Trending: Thursday, April 17, 2014

Published 4:21 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom
(Read what was happening on this day last year)

Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Ukraine crisis talks: Diplomats urge end to violence, security for all

▪ NBCNews: Russia and Ukraine agree on steps to end crisis
▪ NPR: Obama: Affordable Care Act enrollment hits 8 million
▪ FoxNews: Initial agreement reached to de-escalate Ukraine crisis
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Obama: 8 million signed up for health care
▪ CBSNews: Obamacare "is working," time to move past political fight, Obama says
▪ USAToday: Obama hails health care sign-ups

Ferry disaster
▪ CNN: Questions mount in South Korean ferry disaster; hundreds still missing

Stabbing news
▪ NBCNews: Student stabbed at Piper High School in Sunrise: Police

Pop culture
▪ NBCNews: Chelsea announces pregnancy

Facebook
▪ USAToday: Faceboo rolls out 'Nearby Friend' feature

Earth-like planet news
▪ NBCNews: 'Earth's cousin:' Scientists find alien planet that's most like home
▪ FoxNews: Astronomers discover most 'habitable,' Earth-like planet yet
▪ USAToday: Kepler's cool find: Another Earth-size planet (Kepler-186f)

Polio news
▪ NPR: Polio hits Equatorial Guinea, threatens Central Africa

World of work in the news
▪ CNN: Ousted Yahoo exec gets $58 million golden parachute

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Andre Johnson
▪ FoxNews: Rapper cuts off penis in suicide attempt, re-attach fails, report says

Real Madrid
▪ Telegraph: Gareth Bale says Copa de Ray final winning goal for Real Madrid is a 'dream come true'

Jenny McCarthy
▪ UsMag: Jenny McCarthy, Donnie Wahlberg engaged

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at 87

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
South Korea ferry
▪ See above

Jabari Parker
USAToday: Duke's Jabari Parker declares for the NBA draft

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez
▪ Miley Cyrus
▪ #10DaysUntilProblem
▪ #fanficsthatshouldbemovies
▪ #GraciasGabo
▪ One Hundred Years of Solitude
▪ Love in the Time of Cholera
▪ #rockinchat
▪ #8Million