Trending: Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Published 2:27 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Rains too much even for weather-toughened Gulf Coast

▪ NBCNews: Oklahoma execution: What went wrong and what happens now?
▪ NPR: Botched Oklahoma execution prompts questions about lethal injection
▪ FoxNews: Obamanomics under fire from GOP as economy slows to 0.1 percent growth rate
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Pollution report paints gloomy picture of smoggiest U.S. cities
▪ CBSNews: Clippers potential buyers include musicians, moguls
▪ USAToday: Facebook adds privacy feature to log ins

Credit card security news
▪ CNN: Chip-based credit cards coming to Target

Antibiotic resistant news
▪ NBCNews: Drug-resistant bugs a global threat, WHO says
▪ USAToday: WHO sounds alarm on widespread 'superbug' infections

SEAL deaths
▪ CNN: Police: Heroin, alcohol at fault in death of security officers on 'Captain Philips' ship

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Evacuations ordered as 200 acres burn north of Rancho Cucamonga

Thailand
▪ NPR: Thailand calls new elections amid fears of another opposition

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Bob Hoskins, known for 'Roger Rabbit,' dies at 71

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
John Boyega
▪ TheGuardian: Star Wars 7 cast: Isaac, Ridley, Boyega and Gleeson among new names

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but 2M searches
Real Madrid
▪ USAToday: Real Madrid crushed Bayern Munich, and Cristiano Ronaldo has never been happier

Emma Stone
▪ TIME: WATCH: Emma Stone and Jimmy Fallon face off in epic lip sync battle

Rihanna

▪ Firefox (most likely a reaction to the Explorer bug)

Beyonce
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)

Mean Girls
▪ CNN: 'Mean Girls' is still 'fetch'

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #10YearsOfMeanGirls
▪ #happynationalbestfriendday
▪ #NationalHonestyDay
▪ Ashanti and She
▪ #1010Means
▪ #NTGDERM
▪ RIP Bob Hoskins
▪ Damn Africa
▪ Free Seafood University
▪ On Wednesdays