Trending: Thursday, February 6, 2014

Published 3:44 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Castaway's health takes turn for the worst, Mexican official says

▪ NBCNews: Top stories: Sochi Olympics, Maria Shriver, Marshall islands castaway
▪ NPR: John Boehner casts doubt on prospects for immigration reform; Another SAC manager found guilty of insider trading
▪ FoxNews: Dog of war: Taliban claims to have captured military canine
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Sochi's got 99 problems and this Twitter handle's one; Taliban brags about latest captive -- a dog; Man fund-raises for brain-dead, pregnant wife's life support; Latest news: Couple charged after girl dies from drinking soda
▪ CBSNews: Immigration reform delay will be Obama's fault, Boehner says
▪ USAToday: Martoma convicted of insider trading; Latest headline: Stocks: Dow on track for best point gain of year

Power outage news
▪ NPR: It's freezing, and power's out for hundreds of thousands

Cyberattack news
▪ CNN: HVAC vendor eyed as entry point for Target breach

Boat capsize news
▪ CNN: 3 dead, 7 rescued after boat capsizes off southern Florida

Mortgage news
▪ CNN: Mortgage rates creep down toward 4%

Cold case news
▪ CNN: Arrest in 40-year-old murder case

Food ingredient news
▪ CNN: Subway to remove 'dough conditioner' chemical from bread (azodicarbonamide)

Vitamin news
▪ FoxNews: Vitamin C (intravenous) shows promise as cancer therapy

Sleep news
▪ NPR: Less sleep, more time online raise risk for teen depression

Have-versus-have not news
▪ CNN: Rise of the low-wage breadwinner

Power grid vulnerability
▪ NPR: Sniper attack on power station highlights grid's vulnerability

Carbon monoxide news
▪ CBSNews: Minn. schools evacuated after possible carbon monoxide poisoning

Sinkhole news
▪ FoxNews: Georgia man rushes to save wife form 8-foot sinkhole

Cross-cultural comparison news
▪ NPR: When it comes to high-speed internet, U.S. 'falling way behind'

Downsizing news
▪ NPR: Sony will shed 5,000 jobs and its PC business

World-of-work news
▪ CNN: Rise of the low-wage breadwinner

It's-not-fiction-news
▪ FoxNews: California school under fire over Black History Month lunch menu


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Sochi
▪ USAToday: Russia is watching your shower at the Olympics

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
DMX
▪ CNN: George Zimmerman wants to box rapper DMX

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Elizabeth Hurley
▪ NYDN: Sizemore admits making up story about affair between Elizabeth Hurley, Bill Clinton

Curt Schilling
▪ FoxNews: Curt Schilling battling cancer, former ace says

Shaun White
▪ USAToday: Though absent, Shaun White still talks of slopestyle event

Pussy Riot
▪ NPR: Pussy Riot: Prison ordeal will help us fix Russia's system

PECO
▪ Philly.com: Peco: 'It's going to be a rough couple of day' (See 'power outage' above)

Seahawks parade
▪ USAToday: Seahawk's parade draws close to 1 million

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #ChubbyBunnyJordi
▪ Finna Drop "WAR"
▪ RIP Ralph Kiner
▪ #Olympics2014
▪ Happy Birthday Bob Marley
▪ Sonic Boom
▪ #STLSocialGood
▪ #tbt
▪ Knuckles

Trending: Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Published 3:29 p.m. CST (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: Piecing together Philip Seymour Hoffman's final hours

▪ NBCNews: These Olympians compete for love, not money
▪ NPR: Chinese Red Guards Apologize, reopening a dark chapter; Navy investigating alleged cheating by nuclear trainees
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare expected to lead of loss of nearly 2.3 million US jobs, reports says
ABCNews: Carousel: Why Hollywood stars turn to heroin; Police: Jailed woman tried to orchestrate murder-for-hire plot; This could be difference between life, death on battlefield;   Latest headline: Teens as young as 13 rescued from Super Bowl sex trafficking ring
▪ CBSNews: Obamacare report stokes debate on Obamacare, jobs; Obamacare will shrink workforce by 2 million, report says
▪ USAToday: Health law could mean fewer full-time workers, CBO says; New cancer cases worldwide expected to skyrocket

Farm bill 
▪ CNN: 5 things the farm bill will mean for you

Microsoft/Nadella
▪ CNN: Microsoft names Nadella CEO, Gates out as chair

Cancer projections
▪ CNN: WHO: Imminent global cancer 'disaster' reflects aging, lifestyle factors

Health news
▪ CNN: Sugar not only makes you fat, it may make you sick

Addiction
▪ NPR: Does it help to get angry at someone with addiction?

Gun violence news
▪ CNN: Mother loses both children in same month

Cruise ship news
▪ FoxNews: One child dies, another hospitalized after being pulled from cruise ship pool

Facebook
▪ CNN: Your Facebook life in 62 seconds

Downsizing news
▪ NBCNews: RadioShack to close about 500 stores: WSJ

Sports intelligence news
▪ NPR: Seahawks say they figured out Manning's signals

Pharmaceutical news
▪ NBCNews: Drug companies, government team up in hunt for cures

Humor in the news
▪ FoxNews: Maine police investigating screams find happy pig

Human slavery/trafficking news
▪ USAToday: Kids as young as 13 rescued from Super Bowl prostitution

It's-not-fiction (or is it?)
▪ CNN: Faith and fish: Castaway recounts how he survived 13 months adrift in Pacific
▪ NBCNews: Castaway's parents thought they would never see him again
▪ FoxNews: Doubts raised over castaway's 13 months 'lost at sea' claim

Education news/Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: School's exclusive pizza, dance party for straight-A students garners mixed feelings

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: 'Little House on the Prairie' shopkeeper Richard Bull dies at 89

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches
▪ IRS

▪ Jared Lorenzen

▪ Budweizer puppy love

▪ Coke Commercial

▪ Facebook paper

Twitter (U.S.) trending now
▪ CEO
▪ Senate
▪ #5SOSPHOTOBOMB
▪ #TasteofNature
▪ #AskToniBabyface
▪ #addinmypantstoafilm
▪ CBO
▪ #winchat
▪ House of Cards