Thursday, February 13, 2014

Published 11:56 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Wife of Tennessee lawyer dies after Monday's mail bomb explosion
▪ NBCNews: Sochi Olympics, Michael Sam comes out, Deep freeze
▪ NPR: Northeast, New England brace as ice and snow move up coast; Afghans release 65 prisoners the U.S. deems dangerous
▪ FoxNews: Winter storm wreaking havoc along the East Coast after slamming South
▪ ABCNews: Top Russian figure skater in Sochi out after injury; Student's murder leaves Va. tech reeling; Not done yet: Another  snowstorm wallops northeast; Latest headline
▪ CBSNews: Massive storm moves north, hitting Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
▪ USAToday: GM recalling 620,000 compacts for fatal risk; Deadly winter storm paralyzes South, roars up East Coast

Olympic (ancillary) news
▪ CNN: Tinder (dating app) is "next level' in Olympic village
▪ NBCNews: Whiteout: Monster snowstorm wipes out power for half million
▪ NPR: 'Stomping' and 'shredding the gnar' -- a brief slopestyle glossary
▪ FoxNews: Animal activists smuggling stray dogs out of Sochi

Obamacare
▪ NPR: After January surge, more than 3 million have enrolled in Obamacare

Weather news
▪ CNN: Not done yet: Winter storm takes aim at Northeast

Flooding in England news
CNN: Floods hit homes in England as wild weather batters Europe

Sinkhole news
▪ CNN: Corvette museum to reopen after sinkhole swallowed pricey cars

401(k)/Retirement savings news
▪ CNN: 401(k) balances hit record $89,300

Vegetarian news
▪ CBSNews: Where's the beef? Company creates plant-based meat substitutes (Beyond Meat)

Cell phone wars
▪ NBCNews: Wireless wars: Verizon slashes prices after pressure from rivals

Cable wars
▪ NPR: Will Comcast get federal OK to buy Time Warner
▪ USAToday: Cable TV customers can't get no satisfaction

Smoking/menopause news
▪ NBCNews: Smoking can speed menopause for some women

PR recovery news
▪ NPR: Paula Deen cooks up $75 million deal with investor

Moment-of-opportunity news
▪ NPR: Substitute racer takes Olympic silver in Sochi

Ancient DNA news (Human migration) (Anzick site in Montana)
▪ NPR: Ancient DNA ties native Americans from two continents to Clovis
▪ CBSNews: 12,000-year-old baby DNA unlocks clues to earliest Americans

Ecommerce safety news
▪ CBSNews: Amazon, Macy's score low in password security study

Online dating news
▪ NPR: Dating sites offer chance at love -- and a lesson in economics

Animal news
▪ FoxNews: Crocodiles are able to climb trees, study reveals

It's-not-fiction news
▪ CNN: Corvette museum to reopen after sinkhole swallowed pricey cars 
▪ NBCNews: Eww! Fruit-fly larva infests woman's ear
▪ USAToday: Doctors find 44-year-old fetus in woman, 84 (stone baby, lithopedian)

Beautiful math news/Neurological basis for beauty/Euler's identity/medial orbito-frontal cortex
▪ BBC: Mathematics: Why the brain sees math as beauty

Obituaries in the news
▪ USAToday: Dignitaries, family bid farewell to Joan Mondale


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Kaitlyn Farrington
▪ USAToday: SA's Kaitlyn Farrington wins halfpipe gold

Derek Jeter
▪ USAToday: Derek Jeter all class, goes out on his own terms

Blake Griffin
▪ USAToday: Blake Griffin goes off as Clippers edge Trail Blazers

Sid Caesar
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)

Corvette Museum
▪ See 'sinkhole' above


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Yvette Prieto
▪ CBSNews: Michael Jordan, Yvette Prieto welcome twin girls

Trending: Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Published 4:08 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: Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found guilty of corruption charges
NBCNews: Top storylines: Deep freeze, Sochi Olympics
NPR: Comedian and actor Cid Caesar has died at 91
FoxNews: Wyoming officials prepare for court fight after EPA ruling hands land to tribes
CBSNews: Potentially 'catastrophic' storm cuts power to hundreds of thousands (in South)
USAToday: Comedic genius Sid Caesar dies at age 91


Yesterday's Google trends with 2M searches
Shirley Temple
See Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, February 11, 2012)


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M but <2M searches
Shaun White
USAToday: No medal for Shaun White in Olympic men's halfpipe


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <1M searches
Bob Costas

Graco recall
See Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)

Tom Brokaw
CNN: Tom Brokaw reveals cancer diagnosis; doctors are 'optimstic'


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,00 but <200,000 searches
Bruce Jenner

Jackie Chamoun

Titan Fall

Emelia Clarke

Amber alert