Trending: Sunday, January 5, 2014

Published 11:30 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and trending now on Twitter (U.S.) at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Record-breaking cold possible across two-thirds of U.S.
▪ NBCNews: Typhoon-ravaged fisherman: 'Just give us a boat and we can take care of ouselves'
▪ NPR: Despite scandals, nation's crime labs see little change
▪ FoxNews: Obama's deception on health care 'hurting the economy,' Romney says
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Record-low temperatures set to fall across US, Funeral held for baby allegedly killed in forceps delivery, 5 things to know about the new 'bachelor'; Latest headline: Plane skids off runway at JFK airport
▪ CBSNews: The art of yoga
▪ USAToday: Ice Bowl II? 49ers, Packers brace for brutal weather

2014 preview
▪ NPR: Eating tea and other food predictions for 2014 (1. The Midwestern Food Movement, 2. Low tea, 3. Distracted dining, 4. Bread rises to the top, 5. Investing in food, 6. Ethnic inspired, 7. Hybridizaiton of food, 8. Small scale molecular gastronomy, 9. Personal shopping, 10. Craft everything

2013 in review
▪ NPR: No relief forecast after one of California's driest years ever

Iraq
▪ CNN: Kerry: We'll help Iraq but won't send in troops

Syria
▪ FoxNews: Syrian civil war bleeds into Beirut, as terror groups clash

South Sudan
▪ FoxNews: South Sudan peace talks begin

North Korea
▪ FoxNews: Rodman picks team for North Korea basketball exhibition

Building-collapse news
▪ FoxNews: Building collapse kills at least 14 in India

Terrorism news
▪ NPR: 20 dead as blasts hit Baghdad; fighting in Anbar continues

Hacking news
▪ CNN: Malware attack hits thousands of Yahoo users

Stranded ship news
▪ NPR: U.S. ice breaker in bid to rescue vessels trapped in Antartic

Jeff Bezos/Airlift news
▪ CNN: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos Islands for kidney stones

Emergency landing news
▪ CNN: Small plane makes forced landing on Bronx highway
▪ NBCNew: 3 injured as small plane makes emergency landing on Bronx expressway
▪ NBCNews: New York's JFK Airport temporarily shut after plane skids off icy runway

Colorado marijuana news
▪ CNN: Recreational pot sales: Where the grass is much greener

It's-not-fiction-news/plot-device news
▪ CNN: Missing Michigan doctor (Teleka Patrick) accused of stalking gospel artist Marvin Sapp
▪ USAToday: Lobotomy patient twice wronged while in state care

Medical fatality news
▪ CNN: Hawaii girl, 3, dies after dental procedure

Atheist churches
▪ CNN: After a schism, a question: Can atheist churches last? (London, Sunday Assembly)

2014 Sochi Olympics
▪ NBCNews: Is it possible to protect Putin's perfect Olympics?

Bertha mystery solved
▪ NBCNews: Huge tunnel borer Bertha stopped by simple steel (8-inch-diameter) pipe in Seattle

Clergy deviance news
▪ ABCNews: Baptist preacher arrested for wife' murder

Facebook news
▪ ABCNews: Facebook: We are not collecting unpublished posts and comments

Unintended consequences news/irony news
▪ NBCNews: Are the Xbox and unleaded gas helping keep you safe from violent crime?

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Tormented over their look? Bullied teens seek free plastic surgery from NYC nonprofit (bullying)
▪ NBCNews: Are the Xbox and unleaded gas helping keep you safe from violent crime?
▪ NPR: Eating tea and other food predictions for 2014 (1. The Midwestern Food Movement, 2. Low tea, 3. Distracted dining, 4. Bread rises to the top, 5. Investing in food, 6. Ethnic inspired, 7. Hybridizaiton of food, 8. Small scale molecular gastronomy, 9. Personal shopping, 10. Craft everything
▪ NPR: Transgender issues follow path blazed by gay rights

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Portugal football legend Eusebio dies
▪ NPR: Saul Zaentzk, Oscar winner who feuded with John Fogerty, dies
▪ FoxNews: Former New York Newsday, Village Voice editor-in-chief Donald Forst dies at 81

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
NFL
▪ NBCNews: In remarkable rally, Colts overcome 28-point deficit, beat chiefs 45-44

NFL Scores

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <1M searches
NFL playoff schedule

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ #OrangeBowl
▪ #AmericansvsBritish (Cross-cultural comparative)
▪ #KCvsIND
▪ #sithbusters
▪ #SelfieOlympics
▪ Maty Mauk
▪ Braxton Miller
▪ Phil Everly
▪ Freedom Writers