Trending: Thursday, April, 3, 2014

Published 4:05 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
▪ CNN: Fort Hood shooter was Iraq vet being treated for mental health issues
▪ NBCNews: Fort Hood shooter bought weapon from same gun shop tied to 2009 rampage
▪ NPR: Should soldiers be armed at military posts? 
▪ FoxNews: Photo, details emerge about troubled Fort Hood gunman
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Fort Hood general cites 'awful lot of heroism' during shooting rampage
▪ CBSNews: Army: Fort Hood gunman saw no combat in Iraq
▪ USAToday: Fort Hood shooter saw no combat in Iraq

Tornadoes
▪ CNN: Tornado rattles St. Louis
▪ CBSNews: St. Louis sees tornado as severe weather band hits Midwest

Earthquakes
▪ NPR: Powerful aftershock hits Chilean coast

Branding/marking news
▪ NBCNews: Cereal characters lure kiddies with eye gaze: Study

Pop culture
▪ USAToday: Letterman announces plans to retire in 2015

Ebola news 
▪ NPR: Why anthropologists join an ebola outbreak team

Skydiving fatality news
▪ USAToday: Skydiver dies during world-record attempt

Windows
▪ CNN: Microsoft makes Windows 8.1 mouse-friendly

Hero news
▪ ABCNews: TSA worker jumps in front of train to save woman on tracks

It's not fiction
▪ FoxNews: Houston woman submerged in car survives for 50 minutes by breathing in air pocket
▪ FoxNews: Los Angeles family says woman was frozen to death by hospital

Yesterday's Google trend with at least 2M searches
Fort Hood
▪ See above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <2M searches
Jennette McCurdy
▪ HuffPost: 'Sam and Cat' may not be renewed after her photo scandal

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Drake Draft Day
▪ HuffPost: Name drops

Mexico vs. USA
▪ BleacherReport: USA vs. Mexico: Score, grades and post-match reaction

▪ Autism: National Autism Awareness Month

Amazon Fire TV
USAToday: How Amazon Fire TV compares with streaming options

Twitter (U.S.) trending now
▪ #DavidLetterman
▪ #NationalVolleyballDay
▪ #PixelRace
▪ #AskTylerAnything
▪ The Late Show
▪ #vamily
▪ Homer Bailey
▪ Lance Lynn
▪ Jhonny Peralta