bank of America recommends work limits after intern's death

Names that fit the job
▪ NPR: Former Reagan White House spokesman Larry Speakes dies

Teacher deviance news 
▪ FoxNews: Former teacher pleads guilty to sex with 14-year-old student

Have-versus-have-not news
▪ NPR: The war on poverty: A deep divide on how to help

New reading material news
▪ NPR: Doctorow ruminates on how a "Brain" becomes a mind

Cool homes news
▪ CBSNews: 5 churches transformed into homes

Bad headline news
▪ USAToday: Study: Most Super Bowl ads do squat

It's-not-fiction news
▪ NBCNews: Woman finds wrong body in mother's caset at NJ funeral home
▪ NBCNews: 'Heroic actions' by SoCal nurse save pilot mid-flight
▪ NBCNews: Pimp sues Nike for not warning shoes could be dangerous if used to beat people

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister, dead at 85
▪ NPR: Former Reagan White House spokesman Larry Speakes dies

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Lone survivor
Lena Dunham

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Hilary Duff
Amber Alert
BostonGlobe: Amber Alert issued for Fitchburg girl, 6
Shia LaBeouf

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ #RickyDillonTo500k 
▪ #EXADirectioners
▪ #ExaBeliebers
▪ #AskRobbie
▪ #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithBeard 
▪ Shaun Livingston
▪ Alex Rodriguez
▪ Super Metroid
▪ Double OT