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: Sunday, December 1, 2013

Published 10:31 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Comet ISON
▪ CNN: (Photos) Comet ISON still going

Train derailment news
▪ CNN: Train derails in New York, killing 4
▪ FoxNews: At least 4 dead at Metro-North passenger train derails in New York City

Buggy-crash news
▪ NBCNews: 2 killed in Amish Buggy crash on Angel Road

Thailand
▪ NBCNews: Thai PM flees police compound as protesters launch 'people's coup;' at least four dead
▪ CNN: Thailand anti-government protests show no signs of slowing
▪ NPR: Rival protestors clash in Bangkok

North Korea
▪ CNN: U.S. 'deeply concerned' about citizens held in North Korea, including Newman

Obamacare Website
▪ CNN: Administration: HealthCare.gov working smoothly

Home invasion news
▪ NBCNews: 97-year-old killed in home invasion, robbery

Micro-preneurship/Etsy
▪ CNN: Esty-nomics lets sellers stitch together a living with new pattern

Gun exchange news
▪ CNN: 899 guns exchanged for gift cards in North County

Facebook news
▪ FoxNews: Mugger apologizes to victim on Facebook 35 years later

Cross-cultural news
▪ USAToday: Ten countries where people live longest

Touching news
▪ USAToday: Feeling blue? Try hiring a professional cuddler

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Despite changes to one-child policy, Chinese parents say having two kids is too expensive

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ USAToday: Feeling blue? Try hiring a professional cuddler

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 10M searches
Paul Walker
▪ CNN: 'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker killed in car crash

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M but <10M searches
Alabama football
▪ USAToday: No. 5 Auburn shocks No. 1 Alabama on game's final play

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <2M searches
Paul Crouch
▪ CNN: Trinity Broadcasting Network co-founder Paul Crouch dies at 79

Yvette Prieto
▪ LATimes: Michael Jordan and wife Yvette Prieto expecting first child

Mizzou football
▪ USAToday: Missouri football shakes off criticism, accentuates the positive

Michigan football
▪ USAToday: No. 3 Ohio State holds off Michigan in final seconds

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #RIPPaulWalker
▪ #FictionalCharactersIWantToMarry
▪ Fast & Furious
▪ #BAMAvsAUB
▪ #IronBowl
▪ #MondayVsFriday
▪ Chris Davis
▪ Nick Saban
▪ Running Scared