Trending: Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Published 2:29 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom
(Read what happened on this day last year)

Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Ukraine crisis: NATO military chief warms Russian troops could invade swiftly 

▪ NBCNews: Chileans respond calmly to quake: 'We're used to it'
▪ NPR: So you think you're smarter than a CIA agent
▪ FoxNews: Ex-CIA boss confirms he ignored Benghazi guidance from top officer on ground
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Supreme Court strikes down limits on campaign contributions
▪ CBSNews: Supreme Court strikes down overall campaign contribution cap
▪ USAToday: Is a 1987-type market crash 37 days away

Chile earthquake
▪ CNN: Chile earthquake death toll rises to 6
▪ NPR: Tense hours, then sighs of relief after huge quake off Chile
▪ ABCNews: Chile earthquake prompts break out from women's prison
▪ USAToday: 5.8 quake strikes off coast of Panama

Sea garbage news
▪ CNN: Plane search hampered by ocean garbage problem

Animal trafficking news
▪ CNN: The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of (pangolin)

Prodigy/Wunderkid news
▪ NPR: New York student is accepted to all 8 Ivy league schools (Kwasi Enin)

Lottery news
▪ CNN: Rich man, I am: Yoda fan wins $425 million Powerball prize

Consumer tracking news
▪ CNN: Big Data is secretly scoring you

Allergy news
▪ USAToday: FDA approves pill that could replace some allergy shots

Smoking bans
▪ FoxNews: Pentagon considering banning cigarette sales on ships and bases

Pediatric health news
▪ NBCNews: Circumcision rate falls despite health risks

Microsoft Cortana
▪ NBCNews: Microsoft announces Cortana, Siri-like personal assistant

Virgin Galactic
▪ FoxNews: Grounded: Richard Branson's desert launchpad awaits first space passenger

Drone news
▪ FoxNews: Shipping firm first to use drones to navigate Arctic ice

It's-not-fiction news (a.k.a. Will it make this week's 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me?")
▪ FoxNews: Stolen Gauguin on Sicily kitchen wall for years
▪ ABCNews: Chile earthquake prompts break out from women's prison

Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Savings and loan figure Charles Keating dies at 90

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Chile earthquake  
▪ See above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <1M searches
Linda Perry
▪ ABCNews: 'Roseanne' star Sara Gilbert marries Linda Perry

April Fools Day/Good April Fools Day pranks
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, April 1, 2014)

Don Baylor
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, April 1, 2014)

Tiger Woods
▪ CBSSports: Tiger Woods will miss 2014 masters

Amy Schumer
▪ TIME: How Amy Schumer gets guys to think feminists are funny

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #AskHolland
▪ #SURFBOARDCodySimpson
▪ #tmillstakeover
▪ #Isco
▪ #HappyBirthdayPattie
▪ 2-0 Madrid
▪ Weidenfeller
▪ Thiago Silva
▪ Bale and Ronaldo

Trending: Monday, May 13, 2013

Published 6:24 a.m. CST

Nothing trending yet for today

Google trends from yesterday with 500,000+ searches

Happy Mothers' Day
▪ HollywoodReporter: 'Happy Mothers' Day:' Hollywood's best Tweets
▪ PerezHilton: Celebrities wish 'Happy Mothers' Day' to moms all over on Twitter
▪ eonline: Happy Mother's Day! Britney Spears, Channing Tatum, LeAnn Rimes and more

Google trends from yesterday with at least 100,000 searches but <500,000
Tiger Woods
▪ New York Times: Last wood to Woods as Garcia's game sinks on last 2 holes
▪ USAToday: Tiger Woods hangs on to win The Players Championship
▪ CBSNews: Tiger Woods wins Players Championship

Players Championships 2013
▪ BleacherReport: Players Championship 2013: Winner, final leaderboard and payouts
▪ SBNation: The Players Championship 2013 purse: Tiger pockets $1.7 million with win

Survivor
▪ CBSNews: 'Survivor Caramoan crowns a winner
▪ People: 'Survivor: Caramoan' crowns a winner: John Cochran
▪ HollywoodReporter: 'Survivor Caramoan' winner reveals plans for the $1 million prize

Also happening...
Mother's Day gunfire
▪ CNN: Bullets fly at New Orleans Mother's Day Parade; 19 injured
▪ NBCNews: At least 19 injured in New Orleans Mother's Day shooting
▪ NPR: 19 New Orleans victims included 2 kids
▪ FoxNews: Search for suspects after 19 injured in shooting at New Orleans Mother's Day parade

Bangladesh building-collapse
▪ CNN: Bangladesh officials to end search for survivors; death toll reaches 1,127
▪ ABCNews: Bangladesh to allow unions for workers

North Korea
▪ NBCNews: Report: North Korea axes hard-line defense chief

Pop culture news
▪ CNN: Seth Meyers gets 'Late Night' host gig when Jimmy Fallon moves to 'Tonight Show'
▪ NBCNews: 'This is it:' Barbara Walters to announce retirement

Culture-in-the-U.S. News
▪ CNN: The high cost of same-sex divorce
▪ NBCNews: Stuck at home: When moms can't afford to work
▪ NPR: Checking more than one box: A growing multiracial nation
▪ NPR: Low gas prices expected for summer
▪ NPR: 'A Cooked Seed' sprouts after all in America

Culture-in-the-U.S. News continued
▪ NPR: Google fights Glass backlash even before it hits the street
▪ ABCNews: Highest-paid college presidents
▪ CBSNews: Judgment against alleged Fla. bully surprises everyone

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBSNews: Sharif to hold Pakistan's top job for third time as voters defy Taliban
▪ NPR: Syrian rebels release U.N. peacekeepers
▪ FoxNews: Singapore begins inquiry into American scientist's hanging death
▪ ABCNews: Mexico sets shelters as volcano shakes, spews ash

Health news
▪ NPR: Cases of mysterious valley fever rise in American Southwest
▪ NPR: 'More than a count,' infant mortality  is societal struggle

Other news
▪ FoxNews: Family of 4 children, 2 adults die in Pennsylvania house fire, officials say
▪ ABCNews: Suspect killed, 2 bodies found after NJ standoff
▪ ABCNews: Amtrak set to replace aging fleet

Thinking news
▪ CNN: North Korea escapee and human rights discourse
▪ NBCNews: 'Junk' DNA mystery solved: It's not needed
▪ NPR: Is it safe to use compost made from treated human waste
▪ USAToday: Better batteries could revolutionize solar, wind power

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Ice sheets creep into Minnesota shore, surge toward houses
▪ NBCNews: Airbnb at 4 years old, grows out of startup role
▪ CBSNews: International Space Station Commander Chris Hatfield bids farewell with 'Space Oddity' cover

Trending: Monday, March 25, 2013

Denny Hamlin
▪  LATimes Video of crash after collision with Joey Logano
▪  ESPN: Kyle Busch wins Fontana after wreck
▪  USAToday: Denny Hamlin airlifted to hospital; will stay overnight
▪  Denny Hamlin: Official Website
▪  Dennny Hamlin: Images

Phil Spector
▪  DetroitFreePress: Al Pacino's portrayal of Phil Spector `cheesy,' Spector's wife says
▪  MiamiHerald: HBO's `Phil Spector' a spectacular travesty
▪  PsychologyToday: Dangerous genius: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
▪  BuffaloNews: Was Phil Spector innocent? David Mamet makes his case in HBO film

Tiger Woods
▪  ESPN: Final round postponed at Bay Hill
▪  Bloomberg: Tiger Woods' chase to regain golf's No. 1 rank delayed  by storm
▪  LaTimes: Tiger Woods will have to wait a day

Aaron Craft
▪  USAToday: Ohio States' Aaron craft shows `big guts' with late-game heroics
▪  USAToday: Aaron Craft's buzzer-beater clips Iowa State, lifts Ohio State into Sweet 16
▪  CBSSports: Aaron Craft shakes off second-half mistakes tos end OSU to Sweet 16

Weird news
▪  CNN: Pilot impersonator gets into cockpit
▪  CNN: Whiz fan builds Lego Hogswarts (video)
▪  Time: How sloths took over pop culture

Other news
▪  CNN: Amanda Knox to learn her fate again
▪  CNN: Winter storm ignores calendar: Spring snow hammers Midwest
▪  CNN: Family vacation turns tragic at airport (falling sign kills boy)

Trending: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Lindsey Vonn
▪  NYTimes: A new first couple in sports: Woods and Vonn
▪  ABCNews: Tiger Woods dating (blog)
▪  USAToday: Tiger Woods announces his relationship with Linsey Vonn
▪  Yahoo: Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn make it Facebook official with announcements and photos
▪  LATimes: Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn confirm they are dating on Facebook

Dancing with the Stars 2013
▪  People: Who shined and who bombed at Dancing premiere
▪  ABC: Dancing with the Stars 2013 researsal pictures
▪  ABC: Dancing with the Stars Season 16 news, photos and video
▪  TMZ: ABC's Dancing with the Stars
▪  Wetpaint: Will Zendaya and Val win Dancing with the Stars 2013?

Jason Molina
▪  NPR (blog): Jason Molina: Folksinger who embodied best of the blues has died
▪  Billboard: Jason Molina: Magnolia Electric Co. leader, dead at 39
▪  Rollingstone: Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. dead at 39
▪  WashingtonPost: Alternative singer-songwriter Jason Molina dies in Indianapolis after battling alcoholism
▪  msn: Musician and songwriter Jason Molina dies

Obama visits Israel
▪  CNN: Obama heads to Israel with few expectations, many questions
▪  TheGuardian: Israel prepares for President Barak Obama's first visit
▪  Reuters: Obama's Israel itinerary skirts settlements but not symbolism
▪  WashingtonPost: For Obama, trip is chance to repair relations with disappointed Israelis
▪  CBSNews: Obama's visit will highlight Israel's historic claims to disputed land

Lindsay Lohan trial
▪  LATimes: Lindsay Lohan finds herself back on trial, this time for lying
▪  TMA: Cops plea deal  -- avoids jail
▪  Reuters: Lindsay Lohan late for reckless driving trial in Los Angeles
▪  FOXNews: Lindsay Lohan agrees to do 90 days in `locked rehab' to avoid jail
▪  ABCNews: Lindsay Lohan agrees to 3 months in rehab