Published 4:38 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. trending now on Twitter at bottom
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Feds investigate Christie's use of Sandy relief funds
▪ NBCNews: 'Mom did it, we can do it:' Two-generation programs help lift families out of poverty
▪ NPR: Review of terrorism cases finds NSA spying helped very little
▪ FoxNews: Alex Rodriguez sues Major League Baseball in bid to overturn suspension
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Deadly end after cellphone falls in icy river; This is what new teen birth control looks like; Texting triggers fatal movie theater shooting; Latest headline: A-Rod sues MLB, union to overturn drug ban
▪ CBSNews: Obamacare sign-ups among young adults off to slow start
▪ USAToday: Most health insurance enrollees older than 45, records show; One dead, one injured in shooting in Tampa-area cinema
Aviation news
▪ CNN: Errant jet heads elsewhere as questions abound after it lands at wrong airport
▪ NBCNews: Southwest pilots in wrong-airport landing grounded
▪ NPR: Airliner lands at wrong airport, barely misses going off runway
Water ban news
▪ NPR: Slowly, water is flowing again in West Virginia
2014Sochi Olympics lead-up news
▪ CBSNews: U.S. finalizes Olympic figure skating team, with a surprise
Auto news
▪ NBCNews: GM sweeps car and truck of the year with Corvette, Silverado
Pope news
▪ NBCNews: Pope Francis makes toughest remarks yet on 'horrific' abortion
Terrorism news
▪ FoxNews: Vehicle carrying 2 German diplomats attacked in Saudi Arabia
Caffeine news
▪ CBSNews: Caffeine jolt may boost how memories are processed (memory, brain science)
World-of-work news
▪ CNN: The real low-wage issue: Not enough hours
Cross-species emotions news
▪ NBCNews: Between the whines: Humans read emotion cues in doggy sounds
Thailand
▪ NPR: Thailand's opposition launches mass rallies to close Bangkok
China
▪ FoxNews: China conducts first test of new ultra-high speed missile vehicle
Just-worth-a-mention news
▪ NPR: Letter: Kalashnikov suffered remorse over rifle (AK-47) he invented
Madeleine McCann follow-up news
▪ FoxNews: British police target 3 men in Portugal in disappearance of Madeleine McCann
OctoMom follow-up news
▪ CBSNews: 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman charged with welfare fraud
Bad headline
▪ ABCNews: 2 Mass. children die after getting stuck in chest (suffocation)
Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: '16 and pregnant' helped reduce U.S. teen births, study says
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Golden Globes
▪ CNN: Poehler-Bono kiss among top Globe scenes
▪ CBSNews: Golden Globes 2014: 'American Hustle,' '12 Years a Slave' win best picture honors
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M but 2M searches
49ers
▪ Boston.com: Kaepernick lifts 49ers over Panthers 23-10
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
(Most of these are related to last nights' Golden Globes)
▪ Woody Allen
▪ Jared Leto
▪ Jacqueline Bisset
▪ Leonardo DiCaprio
▪ Jennifer Lawrence
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <100,000 searches
▪ Olivia Wilde
▪ Gracie Gold
▪ Brooklyn Nine Nine
▪ Robin Wright
▪ Cate Blanchette
▪ True Detective
▪ Top of the Lake
▪ Bryan Cranston
▪ Spike Jonze
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
▪ Kevin Bacon
▪ Fox Sports
▪ Paula Patton
▪ Emma Thompson
Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ MLB
▪ Nest for $3.2
▪ #twintalktime
▪ #NAIAS
▪ The Cubs
▪ #mcm
▪ #GoldenGlobes
▪ A-Rod#edshow
Published 11:09 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trends at bottom
2013 in review
▪ CNN: Farewells: Newsmakers who died in 2013: Margaret Thatcher, Ed Koch, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Helen Thomas, Stan Musial, Aaron Swartz, C. Everett Koop, Eugene Patterson, Hugo Chavez, Bob Teague, Pat Summerall, Douglas C. Engelbart, Frank Lautenberg, Earl Weaver, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Tom Foley, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Charlie Trotter, Fred Sanger, Marc Rich, Jack Germond, Prince Friso, Nelson Mandela
▪ NPR: Report: 70 journalists died on the job in 2013 (29 covering the war in Syria, 10 in Iraq)
▪ NPR: Lost in 2013: Three Nobel scientists who saw something in us
2014 preview
▪ CBSNews: 6 key Obamacare dates to watch for in 2014
Pre-Olympics Terrorism news
▪ CNN: Second bombing in two days hits Russia ahead of 2014 Sochi Olympics
▪ NBCNews: Rush-hour blast kills 14 on trolley bus in Volgograd; 3rd deadly attack in four days
▪ NPR: 'Blood on the snow' after second suicide blast in Russia
▪ FoxNews: Russian terror attacks could be chilling prelude to Olympic violence, say experts
▪ ABCNews: 2014 Sochi Olympics: Russia in terrorists' crosshairs
▪ CBSNews: Russia bombings highlight terror threat ahead of Sochi Games
▪ USAToday: IOC confident Russian Olympics safe in wake of bombings
Stranded Antarctic ship news
▪ CNN: Airlift may evacuate most from (research) ship stranded frozen Antarctic seas
▪ NBCNews: Icebreaker fails to reach Russian ship stranded in Antarctic
▪ USAToday: Weather hinders rescue of ship trapped off Antarctica
Obamacare
▪ NBCNews: Workers at auto dealership come face to face with Obamacare trade-offs
Weather news
▪ NBCNews: Brrrr! Mercury plummets 32 degrees in just hours in Minneapolis as bitter cold lingers
▪ NPR: Wet snow complicates power restoration in Maine
Avalanche news
▪ NBCNews: Brother digs brother out of Colorado avalanche
▪ FoxNews: Two hikers rescued after avalanche on New Hampshire's Mount Washington
Wildfire news
▪ Weather.com: America burning: The Yarnell Hill tragedy and the nation's wildfire crisis
NSA/Spying news
▪ NBCNews: Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries
Volcano news
▪ NBCNews: El Salvador volcano erupts, prompting evacuations
Drug prices news
▪ NPR: $1,000 pill for hepatitis C spurs debate over drug prices
China
▪ CNN: China local government debt hits $3 trillion
Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: Canadian missing after jumping from cruise ship near Puerto Rico
Election 2016
▪ CNN: Cruz in legal process to renounce Canadian citizenship
World-of-work news/levels of analysis conflict
▪ CNN: Pregnant nurse: I was fired for refusing flu vaccine
Investment news
▪ NPR: Can robots manage your money better than you? Startups say yes
U.S. population news
▪ U.S. population growth slows
Drone news
▪ USAToday: FAA names 6 sites for testing drones
Pop culture
▪ NBCNews: TV's coolest new women of 2013 ('Orange is the New Black' cast, Tatiana Maslany of 'Orphan Black,' Robin Wright of 'House of Cards,' Lizzy Caplan of 'Masters of Sex,' Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' Allison Janny of 'Masters of Sex')
Deviant parenting news
▪ USAToday: Ariz. woman accused of trying to poison her 4 children
Owner-killed-by-pet news/interesting headline news
▪ USAToday: Pet injures former mayor in Ariz., kills husband
Cross-cultural news
▪ FoxNews: China says Japan PM not welcome after visit to war shrine
Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: CNN Poll: Afghanistan war arguably most unpopular U.S. history
▪ FoxNews: Incoming Boston mayor, police clash over AR-15 proposal (firearm issue news)
Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: French high court OKs 75 percent tax for top earners
Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Harold Simmons, billionaire, philanthropist, GOP donor, dies
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Chicago Bears
▪ ESPN: Errors show Bears' D needs change
NFL playoff schedule
▪ HartfordCourant: 2014 NFL playoff schedule
Michael Schumacher
▪ NBCSports: Doctors: Too early to give prognosis on Michael Schumacher
Chargers
▪ ESPN: NFL: Refs missed call on Chargers
Kyle Orton
▪ NFL.com: Philadelphia Eagles win NFC East after Kyle Orton's INT
Robin Roberts
▪ CNN: 'GMA' anchor Robin Roberts publicly acknowledges she's gay
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
49ers
▪ MercuryNews: Thompson: 49ers need to find another gear
Steelers
▪ HuffPost: Steelers' 20-7 win over Browns just wasn't enough to get to the playoffs
Trending now on Twitter
▪ #aboutmenight
▪ #unpopularopinionnight
▪ #FollowHayesGrier
▪ #R52013Moments
▪ #HayesGrierTo50K
▪ Volgograd
▪ Kyle Orton
▪ Brandon Boykin
▪ Jerry Jones
Published 11:02 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Trending now on Google and Twitter at bottom
Today's headlines
2013 in review
▪ FoxNews: Top 5 ObamaCare delays of 2013
▪ USAToday: Horovitz: 5 worst ads of 2013 more than stank
-- 5. Kmart: 'Ship My Pants'
-- 4. Hyundai: 'Pipejob'
-- 3. Poo-Pourri: 'Girls Don't Poop'
-- 2. Mountain Dew 'Line Up'
-- 1. GoDaddy 'Perfect Match'
Christmas Eve spacewalk
▪ CBSNews: Spacewalk could finish space station cooling system fix
▪ USAToday: NASA astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk
Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: 5 takeaways from Edward Snowden's Washington Post interview
▪ USAToday: Snowden says his 'mission's already accomplished'
Gun violence
▪ NBCNews: One dead, one critically injured in shooting outside San Diego mall
In-the-line-of-fire fatalities
▪ NBCNews: Mississippi cop slain, partner wounded by bank robbery suspects
McDonalds news/irony news
▪ NBCNews: McDonald's employee site bashes fast food
Zoo visitor news
▪ NBCNews: Drunk woman enters elephant pen at Denver Zoo, gets electric shock: cops
Car mileage news
▪ NBCNews: Hyundai, Kia to pay millions in gas mileage settlement
Historic persons news
▪ CNN: Alan Turing, British code-breaker castrated for homosexuality, receives pardon
▪ CNN: Lifting the veil of secrecy: Meet the female code-breakers of WWII
▪ NPR: Alan Turing, who cracked Nazi code, gets posthumous pardon
Nutrition in the news
▪ NBCNews: Is it safe for pregnant women to eat peanuts?
Obesity news
▪ USAToday: Obesity levels off, but extreme cases tipping the scales
Social egg-freezing news
▪ NBCNews: Doctors' group sounds warning on freezing eggs to buy time on your biological clock
Technology news
▪ CNN: In thin air: Could touch display projected on mist replace physical screens
North Korea
▪ NPR: Money seen as a motive in execution of North Korea's No. 2
▪ FoxNews: North Korea's Kim Jong Un reportedly 'very drunk' when ordering executions
South Sudan
▪ NBCNews: South Sudan: 75 bodies found in mass graves following ethnic violence
▪ NPR: 150 Marines to be sent for possible mission in South Sudan
Egypt
▪ NBCNews: Egypt security base suicide bomb kills 12, wounds 134
al-Qaida apology news
▪ NPR: Al-Qaida group admits 'mistake and guilt' for botched raid
Online shopping news
▪ ABCNews: Online retailers tackle high rate of customer returns
Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: Coyotes-Sabres game ends in craziest way possible
▪ USAToday: Disabled girl who died had nearly $1.2 million estate
Trending now on Google
200,000+ searches
Santa tracker
49ers
ObamaCare
Festivus
20,000+ searches
Christmas Eve
Twitter
▪ #22ReasonsWhyWeLoveLouis
▪ #AskKeaton
▪ Happy Christmas Eve
▪ #22LouisPicsFromMyCameraRoll
▪ Alan Turing
▪ #2013Faves
▪ #ATLvsSF
▪ Donte Whitner
▪ GOOD Santa
Google trends from previous day (added
12/26/13), Monday, December 23, 2013At least 2M searches
▪ Santa Tracker
At least 500,000 but <2M searches
▪ Merry Christmas
At least 200,000 but <500,000searches
▪ ObamaCare
▪ 49ers
▪ Tony Romo
▪ Festivus
Published 3:42 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trends at bottom
Today's headlines
Comet Ison news
▪ NPR: Comet fans psyched for a celestial feast on Thanksgiving Day
Weather
▪ CNN: Wicked weather threatens to upend best-laid Thanksgiving travel plans
▪ NBCNews: Busiest travel day of year to be 'pretty bad' for millions as pre-Thanksgiving storm looms
▪ NBCNews: NYPD, Macy's eye windy Thanksgiving forecast that threatens cartoon balloons
Supreme Court
▪ NBCNews: Supreme Court will take up controversial Obamacare provision on contraception
China air zone
▪ CNN: U.S. B52s flew over China's newly declared air zone, official says
▪ NBCNews: U.S. bombers fly over disputed island chain without informing China
Stabbing news
▪ CNN: 1 killed, 4 injured in Texas surgical center stabbing
▪ NBCNews: Stabbing at Texas hospital leaves one dead, four injured
Price-of-milk news
▪ CNN: Washington gridlock risks $7 milk
Archaeology news
▪ CNN: 10,000-year-old house, other ancient finds unearthed in Israel
Pope news
▪ CNN: Pope Francis: No more business as usual
Dangerous toy news
▪ NBCNews: Play at your own risk: Dangerous toys of 2013
Mars rover news
▪ NBCNews: Mars rover Curiosity bounces back from electrical glitch
George Zimmerman
▪ NBCNews: George Zimmerman had five guns when arrested: police
Animal news
▪ NBCNews: Bonobo apes in hi-tech German zoo go bananas for food, not TV porn
Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: 'Egg agents' recruit women to sell their eggs
Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: China destroys 500 barbecues that cause 'serious air pollution'
▪ NBCNews: Independent Scotland would keep queen, pound and TV shows but create own military
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Bound 2
▪ FoxNews: Seth Rogan and James Franco recreate Kanye West's Bound 2
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
49ers
▪ USAToday: Questions mount for RG3, Redskins after loss to 49ers
Walmart Black Friday
▪ HuffPost: Walmart Black Friday deals
Yale
▪ CSM: Yale gunman a hoax? 'Yale is safe,' say police
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Thanksgiving
▪ See 'Weather' above
The Voice
▪ LATimes: 'The Voice' recap: The top 8 hit their sweet spots
Trending now on Twitter
▪ # FragranceNet
▪ # AFCvMAR
▪ Thanksgiving
▪ # BlackFriday
▪ # Transformation Tuesday
▪ # fnettip
▪ Sway
▪ Peeta Mellark
▪ Family Guy
Published 6:38 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)
Yesterday's Google trends at bottom
Today's headlines
Perseid news
▪ NBCNews: Perfect Perseids: How to take advantage of a prime meteor show
DiMaggio manhunt
▪ CNN: Authorities hunt for Amber Alert suspect, girl in Idaho wilderness
▪ NBCNews: Suspected San Diego kidnapper's car found in Idaho: police
Global terror alert
▪ CNN: US to reopen all but one diplomatic post closed due to al Qaeda threat
Facebook news
▪ CNN: Florida man alledgedly kills wife, posts confession, photo of body on Facebook
Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Obama: Snowden can 'make his case' in court; no Olympics boycott
▪ NBCNews: Snowden revelations force Obama's hand on surveillance program
Obamacare
▪ NBCNews: Bracing for Obamacare: Nurse practitioners fill doc shortage gap
▪ FoxNews: Obama defends health care legislation, announces plans to overhaul surveillance programs
Aviation news
▪ FoxNews: 2 bodies found after small plane crashes into 2 Connecticut homes
▪ CBSNews: Small plane crashes into Conn. homes; 2 children on ground, pilot feared dead
Environmental news
▪ NBCNews: Hole in Anarctic ozone layer may be adding to global warming
Autism news
▪ FoxNews: Autism affects different areas of the brain in men and women
Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Restaurant bans kids at night, joins other in adding child-free policy
▪ NPR: From wrong to right: A U.S. apology for Japanese internment
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Beyonce haircut
▪ USAToday: Celebs reactto Beyonce's haircut on Twitter
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
▪ PGA championship
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but less than <500,000 searches
Karen Black
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, August 8, 2013)
Derek Medina
▪ See Facebook news above
NFL
Lady Gaga
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
PGA Tour
▪ See PGA championship above
49ers
▪ CSMonitor: Denver Broncos defense stifles 49ers in exhibition opener
Tesla
▪ USAToday: Tesla shares soar on earnings surprise
