Trending: Thursday, September 19, 2013

Published 6:06 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Baby carousel death
▪ CNN: 5-month-old baby killed by airport baggage carousel in Spain

Pope news
▪ NBCNews: Pope Francis says church cannot focus only on abortion and gay marriage

Diet soda news
▪ NBCNews: No, seriously: Diet sodas are terrible for you too

MERS
▪ NBCNews: Animals repeatedy infected people with MERS, study suggests

Dementia
▪ NPR: Report: Cases of elderly dementia to nearly triple by 2050

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Powerball
▪ CNN: $400 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in Lexington, South Carolina

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: To keep things fresh, online grocers will meet you halfway
▪ NBCNews: 21century: If you stream it, we will binge it
▪ USAToday: Tiny N.D. town  fights white supremacist takeover

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Trent Richardson
▪ ESPN: Colts' Trend Richardson all smiles

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iTunes radio
▪ Macworld: Get to know iOS 7: Music and iTunes radio

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Ken Norton
▪ USAToday: Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton dies at 70

Brad Culpepper
▪ CBSSports: Brad Culpepper talks 'Survivor,' Steve Spurrier, concussions

Harvest Moon
▪ EarthSky.org: Everything you need to know: Harvest Moon 2013

Trending: Thursday, August 8, 2013

Published 6:44 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Abducted Calif. teen
▪ USAToday: AMBER Alert for abducted Calif. teen reaches 4 states

Flooding
▪ CNN: 1 dead as flooding washes over 12 Midwestern, Eastern states

Hurricane news
▪ NBCNews: NOAA: Huricane season on track to be more active than normal

Health news
▪ CNN: U.S. reports a breakthrough in malaria vaccine

Obamacare/Affordable Care Act
▪ NBCNews: Too good to be true? Obamacare's religious ministries exemption

Drone news
▪ CNN: More suspected al Qaeda militants killed as drone strikes itensify in Yemen

Social media news
▪ CNN: YouTube creators target Vine, Instagram with MixBit

Baby mixup news
▪ CNN: Man at center of 1964 kidnap mixup finds clues to his identity

Bitcoin
▪ NBCNews: 'Bitcoin is a curency:' Federal judge say the virtual cash is real money

Boston bombing aftermath
▪ NBCNews: Two friends of Boston bombing suspect indicted on federal obstruction of justice charges

Dolphin news
▪ NBCNews: NOAA looking into large dolphin die-off on East Coast

Earth science news
▪ NPR: Swinging CO2 levels show the Earth  is 'breathing' more deeply

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Worried about finances, some parents opt for 'one and done'
▪ NBCNews: Indie bookshops turn page; rewrite premature obits
▪ NBCNews: Sleeping solo may be more common than you think

Obituary news
▪ ABCNews: Karen Black dies: 'Five Easy Pieces' actress dead at 74

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Powerball
▪ CNN: Luckier than lightning: Powerball trio strikes it rich wtih $448 million jackpot

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Riley Cooper
▪ CBSSports: Remorseful Riley Cooper appears to understand 'severity' of incident

Trending: Sunday, August 4, 2013

Published 6:30 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Global travel alert/embassy closures
▪ CNN: Intercepted al Qaeda message led to shuttering embassies, consulates
▪ NBCNews: 'Significant' al Qaeda threat remains unclear as embassy closures extended
▪ NPR: State department extends closure of embassies
▪ FoxNews: State department to keep some embassies closed, as lawmakers say terror threat 'specific' and 'serious'

Pakistan
▪ CNN: Officials: Pakistan on alert for possible attack

Afghanistan
▪ NPR: Regimental Combat Team 7 rolls up its flag in Afghanistan

Skydiving news
▪ CNN: Skydiving instructor dies on tandem jump in Mississippi

Prince George
▪ NBCNews: New dad Prince William: I'm on diaper duty

Pot farm news
▪ NBCNews: Pot farms in California: Too dangerous to intervene?

Media news
▪ NBCNews: Newsweek sold to IBT Media

Deviant driving news
▪ NPR: One dead after driver plows through crowed L.A. boardwalk
▪ CBSNews: Venice boardwalk rampage: 38-year-old Nathan Campbell arrested
▪ USAToday: Witnesses say driver appeared to aim for beachgoers

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Digital seen surpassing TV in capturing our time

Sex-trafficking
▪ NPR: FBI official: Internet a key recruting tool for sex traffickers

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: China halts import of New Zealand milk powder becasue of bolulism bacteria

Obituary news
▪ CNN: Veteran NBC news correspondent John Palmer dies
▪ NBCNews: Julius Chambers, attorney who helped shape US civil rights law, dies at 76

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Powerball
▪ NBCNews: No winner: Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $400 million

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UFC 163
▪ LATimes: UFC 163 recap: Jose Aldo beats 'Korean Zombie' by TKO in 4th round

Trending: Friday, August 2, 2013

Published 5:24 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Global terror alert
▪ CNN: U.S. issues global travel alert, to close embassies due to al Qaeda threat
▪ NPR: State department issues worldwide travel alert
▪ FoxNews: US issues global travel alert over Al Qaeda threat, prepares to close embassies

Steamboat geyser eruption
▪ NBCNews: Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser erupts for first time in more than 8 years

Contaminated salad
▪ CNN: Salad blend from Mexico blamed for cyclospora outbreak in Nebraska, Iowa
▪ NBCNews: FDA names Taylor Farms as source in parasite outbreak

Pop culture
▪ CNN: Doctor Who? Next time-travelling star of British show to be revealed Sunday

Psychology news
▪ NPR: Could hotter temperatures from climate change boost violence?

Aviation news
▪ FoxNews: Pilot rescued at sea after ejecting from F-16 jet involved in mid-air collision

Higher education/diversity news
▪ NPR: Research says: Actually where you go to college matters

Balcony plunge death
▪ CNN: Woman on first date plunges to her death on 17th floor balcony

Health news
▪ CNN: FDA sets 'gluten-free' labeling standards
▪ NBCNews: Acne in elementary school? Pimples are starting younger, dermatologists say
▪ ABCNews: (Annoying video ad first) New acetominophen warning: Why now?

Killer bee news
▪ CBSNews: (Annoying video ad first) Swarm of bees attack man, kill dog in Houston

West, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Obama signs disaster declaration months after explosion devastates West, Texas

Cable provider news
▪ NBCNews: Time Warner Cable blacks out CBS stations
▪ USAToday: Time Warner drops CBS in New York, L.A., Dallas

Space news
▪ NBCNews: Curiosity rover celebrates a year on Mars... and surprising successes

Prison news
▪ NBCNews: Supreme Court orders California to free thousands from crowded prisons

Green paint Washington, D.C. vandalism
▪ NBCNews: Suspect charged in cathedral vandalism released to halfway house

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: A record 21.6 million millenials live with  parents

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Powerball
▪ KansasCityStar: Powerball jackpot reaches $300M for Saturday

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Ariel Castro
▪ NBCNews: Castro's statement: Classic signs of a narcissistic sociopath, experts say
▪ See also: Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, August 1, 2013)

Moto X
▪ CNET: Moto X: The first true anti-phone

H&M
▪ WashingtonPost: H&M launches e-commerce site in U.S., but is that good news?

Snowden
▪ USAToday: Snowden 'exhausted,' misses American girlfriend

Alex Rodriguez
▪ ESPN: Sources: A-Rodk, MLB far apart

Jennifer Rosoff
▪ See 'Balcony plunge death' above

Trending: Thursday, June 6, 2013

Published 2:30 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

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Tropical Storm Andrea
▪ CNN: Andrea chugs toward Florida's Big Bend
▪ NBCNews: Tropical Storm Andrea drenches Florida, bound for East Coast
▪ FoxNews: (Video) Tropical Storm Andrea about to reach landfall on Florida coast
▪ USAToday: Tropical Storm Andrea to make landfall near Tampa today (ad first)
 
Philadelphia building collapse
▪ FoxNews: Philadelphia rescue crews pull 61-year-old woman 12 hours after deadly building collapse
▪ CBSNews: Search goes on after deadly Philadelphia building collapse
▪ CNN: Philly mayor: Probe of building collapse under way
▪ NBCNews: Contractor of collapsed Philadelphia building has criminal record (ad first)

NSA phone surveillance
▪ FoxNews: NSA reportedly collecting phone records of millions, though officials had denied holding of 'data' on Americans
▪ NPR: Spy agency's collection of phone records reopens controversy
▪ NBCNews: 'Critical tool?' Top lawmakers defend NSA snooping on Verizon phone records
▪ CNN: Senate intelligence leaders say phone surveillance is 'lawful'
▪ CNN: Lawmaker: Seizing Americans' phone records helped stop terrorist attack

Powerball
▪ CNN: Costly courtesy in Powerball line

Gun violence news
▪ USAToday: Stepbrother's AK-47 goes off, killing girl on 13th birthday
 
IRS
▪ FoxNews: 'Maliciously self-indulgent:' Lawmakers rip IRS over conference spending

Jeep SUV recall
▪ NBCNews: Chrysler recalling 630,000 SUVS, Jeeps worldwide

Mortgage rates
▪ CNN: Farewell 3% mortgage rates
 
Health news
▪ FoxNews: Medical breakthrough for multiple sclerosis sufferers

Science news
▪ NBCNews: Now birds lost their penises
▪ NPR: Feeling a little blue may mask our ability to taste fat

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Chicago high school student facing charges after hot sauce prank
▪ NPR: The fat-shaming professor: A Twitter-fueled firestorm
▪ NBCNews: From 'dude' to dividends: The budding industrialization of pot
▪ NBCNews: American blame 'government welfare' for persistent poverty, study finds
▪ TIME: Smoking alcohol: The dangerous way people are getting drunk
▪ CBSNews: 10 percent of youth behind bars report sexual victimization
 
Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Esther Williams, swimmer turned movie star, dies
▪ CNN: Esther Williams, star of film and swimming, dies at 91
▪ NBCNews: Esther Williams, Hollywood star and champion swimmer, dies at 91
▪ NBCNews: Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies in car crash
 
Drone strike news
▪ NBCNews: Former drone operator says he's haunted by his part in more than 1,600 deaths
▪ NBCNews: Poll finds overwhelming support for drone strikes

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: Billionaire offers $1 million to solve math problem
▪ FoxNews: American teacher in China arrested for alleged child sexual abuse
▪ FoxNews: Russian president Putin, wife announce divorce
▪ NPR: In Turkey, protesters proudly call themselves 'looters'
▪ NPR: Koreas agree to first high-level talks in years
▪ NPR: For Venezuelans, kidnappings are simply business as usual
▪ NBCNews: 50 years on, UK agrees to compensate Kenyans tortured during colonial rule
▪ CNN: 165 kidnap victims freed in Mexico
 
Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: After 10-mile-run, woman gives birth to surprise baby
▪ NBCNews: On, no, Elmo! Street performer busted for trying to bilk Girl Scouts
 
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Paris Jackson
▪ See also: Trendilla from Wednesday, June 5, 2013
▪ USAToday: Paris Jackson is 'physically fine,' attorney says

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Bruins
▪ ChicagoTribune: Bruins take commanding 3-0 series lead in Eastern finals

Samantha Power
▪ NBCNews: Samantha Power, White House's UN ambassador nominee, has 'seen evil at its worse'
 
Philadelphia building collapse
▪ See also heading at top of page and Trendilla from Thursday, June 6, 2013

Tropical Storm Andrea
▪ See heading at top of page

CMT Awards 2013
▪ CNN: CMT Awards: See the winners here!
▪ Newsday: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert big winners at CMT Awards 2013

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The Last of Us
▪ USAToday: Review: 'The Last of Us' a gripping tale of survival

Ryan Braun
▪ ESPN: Ryan Braun sits out with injury

Trending: Sunday, June 2, 2013

Published 12:40 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

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Turkey
▪ CNN: Turkey protesters hold Istanbul square after days of violent clashes
▪ NBCNews: Tear gas, pepper spray fired at youths as hundreds riot in Turkey
▪ CBSNews: Turkish prime minister Recep Prime Tayyip Erdogan rejects 'dictator' charge

Jean Stapleton dies
▪ CNN: Actress Jean Stapleton, known as Edith Bunker as 'All in the Family' dies
▪ CBSNews: Jean Stapleton, 'All in the Family' actress, dies at 90

More Oklahoma tornadoes
▪ USAToday: (Ad first) Storm chasers' deaths raise questions about practice
▪ NBCNews: At least 13 dead after rain, twisters lash mid-US; storms head east
▪ CNN: Storm chasers, TV personalities among Oklahoma fatalities
▪ NPR: After two violent days, protesters in Turkey return to Taksim Square
▪ CBSNews: Violent storm system leaves 13 dead in Midwest in its wake

Powerball news
▪ CNN: Florida city still wondering: Who won the $590 million jackpot
▪ FoxNews: Where in the world is $590M Powerball lottery winner?

IRS news
▪ CNN: IRS troubles continue with pricey dance training video
▪ FoxNews: Top House Republican: Holder being investigated for Hill testimony

Workplace news
▪ NPR: If employment game has changed, who's teaching the rules?
▪ USAToday: Will U.S. workers ever be able to retire?

Cyberwarfare news
▪ CBSNews: Report: China, U.S. to meet regularly over hacking issues

Aviation news
▪ ABCNews: Report: Problem found in 787 jet, no safety risk

Wildfires
▪ USAToday: California wildfire chases thousands from  homes
▪ NBCNews: Powerhouse fire jumps to 19,500 acres, burns 5 structures; 3 firefighters injured
▪ NRP: Wildfires force evacuations in California, New Mexico

MERS
▪ ABCNews: MERS coronavirus: Tracking the outbreak; 3 more have died

Health news
▪ FoxNews: Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: National Bubba Day: 10 Famous Bubbas
▪ NPR: Bike-sharing programs roll into cities across the U.S.
▪ CNN: Fans air concerns about new PlayStation, Xbox
▪ CNN: We're all No. 1! Is 21 valedictorians too many?
▪ NPR: France sells presidential wines to update palace wine cellar
▪ CNN: At last, Los Angeles River opens to public recreation after 80 years

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: Quakes kills 2 in Taiwan, injure 33 in Philippines
▪ FoxNews: Hundreds of journalists attacked in Egypt since revolution, study finds
▪ NPR: U.S. tourists become Israeli commandos for a day
▪ NPR: Greece has a PR problem. Can it be fixed?
▪ NBCNews: Deadly floods, landslides thrash Austria
▪ NBCNews: A nuclear arsenal but trouble turning on the lights? Pakistan struggles with power crisis
▪ NBCNews: Russian smokers bemoan 'doomed country' as ban kicks in
▪ NBCNews: Israel grapples with wave of north African migrants

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Miami Heat
▪ CNN: Have the Miami Heat really turned into LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers?

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Jean Stapleton
▪ See 'Today's Headlines' at top

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Blawkhawks
▪ USAToday: Blackhawks rally past Kings to win Game 1

Grant Hill
▪ ESPN: Grant Hill announces retirement

Turkey
▪ See 'Today's Headlines' above

Trending: Thursday, May 23, 2013

Published 8:42 a.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

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London attack
▪ The TelegraphUK: 'Soldier beheaded'  in Woolwich machete attack
▪ GuardianUK: Man killed in deadly terror attack in London street
▪ CNN: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands firm
▪ ABCNews: London attack: Man hacked to death was a British soldier
▪ NBCNews: UK mom calms man with blood-soaked knife after suspected deadly terror attack
  (Trendilla wonders: How can a knife be soaked?)

Sergio Garcia
▪ ESPN: Tiger/Sergio feud turns ugly: Sergio Garcia issues 2nd apology
▪ SBNation: TaylorMade-Adidas distances itself from Sergio Garcia
▪ WashingtonPost: Sergio Garcia apologizes for 'fried chicken' remark about Tiger Woods

Also happening
Oklahoma tornado aftermath
▪ USAToday: Oklahoma tornado rips away safety of school (ad first)
▪ CBSNews: Parents ask why some Okla. schools lack tornado shelters 
▪ CNN: Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims; Names and ages listed
▪ CNN: 22 people survived tornado in bank vault
  (Trendilla wonders: According to reports, the children who died drowned when pipes burst. How did that happen?)

IRS scandal
▪ FoxNews: IRS official who refused to testify facing more scrutiny over scandal, past
▪ ABCNews: Did IRS official botch Fifth Amendment rights?

Minnesota landslide
▪ NBCNews: One child missing, one killed in Minnesota field trip landslide
▪ ABCNew: 1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide

West Point videotaping scandal
▪ NBCNews: West Point staff member accused of spying on female cadets
▪ NPR: Male sergeant may have filmed female cadets at West Point
▪ USAToday: West Pointer busted for taking nude photos of cadets

Alabama mystery illness
▪ ABCNews: Alabama mystery illness could be coincidence

North Korea
▪ CBSNews: North Korea fires short-range missiles for second day
 
Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Teen birth rate drops, especially among Hispanics
▪ NBCNews: Urban renewal? Census figures show cities surging
▪ NBCNews: Dirty dogs: Homes with pooches loaded with bacteria
▪ FoxNews: Cleveland kidnap case hero gets burgers for life
▪ FoxNews: Company's Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid outrage from residents

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NPR: Sick inmates dying behind bars despite release program
▪ NPR: In raw milk case, activists see food freedom on trial

Global news
▪ ABCNews: Global stocks plunge after Japan selloff

Science news
▪ NBCNews: Neanderthal baby had only breast milk for 7 months
▪ FoxNews: Massive submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
▪ NPR: Research reveals yeasty beasts living on our skin

Irony news
▪ CNN: U.S. drones have killed 4 Americans

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Light of my life: Homemade engagement ring glows when finance is near
▪ NBCNews: Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
▪ FoxNews: Father and daughter rescue man who jumped off Golden Gate Bridge
▪ ABCNews: For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot

Not happening
No coverage: Whether Powerball winner's identify is known yet