Trending: Saturday, Feburary 8, 2014

Published 11:01 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)


Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Men's snowboarding slopestyle Olympics 2014: Medal winners and final results; U.S. starts off with a bang: Snowboarder wins 1st gold at Sochi
▪ NBCNews: Top storylines: Ukraine crisis, Sochi Olympics; Olympic opening ceremony
▪ NPR: Long exposures of a creepy garage (Also, the Beatles); First gold medal goes to an American
▪ FoxNews: NSA reportedly collects less than 30 percent of US phone data
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Live updates: From snowboarding to #SochiSelfies; Allen rejects Dylan Farrow's molestation claims; she responds; Ways to tweak your diet as you age; Latest headline: Remains ID'd as missing Va. reserve officer
▪ CBSNews: U.S. wins its first gold medal in Sochi Olympic games
▪ USAToday: Raise minimum wage? City shows why it's not so simple; LIVE: Updates, analysis for team figure skating

Olympics (ancillary) news
▪ USAToday: USA bobsledder locked in his bathroom destroys door, takes a picture

Train derailment news
▪ CNN: 2 dead in French train derailment, mayor says

DNA evidence news
▪ CNN: After decades in prison over murders, DNA evidence frees 2 New York men

Outbreak news
▪ NPR: Stomach bug closes landmark New York resort

Aging news
▪ USAToday: Seniors overspend on mortgage, credit cards

Psychology news
▪ NBCNews: To win, Olympic athletes are preparing for defeat

Dog news
▪ NBCNews: Mutts pass muster, join upscale Westminster

McDonald's news
▪ FoxNews: McDonald's failing to 'ketchup' with shortage of must-have condiment in Argentina

Sports death news
▪ FoxNews: Cal football player Ted Agu collapses and dies after training run

Pop culture news
▪ FoxNews: Jimmy Fallon gets emotional during final 'Late Night'

Out-of-the-blue fatality news
▪ FoxNews: 2 dead after boulder smashes into Alps tourist train in France

Cross-cultural comparison news
▪ FoxNews: McDonald's failing to 'ketchup' with shortage of must-have condiment in Argentina


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
LEGO Movie
▪ CNN: Can 'The LEGO Movie' really be THAT good

Maria Sharapova
▪ FoxSports: Maria Sharapova leads Russian athletes in Olympic torch lighting

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
AMBER Alert
▪ Philly.com: Pa. children safe after Amber Alert

Shaun White
▪ NYT: Shaun White's absence looms over slopestyle qualifying

Bob Costas Eye
▪ DailyMail: 'It's as red as the Soviet flag!' Bob Coastas gets an eye infection in Sochi

Dakota Johnson
▪ CNN: Dakota Johnson is shameless

Woody Allen
▪ CNN: Woody Allen fires back over decades-old molestation allegations

Thiaga Silva
▪ FoxSports: UFC's Thiago Silva arrested after standoff with police

Farrah Abraham
Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ Demba Ba
▪ #magcultunmasked
▪ #IFGathering
▪ #Hazard
▪ #JoeyVotto
▪ #MoralMarch
▪ Eto'o
▪ Ireland
▪ Arsenal

Trending: Thuirsday, November 14, 2013

Published 10:31 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Obamacare
▪ CNN: First on CNN: Obama to push administrative fix for insurance cancellations
▪ NPR: Obama moving to delay cancellations of insurance plans

Secret Service news
▪ NPR: Secret Service shaken by new report of misconduct
▪ NBCNews: Secret Service agent removed after leaving bullet in woman's hotel room

Gun violence news
▪ CNN: Baby boy gunned down with his dad in New Orleans car ambush

Camp Pendleton Marine deaths
▪ FoxNews: Officials say 4 Marines killed in accident at Camp Pendleton

Whitey Bulger
▪ CNN: Bulger gets two life sentences plus five years

Emergency landing news
▪ CNN: Southwest Airlines pilot apparently tells passengers 'We're going down'

Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: Cruise line: Passenger intentionally went overboard north of Hawaii

Life on Earth news
▪ CNN: Scientists find signs of life in Australia dating back 3.48 billion years

Civil War news
▪ CNN: Piece of Civil War ironclad brought to surface in Savannah

Facebook news
▪ NBCNews: Police intercept suicidal teen after Facebook tip

Google news
▪ NBCNews: Google prevails over authors in digital books case

Gender news
▪ NBCNews: Sisterhood of spies: Women crack  the code at CIA

Poaching news
▪ NBCNews: Ivory crush in Denver to send message to poachers, traffickers

Ethics news
▪ NBCNews: Transplant group says death-row organ donations 'ethically troubling'

Sinkhole news
▪ FoxNews: Sinkhole opens up in Florida, swallows portions of 2 homes

Downsizing news
▪ USAToday: Lockheed Martin slashes 4,000 jobs

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: How 'Big Bang' became rule of the TV universe

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: 'I Love Lucy' actress Shirley Mitchell dies at 94

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
What would I say
▪ USAToday: 'What would I say' app plots your next Facebook status

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Snapchat
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Wednesday, November 14, 2013)

Todd Christensen
▪ USAToday: Raider, 'Renaissance Man' Todd Christensen dead at 57

Maleficent

Ryan Ferguson
▪ NYDailyNews: Mother of Ryan Ferguson said family knew son would be free one day

Mexico vs. New Zealand
▪ SBNation: Mexico vs. New Zealand: Answering big questions and looking ahead

Dakota Johnson
▪ People: Fifty Shades of Grey: Jamie Dornan and  Dakota Johnson transform into Christian Grey & Anastasia Steele

American Horror Story
▪ HuffPost: Stevie Nicks to guest star on 'American Horror Story'

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2013

Sam Hurd
▪ ChicagoTribune: Former Bears receiver Hurd gets 15-year-prison sentence