Trending: Thursday, January 9, 2014

Published 3:43 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter now trends at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Christie drops swagger amid heat of scandal
▪ NBCNews: 'Embarrassed and humiliated' Christie axes aide, apologizes for bridge scandal
▪ NPR: An 'embarrassed and humiliated' Gov. Christie apologizes
▪ FoxNews: Christie apologizes over lane closures, fires top aide
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Mystery bodies, explosives discovered near Olympics site; Scourge of heroin abuse in Vermont mirrors national epidemic; 'White knuckle time' for radiation hurtling from the sun; Latest headline: Christie fire top aide in bridge scandal, says 'I'm not a bully'
▪ CBSNews: Christie apologizes for bridge controversy, fire top aide
▪ USAToday: Gov. Christie fires aide, apologizes to New Jersey

Today's headlines
Polar vortex surprises
▪ CNN: Polar vortex leaves nasty surprises, still grips northern Midwest

Terrorism news
▪ CNN: Teen dies stopping suicide bomber at school in Pakistan

Sochi pre-Olympics news
▪ CNN: Russia: Six deaths, car blast prompt security sweep ahead of Games in Sochi

Air travel news
▪ CNN: And the world's safest airline is...Qantas

Survivor guilt news
▪ CNN: At 4, she survived crash that killed kin

Glowing animal news
▪ CNN: From blue to green, red or orange: Fish put on new light

H5N1 news
▪ NBCNews: Bird flu case in Canada: Where has H5N1 been, anyway?

Face-memory news
▪ NPR: How to make your face (digitally unforgettable)

Japan news
▪ NBCNews: Japan plan nuclear reactor meltdown to help prevent another Fukushima disaster
▪ FoxNews: Japan plans to take over management of 280 remote islands

Life-as-a-child-news
▪ NPR: A former child soldier imagines 'Tomorrow' in Sierra Leone

It's-not-fiction news
▪ NBCNews: Okla. man accused of killing stepfather with 'atomic wedgie'

CES2014
▪ USAToday: CES 2014: Cheap smartphones show Apple's challenge

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Yes, your boss is probably happier than you are
▪ CBSNews: Study finds attractive people earn more at work

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: Slather it, baby! Butter consumption hits 40-year high

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Coachella 2014
▪ Coachella 2014: OutKast to reunite

People's Choice Awards
▪ USAToday: Sandra Bullock scores at People's Choice Awards

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Chris Christie
▪ See 'What they're leading with' above

Cara Delevinge
▪ CBSNews: Cara Delevingne, Michelle Rodriguez cozy up at Knicks game

American Horror Story
▪ HuffPost: 'Coven' recap

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Margot Robbie
▪ DailyMail: Margot Robbie wears apron-inspired dress

Frank Thomas
▪ NYT: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas elected to Hall of Fame

WWE

Elvis Presley
▪ HuffPost (from yesterday): Elvis Presley would have been 79 today

Bobby Petrino
▪ ESPN: Bobby Petrino fools them again; accepts Louisville football coach job

ABC Family

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ Jay Gruden
▪ #bridgegate
▪ #ChrisChristie 
▪ #FilmPrequels
▪ #JustAddTyson
▪ #CESNextpert
▪ David Wildstein
▪ Promise Zones
▪ Fort Lee