Trending: Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Published 1:24 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom
 
Today's headlines

Lung transplant
▪ NPR: 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan will receive lung transplant
▪ CNN: Girl getting long-awaited lung-transplant
▪ NBCNews: After outcry, girl who sparked debate gets lung transplant
▪ FoxNews: Girl dying of cystic fibrosis receives lung transplant

NSA leaker
▪ CNN: NSA leaker: 'I am here to reveal criminality,' NSA leaker tells Hong Kong newspaper

Colorado wildfires
▪ NPR: Colorado fires: Thousands of homes evacuated, prisoners moved
▪ CNN: Colorado fires scorch state: thousands evacuated

Social news news
▪ ABCNews: #Ready? Clickable hashtags are coming to your Facebook newsfeed

Firearm news
▪ FoxNews: Grandma, 72, shoots at home intruder in Califorina, defends actions

Weather news
▪ CBSNews: Long line of fierce thunderstorms could spawn derecho
▪ NBCNews: Storm system threatening millions in Midwest could spawn feared derecho

Texas plant explosion
▪ FoxNews: FEMA denies aid to Texas town where fertilizer plant exploded

Technology news
▪ NPR: Hands-free gadgets don't mean risk-free driving
▪ CNN: Cisco plans to double the speed of the Internet
▪ CNN: Apple adding 'kill switch' to iPhones

North Korea
▪ NBCNews: 'Tightening the noose:' Crackdown on defectors fill North Korea prison camps

Turkey
▪ CNN: Turkey's challenge: Find compromise before violence expands

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Why the TSA gave up on knives on planes
▪ NBCNews: Bad teeth, broken dreams: Lack of dental care keeps many out of jobs
 
Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Honduras claims unwanted title of world's murder capital
▪ CNN: Thousands more forced from home by Germany flooding
 
Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Source of deadly carbon monoxide poisining sought at N.C. hotel
▪ CNN: Little boy survives monster Oklahoma tornado, only to be mauled to death
▪ CNN: Dubai's latest superlative: The world's tallest, twisted tower
▪ CNN: World's oldest person dies, aged 116, just days after rival 'supercentenarian'
▪ LATimes: Sinhole disrupts Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers pregame activities

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
NBA
▪ CBSSports: NBA finals: Danny Green says LeBron James is 'stopping himself'

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches but <1M
Nintendo Direct
▪ Eurogamer: Live: Nintendo Direct E3 conference

Pirate Bay
▪ infosecurity: Pirate Bay founder wanted for Danish hack

Pretty Little Liars
▪ HollywoodReporter: 'Pretty Little Liars:' 11 questions raised by Season 4 premiere

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches but <200,000 searches
Lindsay Mills
▪ GuardianUK: Edward Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills: At the moment, I feel alone

This is the End
▪ USAToday: 'This is the End'... and it's hilarious (video ad first)
 
PS4 vs Xbox One
▪ CNN: Microsoft defends Xbox One: 'Digital is better'

ABCFamily
▪ ABCFamily: Switched at Birth

Trending: Thursday, April 18, 2013

Published 7:27 a.m. CST

Google trends with 1M+ searches
West, Texas
▪ CNN: 'Like a nuclear bomb:' Deadly fertilizer plant blast kills 5 to 15 people in Texas town
▪ ABCNews: Texas fertilizer  plant explosion sends 180 to hospitals, levels homes, 5 to 15 feared dead
▪ NBCNews: 'Devastating' explosion rocks Texas town (Link unavailable)
▪ NBCNews: 'Whole street is gone:' Bloodied eyewitnesses describe blast horror
▪ NBCNews: Amateur video shows explosion's devastation (Link unavailable)

More West, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Chemical industry watchdog falls years behind on safety reports for deadly accidents

Google trends with 100,000+ but <1M searches
Gucci Mane
▪ eonline: Hoax alert: Gucci Mane did not insult judge in court

Amanda Bynes
▪ NYDailyNews: Amanda Bynes slams 'ugly' ex Kid Cudi, says she's 'obsessed' with herself on Twitter
▪ SFChronicle: Perez Hilton urges Amanda Bynes' parents to get her help

Man of Steel
▪ MTV: 'Man of Steel' Trailer: Is Superman finally getting it right?
▪ RollingStone: Video: Superman grows up in 'Man of Steel:' Will open June 14
▪ ABC: 'Man of Steel' celebrates 75 years (Cool pic from 1948)
▪ NPR: With mullet or with monkey, everyone knows Superman

Ongoing...
Gun background checks defeat
▪ CNN: New gun background checks rejected: Opponents 'willfully lied,' Obama says
▪ CNN: How the Senate voted on new background checks for firearms sales
▪ ABCNews: Obama scolds Senate for failed gun bill
▪ NBCNews: Obama: Senate background check failure 'shameful' day for Washington; compromise falls 6 votes short

Boston bombing investigation
▪ CNN: Images reveal 2 possible suspects in Boston bombing, official says
▪ ABCNews: Cops have clear image of potential Boston marathon bombing suspect▪ ABCNews: Mystery 'man on the roof' image goes viral
▪ NPR: Video of man leaving bag under review
▪ NBCNews: Boston bombing aftermath: How you can help

Other news
▪ CNN: Test results due in ricin scare: Mississippi man arrested
▪ AP: North Korea sets preconditions for talks restart
▪ NBCNews: Wife of ex-official arrested in slain Texas DA case
▪ CBSNews: Rare pink diamond fetches $36 million at auction

Thinking news
▪ NBCNews: Springttime's Lyrid meteor shower beginning to bloom in the night sky
▪ CBSNews: The end is near for Windows XP
▪ FOXNews: Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish▪ NPR: Separating social media's fact from fiction amid crisis: Twitter as a first draft
▪ NRP: Can acid neutralizers help coral reefs bounce back?

Weird news
▪ CNN: Captain Underpants was most complained-about library book of 2012
▪ NBCNews: Budweiser looking to score big with bowtie cans

Today in history
▪ History.com: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906; close to 8.0 on the Richter scale