Trending: Saturday, January 18, 2014

Published 12:52 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: Despite gun violence in ordinary places, experts say 'safer now than in long time'
▪ NBCNews: What same-sex couples need to know about taxes
▪ NPR: Sibling snowboarders hope to reach Olympics at the same time
▪ FoxNews: Most ObamaCare enrollees already had health plans, report says
▪ ABCNews: From spy to president: 5 things to know about Vladimir Putin; Christie's bridge scandal: From jokes to contrition; Google contact lens to monitor diabetes holds promise; Latest news: Suicide attack on Aghan restaurant kills 21
▪ CBSNews: Robert Gates on what make a good president
▪ USAToday: 'Ice missile' law hits drivers who don't remove snow (boundaries); Super Bowl on guard for human trafficking criminals

Terrorism news
▪ CNN: Two Americans among 21 killed in Kabul restaurant attack
▪ NBCNews: Iranian diplomat killed resisting kidnap attempt in Yemen

Gun violence news
▪ NBCNews: Pregnant woman among 3 shot on Dan Ryan Expressway

Hacking news
▪ NBCNews: Thieves tweaked 'off-the-shelf' malware for Target data heist, security firm says

West Virginia water woes
▪ CBSNews: West Virginia water woes continue as tests reveal more contamination

Aviation news
▪ CNN: NTSB: Pilots admit mistaking county airport for Branson (confirmation bias)

Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: Dozens of passengers on Royal Caribbean cruise fall ill, company says

Dolphin slaughter news
▪ CNN: Group: 250 dolphins await slaughter, lifetime of captivity at Japan's Taiji Cove

Fish oil for traumatic brain injury
▪ CNN: 'He's going to be better than he was before'

Sunlight and health news
▪ NBCNews: Ahhh. Sunlight may lower your blood pressure

Diet soda
▪ CBSNews: Diet soda drinkers end up consuming more calories: study

Climate change news
▪ CNN: U.N. report: Don't delay on climate change

Archaeology news
▪ NBCNews: New England's 'lost' archaeological sites rediscovered (LiDAR, hidden past)

India
▪ CNN: 18 die in stampede at funeral for religious leader in India
▪ NBCNews: India politician's wife found dead just days after Twitter spat with husband's 'stalker'
▪ NPR: India reels over death of Indian minister's wife

China
▪ NBCNews: Can China really stop 350 million people from smoking

Syria
▪ NPR: Syrian coalition votes to attend Geneva peace talks

Ukraine
▪ NPR: Ukraine's president approves anti-protest law

Egypt
▪ USAToday: 98.1% of voters approve constitution

Social media news
▪ NPR: Still texting? OMG, that's already so old-school (synchronous)

France
▪ USAToday: President's affair tests French tolerance for paramours

Cell phone fraud news
▪ FoxNews: Spanish police arrest Dominican national wanted by US for multimillion dollar cellphone fraud

Military news
▪ USAToday: Budget plan would slash Army by 100,000 soldiers

World-of-work news
▪ CNN: NTSB: Pilots admit mistaking county airport for Branson (confirmation bias, sychology)

Marijuana/tobacco
▪ USAToday: Marijuana and tobacco: How times have changed

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Some states look at reviving firing squads amid shortage of execution drugs
▪ NPR: In Appalachie, poverty is in the eye of the beholder
▪ CBSNews: Top 10 fastest-growing states (North Dakota, South Carolina, Washington, Arizona, Florida, South Dakota, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Utah
▪ USAToday: Noise is No. 1 quality of life complaint in NYC (boundary, pollution)

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Three years after uprisings, Arab states take different paths

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Amber Heard
▪ FoxNews: Amber Heard, 27, and Johnny Depp, 50, are reportedly engaged

Avonte Oquendo
▪ ABCNews: Remains found in New York's East River could be Avonte Oquendo

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Sunanda Pushkar
▪ BBC: Shashi Tharoor: Minister's wife Sunanda Pushkar 'found dead;' See also 'India' above

Flowers in the Attic
▪ LATimes: Review: 'Flowers in the Attic' wilts for want of fun

Ride Along (It's a movie)

Kellen Winslow
▪ SportingNews: Kellen Winlsow was allegedly 'pleasuring himself' in parking lot before arrest

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #WeAreHereForYouJustin
▪ #5SOSTWITCAM
▪ #EverythingsGonnaBeAlrightJustin
▪ #HDM2014
▪ #bloxcast
▪ IMATS
▪ Mama Jan
▪ James Young
▪ Ride Along