Friday, February 21, 2014

Trending: Friday, February 21, 2014

Published 3:51 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Gold for Russia, silver for South Korea's Yuna Kim, and controversy ensues
▪ NBCNews: Banks balk at marijuana money despite U.S. guidelines
▪ NPR: Why Ukraine is such a big deal for Russia; Detroit bankruptcy plan proposes 34 percent cut to pensions
▪ FoxNews: FCC backs off newsroom survey plan
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Why Ukraine's ex-PM (and her hair) are so important; Uproar over Russian skater's golden scores; Liam Neeson talks about losing wife Natasha Richardson; Latest headline: Ukraine leaders sign deal to end violence, protesters denounce pact
▪ CBSNews: Canada beats U.S. 1-0 to reach Olympic gold-medal hockey game
▪ USAToday: Canada beats USA at its own game; Eight lessons from the Fed's financial crisis minutes

Animal companion news
▪ NPR: How dogs read our moods: Emotion detector found in Fido's brain

Shipping news
▪ CNN: Ship loses more than 500 containers in heavy seas

Recall news
▪ Fitbit Force Band recalled due to skin irritation

Social media news
▪ NBCNews: Anti-social networking: LinkedIn users can now block each other
▪ USAToday: Facebook to offer 'look back' memorial videos

States of the union news
▪ USAToday: Plan to split California into six states closer to vote

Obituaries in the news
▪ FoxNews: TV newsman Garrick Utley dies at 74

It's-not-fiction news
▪ CBSNews: Woman's body lay slumped in car -- as parking tickets piled up

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Sarah Burke
▪ NYTimes: Sarah Burke, freestyle skier, dies from training accident

Danny Granger
▪ SBNation: Danny Granger will discuss buyout with 76ers, according to report

Venezuela
▪ Reuters: From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance

Adelina Sotnikova
▪ CBSNews: Winter Olympics 'skating scandal' petition tops 1.7 million

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Kate Mara
▪ CBSNews: On season 2 shocker

Nancy Kerrigan 
▪ MercNews: Two decades after attack, Nancy Kerrigan just wants to 'move on'

Curt Cobain
▪ NBCNews: Teary-eyed part of Kurt Cobain Day in Nirvana singer's hometown

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #Yammouni
▪ #AskBandPerry
▪ #freecodefriday
▪ Hulk Hogan
▪ #VZWBuzz
▪ #TGIF
▪ Jim Harbaugh
▪ Canada
▪ Ted Nugent

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