Trending: Thursday, August 8, 2013

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

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
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

Yesterday's Google trends with more than 500,000 searches
Powerball
▪ CNN: Luckier than lightning: Powerball trio strikes it rich wtih $448 million jackpot

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but less than 500,000 searches
Riley Cooper
▪ CBSSports: Remorseful Riley Cooper appears to understand 'severity' of incident

Trending: Thursday, March 28, 2013

Facebook
▪  C|Net: Facebook makes risky bet on news feed ads that track you
▪  NewYorkTimes: What you didn't post, Facebook may still know

John Edwards' Daughter
▪  NBCNews: John Edwards' eldest daughter: I was mad, `devastated'  about affair
▪  YahooNews: John Edwards' daughter Cate speaks out about his affair
▪  Glamour: Cate Edwards: What no one knows about my mother, Elizabeth Edwards

YouTube
▪  USAToday: YouTube tops 1 billion  monthy users
▪  Forbes: Here's looking at YouTube: Kid: Eight  years, one billion users...

American Idol
▪  USAToday: On `American Idol,' a Detroit breakdown
▪  FOX: `American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj: There's `absolutely not a chance' a man will win the show
▪  MTV.com: `American Idol' Detroit Night: What should top eight sing?
▪  USAToday: Narrowing the American Idol Field

Miami Heat
▪  ESPN: Heat's 27-game winning streak comes to end in Chicago
▪  FOX: Miami Heat's winning streak ends at 27 in Chicago
▪  NPR: Snap! Maimi Heat's streak end at 27
▪  bleacherreport: Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak snapped by Chicago Bulls

Jenna Wolfe
▪  Philly.com: Former Philly sportscaster Jenna Wolfe pregnant... and gay
▪  LATimes: NBC's Jenna Wolfe, Stephanie Gosk expecting, engaged, out. Whew!
▪  Reuters: NBC `Today' show's Jenna Wolfe expecting baby with gay partner

Derrick Rose
▪  ChicagoTribune: Rosenbloom video: Derrick Rose's time is now
▪  NBA.com: Derrick Rose: Stats, bio
▪  USAToday: Derrick Rose laughs off Waka Flocka Flame's tweet

North Korea
▪  CNN: US flies bombers over South Korea
▪  NBCNews: US bombers practice Korea peninsula attack

Other News
▪  CNN: Run on banks feared in Cyprus
▪  ABCNews: Large lines form outside Cyprus banks
▪  CNN: Massive cyberattack hits internet
▪  BostonHerald: Record-breaking cyberattack hits anti-spam group
▪  ABCNews: SARS-like virus kills two more people in Germany and Britain
▪  NBCNews: After weight-loss surgery, new gut bacteria keeps obesity away