Trending: Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Published 3:12 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Angry Dennis Rodman defends North Korea basketball game
▪ NBCNews: Jobless benefits extension advances in the Senate
▪ NPR: Senate votes to move ahead on extending unemployment benefits
▪ Fox: Pa. police warn road-rage killer could strike again, plead for witness
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Maryville teen who claimed rape attempts suicide, mother says; 9/11 cops, firefighters scammed disability cash: indictment; Ralph Lauren's niece held on 'air rage' charges; Latest headline: Hundreds rescued from frozen Amtrak trains
▪ CBSNews: Obama pushes Congress to extend emergency unemployment benefits
▪ USAToday: Death toll rises from harsh winter weather

Activist news
▪ CNN: Sea Shepherd activists say they disrupted Japan's whale hunt in Antarctic waters
▪ NBCNews: After 43 years, activists admit theft at FBI office that exposed domestic spying
▪ NPR: The secret burglary that exposed J. Edgar Hoover's FBI

Terrorism news
▪ ABCNews: Ohio police: Man stopped for speeding had 48 bombs

Iraq
▪ NBCNews (blog): NBC: Bush to blame for 'security vacuum' in Iraq created by Obama's troop withdrawal

Traffic stop-find news
▪ ABCNews: Ohio police: Man stopped for speeding had 48 bombs

Knockout attack news
▪ CNN: New York man charged with assault in alleged 'knockout' attacks

Syria news
▪ NBCNews: UN stops counting Syrian dead as first chemical weapons removed from the country
▪ NPR: First batch of chemical weapons material shipped out of Syria

Cancer news
▪ NBCNews: Slow but steady: Cancer death rates drop 20 percent in two decades

Alcohol news
▪ NPR: Drinking too much? Don't count on your doctor to ask

JPMorgan/Madoff news
▪ NPR: JPMorgan Chase to pay more than $2 billion to Madoff victims

Robocall news/privacy news/intrusion news
▪ NBCNews: Free service proves it can block unwanted robocalls

Evolution news
▪ NBCNews: Tiny ancestors of lions and tigers and bears discovered (oh my)

Industrial meeting news
▪ NBCNews: T-Mobile CEO on being thrown out of AT&T party

Pop culture news
▪ CNN: 'Downton Abbey' premiere breaks ratings record
▪ NBCNews: Don't double dip: Velveeta warns of shortage

Gaming news
▪ NPR: In gaming, a shift from enemies to emotions

Migrant issues
▪ NBCNews: Israel migrant worker protest: Strike over human rights enters third day

London news
▪ NPR: London's cheeky skyscrapers

Janet Yellen/New fed chief news
▪ FoxNews: Wall Street climbs on trade data, Yellen optimism

Pope news
▪ CBSNews: Pope Francis eliminates 'monsignor' honorific for most priests

New technology news
▪ CBSNews: 'Internet of things' all the rage at Consumer Electronics show

World-of-work news
▪ CBSNews: The cost of jobless youth: $9 billion in lost taxes

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: First thoughts: The GOP still faces an empathy gap
▪ NBCNews: Don't fall for the 'bikini bridge' prank the internet is playing on you

Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Run Run Shaw, Kung Fu pioneer, dies

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Jameis Winston
▪ USAToday: Jameis Winston could win another NCAA title in June

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <2M searches
CES 2014
▪ CNN: Director Michael Bay freezes up at CES

Polar vortex
▪ CNN: Frigid air from the North Pole: What's this polar vortex?

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <100,000 searches
Evan Peters
▪ NYDailyNews: Emma Roberts engaged to boyfriend Evan Peters

Nancy Kerrigan
▪ TIME: Tonya Harding says attack on Nancy Kerrigan knee-capped her career

Teen Wolf
▪ EWeekly: 'Teen Wolf' react: The teens open the door to a world of crazy in season 3-B

Mary Kay Letourneau
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, January 6, 2014)

Scott Disick
▪ EOnline: Scott Disick 'very, very sad' following father's death

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ Luol Deng
▪ #ThingsThatOffendLiberals
▪ #fitin14
▪ #PLLmarathon
▪ #polarvortex
▪ #politicosblackintellectuals
▪ Zora Neale Hurston
▪ PlayStation Now
▪ Scump