Showing posts with label Sochi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sochi. Show all posts

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Trending: Saturday, February 15, 1014

Published 2:59 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: The Hunley: Zeroing in on what caused Civil War submarine's sinking
▪ NBCNews: Sochi Olympics, Deep Freeze, Michael Sam comes out
▪ NPR: Walking down the widening aisle of interracial marriages; No rest for the snow-weary: Northeast braces for round 2
▪ FoxNews: States, colleges step up efforts to end sex assaults on campus amid pressure from Obama
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Who is team USA hockey hero U.J. Oshie?; Cops hunt for missing pregnant woman; 9 wacky Ben-Gal rules in cheerleader's lawsuit
▪ CBSNews: Davis 'disappointed' with finish as U.S. ditches skating suits
▪ USAToday: Russian gays fear return of anti-LGBT campaign

Sochi Olympics news
▪ USAToday: Russian freestyle skier breaks back while training in Sochi
▪ USAToday: No speedskating medals for Shani Davis, USA after switching suits

Marijuana legalization news
▪ NBCNews: Pot fuels surge in drugged driving deaths (duh, of course it does, consequences)

Measles/vaccination news
▪ NBCNews: In California, thousands exposed to measles

BPA and brain issues
 ▪ CNN: 'Putting the next generation of brains in danger:' Products that contain BPA or phtalates

Recall news
▪ NBCNews: 100 tons of dried eggs recalled over salmonella worries

Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: British cruise line: Passenger killed after 'freak wave' hits ship

Culture in the U.S. news
▪ USAToday: 1 in 4 Americans doesn't know the Earth circles sun

It's-not-fiction news
▪ MNT: Earwax contains ethnicity-specific data, according to new study (breast cancer, MSUD, alkaptonuria, ABCC11)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Ellen Page
▪ USAToday: Ellen Page reveals she is gay

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <1M searches
Earthquake today
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Friday, February 14, 2014)

Cheesecake Factory

Darren Sharper

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 trends
Valentines

About Last Night

Arne Duncan

Sports Illustrated

De La Soul

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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

Monday, February 10, 2014

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

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Trending: Thursday, February 6, 2014

Published 3:44 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
▪ NBCNews: Top stories: Sochi Olympics, Maria Shriver, Marshall islands castaway
▪ NPR: John Boehner casts doubt on prospects for immigration reform; Another SAC manager found guilty of insider trading
▪ FoxNews: Dog of war: Taliban claims to have captured military canine
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Sochi's got 99 problems and this Twitter handle's one; Taliban brags about latest captive -- a dog; Man fund-raises for brain-dead, pregnant wife's life support; Latest news: Couple charged after girl dies from drinking soda
▪ CBSNews: Immigration reform delay will be Obama's fault, Boehner says
▪ USAToday: Martoma convicted of insider trading; Latest headline: Stocks: Dow on track for best point gain of year

Power outage news
▪ NPR: It's freezing, and power's out for hundreds of thousands

Cyberattack news
▪ CNN: HVAC vendor eyed as entry point for Target breach

Boat capsize news
▪ CNN: 3 dead, 7 rescued after boat capsizes off southern Florida

Mortgage news
▪ CNN: Mortgage rates creep down toward 4%

Cold case news
▪ CNN: Arrest in 40-year-old murder case

Food ingredient news
▪ CNN: Subway to remove 'dough conditioner' chemical from bread (azodicarbonamide)

Vitamin news
▪ FoxNews: Vitamin C (intravenous) shows promise as cancer therapy

Sleep news
▪ NPR: Less sleep, more time online raise risk for teen depression

Have-versus-have not news
▪ CNN: Rise of the low-wage breadwinner

Power grid vulnerability
▪ NPR: Sniper attack on power station highlights grid's vulnerability

Carbon monoxide news
▪ CBSNews: Minn. schools evacuated after possible carbon monoxide poisoning

Sinkhole news
▪ FoxNews: Georgia man rushes to save wife form 8-foot sinkhole

Cross-cultural comparison news
▪ NPR: When it comes to high-speed internet, U.S. 'falling way behind'

Downsizing news
▪ NPR: Sony will shed 5,000 jobs and its PC business

World-of-work news
▪ CNN: Rise of the low-wage breadwinner

It's-not-fiction-news
▪ FoxNews: California school under fire over Black History Month lunch menu


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Sochi
▪ USAToday: Russia is watching your shower at the Olympics

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
DMX
▪ CNN: George Zimmerman wants to box rapper DMX

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Elizabeth Hurley
▪ NYDN: Sizemore admits making up story about affair between Elizabeth Hurley, Bill Clinton

Curt Schilling
▪ FoxNews: Curt Schilling battling cancer, former ace says

Shaun White
▪ USAToday: Though absent, Shaun White still talks of slopestyle event

Pussy Riot
▪ NPR: Pussy Riot: Prison ordeal will help us fix Russia's system

PECO
▪ Philly.com: Peco: 'It's going to be a rough couple of day' (See 'power outage' above)

Seahawks parade
▪ USAToday: Seahawk's parade draws close to 1 million

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #ChubbyBunnyJordi
▪ Finna Drop "WAR"
▪ RIP Ralph Kiner
▪ #Olympics2014
▪ Happy Birthday Bob Marley
▪ Sonic Boom
▪ #STLSocialGood
▪ #tbt
▪ Knuckles

Friday, January 10, 2014

Trending: Friday, January 10, 2014

Published 3:29 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00

Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trends at bottom
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Police: Road rage victim eluded killer for up to 15 miles
▪ NBCNews: Target estimates breach affected up to 110 million
▪ NPR: Same-sex couples in Utah made eligible for federal benefits
▪ FoxNews: Lawyer says FBI has contacted few Tea Party groups, 8 months into IRS scandal
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: The next shoe could drop right on Chris Christie; From Syria to stateside: New Al Qaeda threat to homeland; Target's massive data breach is even worse than we thought; Latest headline: Alleged phony doctor faces victims in court
▪ CBSNews: With widespread flu activity increasing, resist urge for antibiotics
▪ USAToday: Target data breach total rises to up to 110 million

Today's headlines
Flu news
▪ NBCNews: Flu season worsens across U.S., spreads to all regions
▪ FoxNews: Roche's Tamiflu for children temporarily in short supply in U.S.
▪ USAToday: Almost 50% of people hospitalized for the flu are obese

Legalized marijuana news
▪ FoxNews: Colorado pot shops likely targets of cartels, say experts

Tobacco news/Advertising & marketing news
▪ USAToday: Tobacco companies will say they lied, via advertising

Lightning strike news
CNN: Lightning strike on beach kills 3 in Argentina

Chemical spill news
▪ NBCNews: West Virginia chemical spill cuts water to up to 300,000, state of emergency declared

Virgin Galactic/private spaceflight news
▪ NBCNews: Success! SpaceShip Two hits new heights during rocket test

Christian persecution news
▪ FoxNews: Christians killed for faith nearly doubled in 2013, group finds

Afghanistan
▪ NBCNews: US marines shoot dead young Afghan girl in bad weather: police

Syria news
▪ NBCNews: Nearly 500 dead in week of clashes between Syrian rebels: Activists

China news
▪ NBCNews: China says it passes US as world's biggest goods trader

Google news
▪ CNN: Google makes it easier for strangers to e-mail you
▪ NBCNews: Google sorry for Adolf Hitler gaffe on German map
▪ USAToday: Gmail tweak lets any Google+ user send you message

McDonald's news
▪ FoxNews: Los Angeles woman sues McDonald's over hot coffee

Cruise ship news
▪ Aol.com: Shipwrecked Concordia to be removed in June

Gun/fireworks news
▪ FoxNews: Alaska town has no internet after New Year's Eve reveler shoots cables

Heart attack prediction news
▪ FoxNews: Simple blood test (for HD-CEC) may predict patients at risk of heart attack

Syphilis news
▪ FoxNews: Syphilis infections in US increase solely among men

Hunger/satiety news
▪ CBSNews: Eating fresh avocadoes may chase away hunger pains

Out-of-control emotions news
▪ CNN: Police: Road rage victim eluded killer for up to 15 miles

Smartphone keyboard news
▪ NBCNews: Typing on the fly: TrewGrip redefines the mobile keyboard

American diet news
▪ NPR: Food firms trim trillions of calories from packaged treats

Ancient remains news
▪ ABCNews: 2000-year-old female remains found at Florida construction site

World-of-work news
▪ CNN: More of the jobless are giving up on finding work
▪ ABCNews: The fattest jobs in America: Is your job making you fat?

2014 Sochi pre-Olympics news
▪ ABCNews: US terror hunters fear Russia losing Sochi Olympic security race
▪ CBS News: U.S. issues travel alert for Sochi Olympics

Cross-cultural news
▪ NPR: Despite dim prospects, Syrian exodus to Germany continues

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Central African Republic's president resigns at regional summit

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Jay Gruden
▪ WashPost: 10 things about Jay Gruden, new Redskins coach

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Northern lights
▪ LATimes: Northern lights may make rare appearance in parts of U.S.

Nina Dobrev
▪ CBSNews: Ian Somerhalder wishes 'Vampire Diaries' co-star Nina Dobrev happy birthday

James Franklin
▪ BleacherReport: James Franklin reportedly will become head coach at Penn State

Niagara Falls
▪ CBSNews: Niagara Falls frozen solid? Not so fast

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ Utah
▪ #ReplaceAMovieTitleWithBeard
▪ #EXADirectioners
▪ #ExaBeliebers
▪ #economicviolence
▪ #MamaSpike
▪ Vernon Wells
▪ 42 of the 43 U.S. Presidents
▪ Spike Lee