Trending: Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Published 4:09 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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


Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: After run on groceries, Georgians prepare for 'historic' ice storm
▪ NBCNews: Top storylines: Sochi Olympics, Marshall Islands castaway, Shaun White goes for gold▪ NPR: Washington governor declares moratorium on death penalty; Holder calls for restoring felons' voting rights
▪ FoxNews: Sinking feeling: Iranian Navy sends message with US-bound 'rust buckets'
▪ ABCNews: Person of interest ID-ed in 39-year-old Lyon sisters cold case, Man in loud music killing thought 'I was going to be killed,' Shaun White falls during halfpipe, leaves Sochi empty-handed
▪ CBSNews: Accused 'Loud Music' shooter: 'It was life or death'
▪ USAToday: Dow has first 4-day winning streak of 2014

Weather warning news
▪ USAToday: South braces for 'mind-boggling if not historical' storm
▪ USAToday: Airlines cancel 2,500 flights through Wednesday
▪ NPR: 'Mind-boggling,' historic ice storm headed for Deep South

Cruise-ship (related) news
▪ CNN: How the Navy avoids norovirus

H1N1 (flu) news
▪ CNN: Woman with flu loses her life 3 weeks after losing baby

New car news
▪ USAToday: Consumer Reports: Kudos for Mazda3; Cherokee 'half-baked'

Recall news
▪ USAToday: Millions of Graco child  but not infant seats recalled
▪ NBCNews: Graco recalls 3.8 million car seats with sticky latches

Operating system news
▪ USAToday: Windows XP: Prepare for the end (April 8, 2014)

Smartphone news
▪ CNN: 5 ways to fix the Samsung Galaxy 5

NSAID news
▪ NBCNews: FDA reviews heart risks from common pain pills

Patient danger news
▪ NBCNews: 18 patients potentially exposed to rare brain disease

Downsizing news
▪ CNN: Barclays stokes bonus row as 12,000 jobs go

Bitcoin news
▪ NBCNews: Digital currency woes: Second Bitcoin exchange halts withdrawals

It's-not-fiction news
▪ NBCNews: 18 patients potentially exposed to rare brain disease
▪ FoxNews: Girl, 10, crashes mom's SUV into Denver DMV office
▪ FoxNews: Package explodes, killing former Tenn. lawyer at home

Obituaries in the news
▪ USAToday: Shirley Temple cheered up Depression era-audiences


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Bob Costas
▪ NYTimes: Bob Costas steps aside from Olympic coverage

Laurence Fishburne
▪ FoxNews: News anchor apologizes after confusing Samuel L. Jackson with Laurence Fishburne

Julia Mancuso
▪ ESPN: Mancuso maintains Olympic mojo

Dumb Starbucks
▪ CNN: Dumb Starbucks: Authorities aren't laughing


Nancy Motes
▪ NYDailyNews: Julia Roberts' half-sister commits suicide


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Blake Griffin
▪ LATimes: For Clippers, forward Blake Griffin, NBA is one big improving ground

Atlanta weather
▪ See above

Curling
▪ ESPN: Canada loses second straight game

Valentines Day

Flappy Bird creator
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, February 10, 2014)

True Detective
▪ TheAtlantic: True Detective: The best show on TV

Chris Kattan
▪ NBCNews: Actor Chris Kattan arrested on suspicion of DUI after SoCal freeway crash

Westminster dog show
▪ ChiTrib: Westminster Kennel Club to choose top dog in New York

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #rejectedcandyhearts
▪ #SkipTo900K
▪ #SmoshLibs
▪ Erin Hamlin
▪ #nashsnewvideo
▪ #LiberalCandyHearts
▪ Shirley Temple  
▪ West Brom
▪ Anichebe

Trending: Monday, February 10, 2014

Published 3:09 p.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: Documents reveal Hillary Clinton's private reaction to her husband's cheating scandal with Monica Lewinsky
▪ NBCNews: Top storylines: Sochi Olympics; Michael Sam comes out
▪ NPR: It took a eugenicist to come up with 'moron;' U.S. citizen may be targeted with drone strike: reports
▪ FoxNews: Highway horror: Wrong-way crashes kill 11 in Florida, California
ABCNews: Serial killer feared after Virginia shooting; Speed skating twins pull off rare Olympic feat; Julia Mancuso takes bronze in super-combined
▪ CBSNews: Will a partisan divide derail universal pre-K?
▪ USAToday: Winter storm forecast to lash South with snow, ice

Extreme sports fatality deaths
▪ CNN: Newlywed dies after BASE jump attempt in Zion National Park in Utah

Bitcoin news
▪ CNN: Bitcoin is under siege

Philanthropy news
▪ NPR: Mark Zuckerberg, wife were most generous philanthropists in 2013

Unintended consequences news
▪ NPR: Prospectors see a golden lining in California's drought

Killed-by-animal news
▪ FoxNews: Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th person in India in 6 weeks

Loch Ness monster (non) news
▪ USAToday: Has the Loch Ness monster gone belly-up?

Astrophysics news
▪ FoxNews: Australian scientists discover oldest known star

Cross-cultural comparative news
▪ CNN: 'Nobody liked my selfie and now the country is going to hell' (in Thailand)

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Study shows TV viewers watch when, where they want

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Flappy Bird
▪ CNN: Developer yanks 'Flappy Bird' after game soars to success

Walking Dead
▪ NBCNews: Fans have had enough of Carl and his vat of pudding

Michael Sam
▪ NPR: Coming out complicates player's prospects, NFL execs say

Paul McCartney
▪ NYT: 50 years later, Beatles steal another show

Gracie Gold
▪ USAToday: 13 things you need to know about U.S. skating sensation Gracie Gold


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Jamie Anderson
▪ CBSNews: Winter Olympics 2014: Jamie Anderson completes U.S. sweep of slopestyle

Shia LaBeouf
▪ FoxNews: Shia LaBeouf's bizarre antics on nothing new


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Silje Norendal
▪ HollywoodLife: Siljie Norendal: Is this Norwegian snowboarder the hottest Olympian?

Olga Graf
▪ FoxNews: Russian speed skater Olga Graf gives different kind of show

John Lennon
▪ CBSNews: Julian Lennon on his father, Beatles' impact


Twitter (U.S.) trending now▪
#CollegeDropout
▪ #HangWithTyler
▪ Michael Sam
▪ Sibling Tag
▪ Nash & Hayes Grier
▪ #dookfans
▪ #DerekJeter
▪ #curling
▪ Blake Griffin