Trending: Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Published 12:41 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Teen stowaway raises questions about airport security

▪ NBCNews: Stowaway teen may have been trying to get to Africa, family: Report
▪ NPR: Supreme Court upholds Michigan's ban on affirmative action
▪ FoxNews: 'Save us:' Boy's desperate call from doomed S. Korean ferry reveals horror
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: 5 things to watch as Obama returns to Asia
▪ CBSNews: Supreme Court upholds Michigan affirmative action ban
▪ USAToday: Seven Georgians challenging state's gay marriage ban

Iceberg (B31) news
▪ CNN: City-sized iceberg drifts into ocean

Netflix
▪ CNN: Netflix to increase subscription prices
▪ NPR: Netflix says it will raise new customer subscription rates

AOL hacking
▪ USAToday: AOL confirms mail service hacked

MERS
▪ NPR: Sharp rise in MERS cases may mean the virus is evolving

Asteroid news
▪ CBSNews: Asteroids hitting Earth more often than previously thought, ex-NASA astronaut's group says

Sports head injuries
▪ BleacherReport: Former Jaguars LB Russell Allen discusses playing through stroke in NFL Game

Mother instinct news
▪ USAToday: Heroic pony shields her two-week-old foal from barn fire

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Angry sherpas to ditch Everest following tragedy

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Boston Marathon
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Earth Day
▪ USAToday: It's Earth Day: Get your green on

Palcohol
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, April 21, 2014)

Lindsay Lohan
▪ CNN: Lindsay Lohan: Miscarriage interrupted 'Lindsay' filming

Real Housewives of Atlanta

Blackhawks
ESPN: Blues, Blackhawks discuss training

Emma Appleton

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ Moyes
▪ #NationalSendYourManNudesDay
▪ #HappyEarthDay
▪ #hackoff2014
▪ #MustHaveBeenHigh
▪ RIP Pat Tillman
▪ Gin and Juice
▪ Matt Harvey
▪ Brian Williams

Trending: Saturday, March 15, 2014

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Published 4:09 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with

• CNN: Malaysian jet's disappearance a 'deliberate' action, PM says

• NBCNews: Investigators visit home of missing jet's co-pilot
• NPR: The passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight 370
• FoxNews: Missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner could have flown for more than 7 hours
• ABCNews: Latest headline: Dueling protests held in Moscow ahead of Crimea referendum
• CBSNews: Focus shifts to flight crew amid new plane revelations
• USAToday: Riding along on search for vanished jetliner

Fukushima radiation news
• FoxNews: Scientists expect traces of Fukushima radiation on West Coast soon (crowdsourcing)

Asteroid news
• USAToday: Asteroid (Regulus) to dim a bright star for some in Northeast

Weather news
• USAToday: Midwest, Mid-Atlantic brace for a white St. Patrick's Day

Autism news
• TIME: Growing evidence that autism is linked to pollution

Paralympics news
• NPR: U.S. beats Russia to win sled hockey at gold at Sochi Paralympics

Banking news
• NPR: FDIC sues 16 big banks, accusing them of fixing interest rates

Pop culture
• CNN: Obama wants people to quit bashing his jeans

Drone news
• CBSNews: Could commercial drones be the future of flight?

Who profits from war news
• TIME: Here are the 5 companies making a killing off wars around the world

Rape in India followup
• NPR: Indian court stays death penalty for two in rape case

Have-versus-have-not news
• NPR: For the poor, warmth in the winter comes at a steep price

Brain science news
• NPR: Beward of the quick fix mirage (brain fitness)

Cool stuff news
• CBSNews: 7 beautiful rooftop gardens

Obituaries in the news
• NPR: Man (Glenn McDuffie) widely known as the 'kissing sailor' in 1945 V-J Day photo dies

It's-not-fiction news
• USAToday: Funeral held for dad, mom, daughter who died days apart

Google trends with at least 100,000 searches
Veronica Mars
• EWeekly: 'Veronica Mars' love triangle resolved?

Chris Brown
• CNN: Chris Brown booted out of rehab, taken into custody by LA sheriff's deputies

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
• #WhiteManMarchProtestSigns
• #askbradkanything
• #StrongForMace
• Jermaine Defoe
• Brooklyn Nights
• #SEAvTOR
• Kenny Gaines
• Michigan State
• MLS

Trending: Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Neknominate: 'Lethal' drinking game sweeps social media
▪ NBCNews: Top stories: Ukraine crisis, Deep freeze, Sochi Olympics
▪ NPR: For U.S. ambassador, ties to Prague that transcend diplomacy; Anti-government protests in Ukraine turn deadly
▪ FoxNews: Riot police in Ukraine move in against protest camp
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Ukraine violence leaves at least 10 dead; Families walk 19 miles after getting stranded in snow, John Travolta opens up about son Jett's death; Latest headline: US Navy ship on Olympics duty ran aground
▪ CBSNews: Ukraine riot police try to clear protest camps amid fiery clashes
▪ USAToday: Ukraine warns of severe measures; 9 protesters dead

Weather news
▪ NBCNews: That's cold: Snow challenges records in some cities

Air travel news
▪ CNN: Passenger: Turbulence on United flights causes woman to crack ceiling with head

Close asteroid call news
▪ CNN: A close call in space tonight: Asteroid zips by Earth (2000 EM 26)

Climate change news
▪ NBCNews: Study: Arctic getting darker, making Earth warmer

Depression news
▪ NBCNews: Test could predict which teen boys get depression

Pop culture
▪ CNN: Jimmy Fallon and the new 'Tonight:' What's the verdict?
▪ USAToday: Fallon's 'Tonight Show' debut scores big

Foreign income news
▪ CNN: 3,000 Americans ditch their passports (misleading headline)

Thailand
▪ NPR: 4 dead in Thai protests; prime minister faces charges in rice deal

Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Mary Grace Canfield, Ralph Monroe on 'Green Acres,' dies at 89

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Bode Miller
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Presidents Day
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, February 17, 2014)

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ Bob Casale▪ #AskWATIC▪ #RatchetJeopardy▪ #GoTSeason3▪ #BRITsTickets▪ #DearIsaac▪ Ibra▪ PSG▪ Zlatan▪ Barca

Trending: Friday, October 18, 2013

Published 10:25 a.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Asteroid news
▪ CNN: Big asteroid buzzes past Earth and will again in 19 years

Escaped killers
▪ NBCNews: Florida escapee had tried to forge release papers before

Colorado floods
▪ CNN: Colorado floods: A month later, mountain towns 'spooky' and deserted

Australia wildfires
▪ NBCNews: Australia wildfires: Resident dies defending home, thousands evacuated

Obamacare
▪ CNN: Congressional fight over Obamacare turns to website woes
▪ FoxNews: Insurers reportedly receiving faulty data from ObamaCare exchanges

Recall news
▪ CNN: 870k Toyotas recalled for spider-related problem

BART strike news
▪ NBCNews: BART workers strike after failed negotiations

Google news
▪ CBSNews: Stock surges: Google tops $1,000

iPhone news
▪ CNN: Is Apple's iPhone 5C a flop?

Social media news
▪ NBCNews: Where the kids are: Social networks parents may not know about

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Red Sox
▪ FoxNews: Red Sox one win from AL pennant after beating Tigers 4-3

Kim Kardashian

Windows 8.1
▪ USAToday: Windows 8.1 update arrives with fresh changes

Ed Lauter
▪ USAToday: Character actor Ed Lauter dies

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Seahawks
▪ ESPN: Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch lead Seahawks past Cardinals

Stenographer
▪ USAToday: House stenographer loses it during shutdown vote

Trending: Friday, May 31, 2013

Published 3:28 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines...
Syria
▪ CBSNews: Russia to sell MiG jet fighters to Syria, jet maker says
▪ CNN: U.S. mom killed helping rebels: 3 Westerners among the dead in Syria

Houston hotel blaze
▪ USAToday: 6 firefighters hurt in Houston 5-alarm hotel fire
▪ NBCNews: 6 firefighers injured fighting 5-alarm Houston fire: KPRC

Arizona mom jailed in Mexico
▪ NBCNews: 'I'm free:' Arizona mom returns to US after drug allegations dropped in Mexico
▪ CNN: Arizona mom freed from Mexican jail 'screamed' for joy

Sexual assault news
▪ NBCNews: Three US Navy football players under investigation for alleged sex assault, sources say
▪ CNN: Navy football players investigated in sex assault complaint

Medicare
▪ NBCNews: Medicare fund insolvancy date a bit further away than last year
▪ CNN: Slower health spending helps buy Medicare 2 more years

Spelling bee news
▪ NBCNews: Spelling bee winner: 'I studied German language patterns'
▪ CNN: 8th-grade spelling bee champ on hearing his word: 'I got this'

Science news
▪ NPR: Huge asteroid makes its closest pass to Earth today
▪ NPR: Gizmo uses lung cells to sniff out health hazards in urban air
▪ CNN: Large asteroid zipping past Earth, dragging its own moon along
▪ NBCNews: Asteroid 1998 QE2's flyby spurs the White House to gather the geeks
▪ NPR: Big-mouthed toucans key to forest evolution

Transportation news
▪ FoxNews: 4 dead after 2 small planes collide in Arizona
▪ CNN: Small plane crashes into Virginia apartment's living room
▪ CNN: Government proposes rules for self-driving cars

Health news
▪ NPR: Young women with breast cancer opting for mastectomy
▪ NPR: Nordic diet could be local alternative to Mediterranean diet

Weather news
▪ NBCNews: Arkansas flash flooding kills sheriff, sweeps away officer, official says

War in Afghanistan news
▪ NBCNews: The drawdown diet: Marines steamed by loss of hot meal in Afghanistan base

Followup news
▪ NBCNews: Body of Missouri mom of triplets found two years afters he vanished
▪ FoxNews: Remains of missing Missouri mom Jacque Waller found, official says

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Reporter arrested at Oklahoma graduation for alleged upskirt photographs
▪ NBCNews: Toy chicken recalled for being 'too darned loud'
▪ NBCNews: 8 arrested after brawl at kindergarten graduation
▪ NBCNews: Will Google Glass destroy your love life?
▪ CNN: Superman gets new logo for 75th anniversary

Culture-in-the-U.S. news continued
▪ NBCNews: After vote allowing gay kids to become Boy Scouts, some families call it quits
▪ NBCNews: Harshit and Abass: Worst... and real... baby names

Thinking news
▪ NBCNews: Forget self-denial: Key to richer, healthier life is a good imagination
▪ NBCNews: Richest 1% control 39% of world's wealth and growing

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Obama administration to blame for jailing of hero Bin Laden doctor, says Pakistani report
▪ CNN: Train mows down three elephants in eastern India
▪ NBCNews: Wary of  'Frankenfood,' S. Korea suspends US wheat imports
▪ CNN: Report: Court to hear case at center of Istanbul protests

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Julius Richard Petri
▪ TheIndependent: This will grow on you: Google Doodle celebrates 161st birthday of Julius
▪ TimesOfIndia: Google pays tribute to Julius Richard Petri

Prancercise
▪ NBCNews: (Video) It's time to Prancercise! Horse-inspired 'fitness workout' goes viral
▪ FoxNews: Prancercise: New eccentric fitness routine mimics dancing like a horse
▪ OrlandoSentinel: Prancercise goes from viral video to 'Today Show'
▪ USAToday: Prancercise program trains your inner horse