Published 1:59 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom
(Read what happened on this day last year)
Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ NBCNews: Fort Hood victim's dad: Gunman snapped after seeking time off
▪ NPR: One more speed bump for your retirement fund: Basic human impulse (negative valence)
▪ FoxNews: Acts of courage emerge in wake of deadly Fort Hood shooting massacre
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: 5 reasons the Afghanistan election this weekend really matters
▪ CBSNews: Attorney General Eric Holder confirms federal investigation into high-speed trading
▪ USAToday: Navy contributes underwater technology to jet search
Spring weather
▪ CNN: Strong storms advance on South, Midwest
Missing jet
▪ NBCNews: Whale of a problem: Hunt for black box hampered by sea life
Windows
▪ CNN: Windows 8 soon to be more like Windows 7
Ebola
▪ CNN: Ebola tops 80 in West Africa
Apple
▪ CNN: Apple's next big announcements coming in June
Recalls
▪ NBCNews: Gas fireplaces recalled over explosion hazard
▪ NBCNews: Gas-loving spiders cause Mazda car recall
Pop culture
▪ NBCNews: Ferguson? Handler? No shortage of possible successors to David Letterman
▪ NPR: David Letterman's meticulously unchoreographed exit
Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: No paternity in baseball? What it says about manhood
Unintended consequences
▪ NPR: Nest halts sales of smoke detector, disables 'wave' feature
Planet news
▪ NPR: Scientists say a Lake Superior lurks on Saturn's moon enceladus
Animal loyalty news
▪ FoxNews: Dog walked miles to Washington landslide where owner is missing
On-the-job
▪ NPR: Two brave journalists in Afghanistan (Anja Niedringhaus, Kathy Gannon)
World-of-work news
▪ CNN: The top 1% and what they pay
▪ NBCNews: Welders caused Back Bay blaze that killed 2 firefighters
▪ NPR: Twitch boosts a new pro category: Video game player
▪ CBSNews: Fort Hood shooting: Gaps in detecting mental health issues persist in military (no mention of the work environment as a contributor, though)
Escape-from-it-all news
▪ CNN: 10 of Scotland's spectacular castles
Ex-president news
▪ ABCNews: Presidential 2nd acts: From Bush's painting to Harry Truman's roadtripping
Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ USAToday: Breast feeding death sends woman to prison for 20 years
It's-not-fiction, but it belongs on 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell me'
▪ NBCNews: Gas-loving spiders cause Mazda car recall
▪ NPR: Twitch boosts a new pro category: Video game player
▪ FoxNews: 'I'm at the wrong hearing:' Senator has major scheduling mix-up
▪ USAToday: Workers thinks body is mannequin, hauls it to dumpster
▪ USAToday: How a 5-year-old discovered Xbox security flaw
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
James Franco
▪ USAToday: James Franco 'embarrassed' for flirting with teen
Yellowstone volcano
▪ Reuters: Scientists dismiss claims that Yellowstone volcano about to erupt
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Chupacabra
▪ Discovery.com: Texas 'chupacabra' turns out to be imposter
Paulina Gretzky
▪ ESPN: LPGA stars: Paulina Gretzky, really?
Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #HasbroSpringGifts
▪ Beards or No Beards
▪ Ian Desmond - Washington Nationals
▪ Fausto Carmona
▪ Wellington Castillo
▪ #FourFour
▪ Justin Upton
▪ Jim Joyce
▪ #luckyfabb
▪ #TEDxCLE
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