Trending: Friday, March 7, 2014

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

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Death row lawyer: 'If I throw in the towel, a client dies'
▪ NBCNews: Honeymoon may be over for GM CEO Barra
▪ NPR: Republicans find useful enemy in Harry Reid
▪ FoxNews: Russia reportedly seizes a Ukranian military base, begins air drills in Crimea
▪ ABCNews: Latest headlines: Would Mike Huckabee run for president if Hillary Clinton does?
▪ CBSNews: General's sex trial: Accuser gets emotional on the stand
▪ USAToday: Moscow rallies for Crimea to come aboard

Animal welfare news
▪ CNN: California bill would ban orca shows at SeaWorld

Psychology and cuteness news (advertising)
▪ NBCNews: It's cute, it's cuddly, it's sapping your willpower

Violence-against-teachers news
▪ FoxNews: Shooting death of popular Virginia music teacher possibly linked to two other murders, police say

Upskirting reversal news
▪ NPR: UPDATE: Massachusette bans 'upskirt' photos

Animals-secrets-applied to technology news
▪ NPR: The elegant secrets of flying snakes

Nutrition in the news
▪ FoxNews: Vitamin D linked to improved breast cancer survival rates

Prescription drug abuse news
▪ USAToday: Sleeping pill use rises as risky patterns emerge

Why-we-like-the-art-we-like news
▪ NPR: Boy meets painting. Painting grabs boy. Boy mystified
▪ See related article about amusia from yesterday's Trendilla

It's-not-fiction news
▪ CNN: Woman's auto-payments hid her death for six years
▪ CNN: Family shoplifted millions in mom's big black dress, feds say
▪ NBCNews: Gun falls from donated sock, thrift store worker killed (untimely death)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Brandon Howard
▪ NYDN: Brandon Howard is not Michael Jackson's son

Aaron Carter
▪ NYDN: Aaron Carter admits Hilary Duff was the 'love' of his life

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Liz Wahl
▪ CNN: Anchor quits: I can't be part of network 'that whitewashes' Putin's actions

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #AskZEDD
▪ #RIPSpeakerKnockerz
▪ #askjack
▪ Speaker Knockerz
▪ #SXSW
▪ McAllen
▪ #flashbackfriday
▪ Doral
▪ Starbucks