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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Trending: Sunday, December 22, 2013

Published 10:54 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Trending now on Google and Twitter at bottom

Today's headlines
Weather
NCNN: 3 dead as unusual weather mix sweeps nation, threatens holiday travelers
NBCNews: Huge and sloppy strorm system snarls holiday travel
NPR: Huge storm may mean snow and ice for holiday travelers
ABCNews: 95K without power in Northeast due to ice storm
USAToday: 'Big, crazy storm of constrasts' rips South, Northeast

Iceland elf news
ABCNews: Iceland's hidden elves delay road projects

Target credit card breach
NPR: JP Morgan Chase places limits on cards used at Target stores

Immigration reform
FoxNews: Obama, top Dems now appear to be pushing for comprehensive immigration reform

School shooting news
CNN: Colorado high school shooting victim dies at hospital
NBCNews: Colorado high school shooting victim Claire Davis dies

Carjacking news
NBCNews: Police search for carjacker involved in crash that killed 11-year-old boy

NSA/Spying news
NPR: New NSA documents make case for keeping surveillance programs secret

Spacewalk news
FoxNews: Space suit issues leads to delay of second spacewalk

Building-collapse follow-up news
ABCNews: Bangladesh factory owners charged in deadly fire

Lung transplant/Sarah Murnaghan follow-up
NBCNews: After lung transplant that changed the rules, Sarah is doing fine

Counterfeit/knockoff news
CBSNews: Counterfeit wine: A vintage crime

Turkey
NBCNews: Dozens of police officers ousted as corruption scandal roils Turkey's elite

Thailand
NBCNews: Protesters swarm in Thai capital to demand PM resign

China-buys-the-world news
NBCNews: Hotel magnate and wine entrepreneur feared dead in crash after chateau sale

Iraq
NBCNews: Militants kill at least 18 officers and soldiers at attacks grow in Iraq

Russia
NPR: Freed Russian oil tycoon says he'll work for release of prisoners

Spain
ABCNews: Recession-hit Spain holds huge Christmas lottery

Tablet app news (technology)
USAToday: 10 great apps for a new tablet (Facebook, Flipboard, Skype, Dropbox, Netflix, Pandora, Snapseed, Candy Crush Saga, Weather Channel)

Trending now on Google
200,000+ searches
Gabrielle Union
FoxNews: Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade are engaged

100,000+ searches
Justin Timberlake
USMagazine: Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon reunite on SNL

Lord Infamous
HuffPost: Ricky 'Lord Infamous' Dunigan dead: Three 6 Mafia founding member dies at 40

Claire Davis
See 'school shootings above'

20,000+ searches
Consumers Energy
FlintJournal: More than 20,000 customers without power in Genesee County, according to Consumers Energy (See 'weather' above)

Trending now on Twitter
#PeopleWhoMadeMyYearGood
#FMACOS
#SNL
#FallonsBack
#shamballa
Watch Hot Girls
Christmas is in 4
Kate McKinnon
Professor Snape

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Saturday, December 21, 2013
At least 200,000 searches
Gabrielle Union

At least 100,000 but <200,000
Lord Infamous

Claire Davis

Cracker Barrel

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Trending: Saturday, December 21, 2013

Published 10:18 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Trending now on Google and Twitter at bottom
 
Today's headlines
2013 in review
NBCNews: Don't tell customers they're fat: 2013's biggest corporate goofs     -- Apple's iPhone Apple Maps: Several incidences of users following Siri's directions onto an active runway at the airport in Fairbanks, Alaska
   -- Walmart's holding a Thanksgiving food drive for its employees, shortly after protests demanding an annual salary of at least $25,000 for full-time employees
   -- ATT&T issues apology after an ad showing a smartphone displaying the 9/11 memorial
   -- Papa John's agrees to pay $16.5M for violating Telephone Consumer Protection Act and blasting unwanted advertising texts to customers
   -- Coca-Cola apologizes for Canadian bottle-cap message: 'You retard'
   -- Lululemon recalls sheer yoga pants; chairman resigns after saying some women's bodies don't work for their pants
   --McDonalds responds to concerns about low wages by publishing a helpful financial advisory McGuide for employees
   -- The cruise ship industry: Carnival's Triumph fire strands more than 4,000 passengers on board with non-functioning utilities
   -- Abercrombie & Fitch defends XL/XXL exclusionary policy
   -- Target's plus-size color: Manatee Gray
   -- JPMorgan Twitter account intends chat with exec but gets bombarded with slams
 
NBCNews: 11 breakout hits of the fall season: Sleepy Hollow, Orange is the New Black, death plot twists, choreography, machine guns, the '80s, Masters of Sex, Scandal, American Horror Story, live shows

NPR: For BP cleanup 2013 meant 4.6 million pounds of Gulf Coast oil
 
Weather news
NBCNews: Heading home for Christmas? Holiday travelers face Mother Nature's wrath

Day length news
USAToday: Saturday is the solstice, the longest night of the year
 
Thwarted news
FoxNews: Police say they thwarted shooting plot at Colorado school

What-were-they-thinking news/irony news
USAToday: PR director's (Justine Sacco) racist tweet sparks online outcry

Wind farm news
FoxNews: After heated, marathon meeting, Colorado town OKs 37,000-acre wind farm

Underground mystery news
NBCNews: What's stopping Bertha? Seattle debates mysterious object obstructing tunnel machine
 
Military hazing news
NBCNews: Female sailors forced to march with buckets of human waste, Navy says
 
South Sudan
CNN: 4 U.S. troops hurt in South Sudan gunfire
 
N.J. Mall carjacking
CNN: 4 arrested in carjacking and shooting death outside upscale N.J. mall
FoxNews: Police identify four suspects charged in deadly New Jersey mall carjacking
 
Space station news
CNN: Astronauts perform ISS repairs during spacewalks
USAToday: NASA astronauts begin urgent space station repairs
 
Supercar news
NBCNews: Supercar war: Lamborghini's 202mph Huracan blows in
 
Gay marriage news
NPR: Federal court strikes down Utah's gay marriage ban
 
Animal protection news
FoxNews: Critics push back against federal protection for bird in rural West

Obituaries in the news
CNN: 'It's Kind of  a Funny Story' author Ned Vizzini dies at 32

Trending now on Google
100,000+ searches
Justine Sacco

Ned Vizzini: See obituaries above

Alex and Sierra (TV characters, or so thinks the bird without Googling to find out for sure)

50,000+ searches
Dhoom 3

Winter Solstice

Trending now on Twitter
Utah
#HasJustineLandedYet
#2013TaughtMe
#ScottPilgrim
#GetTylerOakleyTo3M
#RickyTruthOrDare
Ned Vizzini
A&E
IAC

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Friday, December 20, 2013
At least 200,000 searches
Justine Sacco
Winter Solstice

At least 100,000 but <200,000
Ned Vizzini
Alex and Sierra

Monday, December 16, 2013

Trending: Monday, December 16, 2013

Published 7:43 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Mall carjacking fatality
NBCNews: Hoboken lawyer shopping with wife killed in carjacking at upscale New Jersey mall: Prosecutors

New Homeland Security secretary
FoxNews: Pengaton lawyer (Jeh C. Johnson) confirmed as Homeland Security secretary

Edward Snowden
USAToday: Snowden says ruling vindicates leak of NSA files

Antibacterial soaps
NBCNews: Prove those antibacterial soaps are better and safe, FDA tells manufacturers
NPR: FDA asks for proof that antibacterial soaps protect health

Vitamins news
CNN: Are multivitamins a waste of money? Editorial in medical journal says yes

CTE/Concussion news
FoxNews: Family says late MLB player Ryan Freel had chronic traumatic enchalopathy

Good Samaritan fatality news
CNN: Indiana groom  dies in road accident hours after wedding

Charity scam news
CNN: Man who bilked millions in Navy charity scam gest 28 years
NPR: Man who bilked millions from Navy charity donors gets 28 years

Fraternity deaths
CNN: Pi Delta Psi pledge died of head injuries in fraternity ritual, coroner says

Sonar news
FoxNews: Environmental groups sue over Navy sonar plans

World-of-work news
NBCNews: It pays to be pretty, starting in high school, research says
NBCNews: Climate change expert's fraud was 'crime of massive proportion,' say feds

Liger news
NBCNews: Children celebrate holiday season with a pair of liger cubs

Google
NBCNews: Google buys major military robot maker: Why does search giant want to be 'Big Dog' of automation?

Neanderthal news
NBCNews: Grave suggests Neatherthals intentionally buried their dead

Meteor news
NBCNews: Views of stunning Geminid meteor shower wow skywatchers

Space race news
NBCNews: Monkey launched into space returns home, Iran officials say

Animal abuse news
CBSNews: Global brands ban angora wool after PETA investigation

Outside-the-U.S. news
NBCNews: French public panel recommends legalizing euthanasia
NPR: Poland, Lithuania, nervous over reports of Russian missiles

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Dylan Sprouse
USAToday: Former Disney star Dylan Sprouse responds to nude pics

Peter O'Toole
NYTimes: Peter O'Toole, star of 'Lawrence of Arabia,' is dead at 81

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Dallas Cowboys
WashPost: Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys epitomize NFC East mess

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Homeland
NYT: Shock but no awe in 'Homeland' season's end

WWE
Newsday: WWE TLC: Randy Orton beats John Cena, wins unified title

Joan Fontaine
NYT: Joan Fontaine, who won Oscar for Hitchcock's 'Suspicion,' dies at 96

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <100,000 searches
Tom Laughlin
USAToday: 'Billy Jack' star Tom Laughlin dies

Survivor
MercuryNews: 'Survivor: Blood v. Water' crowns a sole survivor

Chicago Bears
ESPN: Jay Cutler shakes off early rust, leads Bears to victory

Ray Price
CNN: Nashville pioneer Ray Price dead at 87

Trending now on Twitter
NSA
#HolidayBerries
#askdana
#MarryMe69Cents
#safety1st
#RAW
Elton Brand
This T.
▪  Randy Orton