Trending: Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Published 4:29 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: E-mails among Christie appointees suggest political vendetta
▪ NBCNews: Emails tie Christie administration to bridge constroversy
▪ NPR: Same-sex marriages no longer recognized, Utah tells agencies
▪ FoxNews: Utah governor says state will not recognize gay marriages amid court battle
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Who are ex-cops accused of faking disabilities to get paid?; Slain beauty queen Monica Spears video kiss goodbye; Obama sits by his man Biden after book's scathing critique; Latest headlines: Navy helicopter crashes in Atlantic; 1 dead, 1 missing
▪ CBSNews: Christie: 'People will be held responsible' for bridge scandal
▪ USAToday: E-mails tie Christie aide to bridge fracas

Iraq pullout news
▪ CBSNews: For U.S. vets, violence in Fallujah brings mixed feelings

Same sex marriage
▪ CNN: Utah will not recognize same-sex marriages performed before high court stay

Helicopter crash news
▪ CNN: One dead in Navy helicopter accident off Virginia

Pope news
▪ CNN: Holy hitchhiker! Pope gives pal a ride on the Popemobile

Outbreak news
▪ FoxNews: Outbreak of 'nightmare bacteria' in Illinois stirs worry (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae)

H5N1 news
▪ ABCNews: Fatal case of N5N1 bird flu reported in Canada

Tourette syndrome news
▪ NBCNews: Rare genetic mutation discovered in Tourette syndrome family

Dying language news
▪ NPR: What happens when a language's last monolingual speaker dies?

Placebo news
▪ NBCNews: What's in a sugar pill? Maybe more than you think

Alcoholism news
▪ NPR: So are 2 drinks a day really too many?

Tobacco news
▪ FoxNews: 50 years of tobacco control extended lives of 8 million Americans, study claims

Marijuana news
▪ FoxNews: Scientists discover hormone (pregnenolone) that blocks pot 'high'

Pancreatic cancer news
▪ FoxNews: Common cold virus (reolylsin) could help treat cancer

VCR news
▪ NBCNews: Forget 4KTVs: Most Americans still own a VCR

Invention news
▪ NPR: Sealant inspired by beach worm could become surgical superglue

Intrusive fax news
▪ FoxNews: Faxes could cost small business owner up to $48 million

Sea monster news
▪ CBSNews: Ancient sea monsters were black, study finds

Example of bad headline news (it's right but sounds wrong)
▪ FoxNews: California deputy waited 3 seconds before shooting teen with toy gun, lawsuit says

It's-not-fiction-news
▪ CNN: Woman caught sneaking into U.S. in suitcase
▪ NPR: Sealant inspired by beach worm could become surgical superglue

Literacy news
▪ CNN: CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders

Sochi Olympics news
▪ NBCNews: 23 U.S. Olympic stars to watch in Sochi

Avalanche news
▪ NBCNews: Utah avalanche was largest in modern history

Solar flare news
▪ NBCNews: Huge solar flare delays private rocket launch to space station

Space station news
▪ NPR: NASA reportedly gets OK to keep space station going until 2014

Unintended consequence/ecology news
▪ NPR: Whales, dolphins are collateral damage in our taste for seafood

Norway news
▪ CBSNews: Every Norway citizen is now a millionaire (theoretically)

Developmental psychology news
▪ CBSNews: Kids being bore prepares them for adulthood, says U.K. education expert

Boredom news
▪ CBSNews: Kids being bore prepares them for adulthood, says U.K. education expert

Downsizing news
▪ USAToday: Macy's to lay off 2,500 workers

World-of-work news
▪ USAToday: Macy's to lay off 2,500 workers

Cross-cultural comparison news
▪ CNN: Don't call Canadians 'American' or smile at the French, British hoteliers told

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Police union draws fire over swearing toddler 'thug' video
▪ CNN: CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders
▪ NBCNews: Forget 4KTVs: Most Americans still own a VCR
▪ NPR: 'Saturday Night Live' takes a very important step: hires black female cast member

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Monica Spear
▪ NBCNews: Five grilled in murder of Venezuela star Monica Spear, ex-husband

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Dennis Rodman
▪ CNN: Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un

Luol Deng
▪ ChicagoTribune: Luol Deng departure cruel blow to Bulls teammates

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Lindsey Vonn
▪ ABCNews: US skiing star Lindsay Vonn out of Sochi Olympics

Pretty Little Liars
▪ EOnline: Pretty Little Liars winter premiere

DASH Diet
▪ Syracuse.com: DASH diet named best diet of 2014, but is 'caveman' plan the worst?

Lil Wayne

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ #RejectedBowlGames
▪ #ThingsThatOffendLiberals
▪ #heyjc
▪ #pitmad
▪ #nysos14
▪ Frank Thomas
▪ Velveeta
▪ Armando Benitez
▪ Jacque Jones