Trending: Monday, April, 7, 2014

Published 3:36 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with

▪ CNN: More pings raise more questions about missing plane

▪ NBCNews: How politics buries science in landslide mapping
▪ NPR: After voting, Afghans must now wait for a winner
▪ FoxNews: Feds move in on Nevada rancher's herd over illegal grazing
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Oscar Pistorius' mother kept a gun in a padded bag under her pillow
▪ CBSNews: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: A 'most promising lead' in search area
▪ USAToday: Stock slump continues; Nasdaq closes down 1.2%

Volcano news
▪ USAToday: Ecudaor volcano spews 6-mile ash column
▪ CNN: Volcanic island eats another off Japan

Oso landslide
▪ CNN: Washington landslide death toll rises to 33

Digital brain/brain plasticity news
▪ WashPost: Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say

Megachurch minister news
▪ CNN: Megachurch pastor resigns, citing 'moral failing'

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Drone crashes could cause headaches and lawsuits

Cuban Twitter news
▪ NPR: USAID says building of 'Cuban Twitter' was part of public record

Lung cancer news
▪ NPR: Simple blood test to spot early lung cancer getting closer

Educator physical contact news
▪ CBSNews: Teacher on leave after fight with student

Wait-wait don't tell me suggestions
▪ USAToday: CBS '60 Minutes' admits to faking Tesla car noise

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: Bob Geldof's daughter Peaches, British journalist, dies at 25
▪ CNN: Legendary actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93

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Game of Thrones
▪ CNN: HBO Go crashes under heavy 'Game of Thrones' demand

Mickey Rooney
▪ CNN: Legendary actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93

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George Straight
▪ HuffPost: George Straight wins entertainer of the year at 2014 ACM awards

John Pinette
▪ CNN: Standup comic John Pinette dead at 50; acted in 'Seinfeld' finale

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NASCAR

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Stevie Nicks
▪ Globe/Mail: Academy of country music awards (Stevie Nicks)

Justin Moore
▪ TasteOfCountry: Justin Moore snags New Artist of the Year at 2014 ACM Awards

Tim McGraw
▪ ABCNews: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sing duet

Daario Naharis
▪ TIME: Who's the Sellsword? Game of Thrones premiere introduces recast Daario Naharis

Trending: Thursday, March 20, 2014

Published 5:16 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
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Today's headlines
What they're leading with

• CNN: From one lead, a sea of questions emerges

• NBCNews: Beyond Crimea: The places Russia experts say you should watch next
• NPR: Sub-hunting planes use high-tech gear to search for Flight 370
• FoxNews: FBI to review missing Malaysia jet pilot's flight simulator, attempt to retrieve deleted data
• ABCNews: Latest headline: Treacherous seas known as 'Roaring Forties' focus Malaysia Airlines search
• CBSNews: Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 spotted
• USAToday: Rep. Luis Gutierrez faces House ethics review

Obamacare/Affordable Health Care
• CNN: Got Obamacare, can't find doctors

Winter of 2013-2014 news
• NBCNews: Harsh winter's toll could cost the economy billions

Gun news
• NBCNews: Coffee boss tells barista to pack heat

Security lapse news
• CNN: New Jersey teen sneaks to top of 1 World Trade Center, police say

Drone news/hacking news
• CNN: This drone can steal what's on your phone

Smartphone news
• CNN: Smartphones are fading.Wearables are next

Genetics news
• CNN: Kids who don't cry: New genetic disorder discovered (NGLY1 deficiency)
• NPR: French-fry conspiracy: Genes can make fried foods more fattening

Exercise news
• NPR: Exercise cuts breast cancer risk for all women everywhere

Cholesterol guideline news
• NPR: Cholesterol guidelines could mean statins for half of adults over 40

Breast cancer news
• NPR: Exercise cuts breast cancer risk for all women everywhere

Tattoo news/Culture-in-the-U.S.
• NBCNews: Rue that tattoo? In one of life's few do-overs, laser removal takes off

Psychology in the news
• NBCNews: Everything is better in the sunshine, according to science

Scientific errors news
• NPR: Einstein's lost theory ... and it's wrong

Culture-in-the-U.S.
• NBCNews: Rue that tattoo? In one of life's few do-overs, laser removal takes off

• NBCNews: Everything is better in the sunshine, according to science

Color psychology news
• CNN: Orange buttons boost online sales (Ten tips)

Dinosaur news
• CNN: Scientists unveil dinosaur dubbed the 'chicken from hell' (Anzu wyliei)

Humor in the news
• CBSNews: U.S. bobsledder who busted door in Sochi learns proper method from cops

Pop culture
• CBSNews: CBS sets season finale dates for 'Survivor,' 'The Big Bang Theory' and more

Starbucks
• USAToday: Starbucks serving alcohol at more locations

Verizon
• FoxNews: Verizon defends decision to offer incest and child-themed porn on video-on-demand

Planet Fitness/Religion
• FoxNews: Planet Fitness faces suit over Muslim head covering

It's-not-fiction news
• NBCNews: Death row inmate offers kidney to Oregon man
• CBSNews: Medical examiner mistakenly tells woman her daughter was dead

Obituaries in the news
• CNN: Westboro church founder Fred Phelps dies
• NPR: LawrenceWalsh, who investigated Iran-Contra scandal, dies at 102
• NPR: Robert Strauss, former party chairman and power broker, dies at 95

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CBS/CBSSports

Aroldis Chapman
• USAToday: Aroldis Chapman: Broken bone near eye, out 2 months

David Foster Wallace
• NYTimes: David Foster Wallace, influential writer, dies at 46 (obituaries)

Twitter (U.S.) trending now
• Dayton
• #MH370
• #InternationalDayOfHappiness
• #TheresNoPlaceLikeHomeTour
• 106 & Park
• #NCAAMarchMadness2014
• #DivergentTrivia
• Young Joc
• Happy First Day of Spring

Trending: Friday, March 14, 2014

Published 3:40 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with

• CNN: Missing Malaysian plane: Could it have landed?

• NBCNews: Kerry: We won't recognize Crimea vote
• NPR: No breakthrough in talks about Ukraine
• FoxNews: Kerry, Lavrov summit fails to yield deal ahead of 'illegal' Crimea vote
• ABCNews: Latest headline: What's at stake in the Crimea referendum and how will U.S. react?
• CBSNews: More sinister theories, still no answers in search for missing plane
• USAToday: Airliners have several ways to signal location, status

Brain science news
• Reuters: Scientists find gene linking brain's grey matter to intelligence

Drone news
• CBSNews: The future of drones: Technology vs. privacy

Recall news
• CNN: Safety group claims 303 deaths linked to recalled GM cars

Getting-out-of-debt/delayed gratification news
• NBCNews: The long, grueling road: Getting out of debt

Hacking news
• NBCNews: Target warns data breach could be worse than reported so far

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Pi
PiDay.Org: One million digits of Pi

SXSW
• NBCNews: SXSW victims: 'Why did this happen?'

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Andaman Islands
• CNN: Five things to know about India's Andaman Islands

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ACC tournament
• NYTimes: A.C.C. to hold tournament at Barclays in 2017 and 2018

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
• #JeromeTwitterGame
• #YESPimpMySummerBallBournemouth
• Happy Pi Day
• #AskAugust
• Della Valle
• #WeNeedAustinandAllyS4
• #Emblem3PHX
• Aaron Craft
• Ohio State

Trending: Monday, December 30, 2013

Published 11:09 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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2013 in review
▪ CNN: Farewells: Newsmakers who died in 2013: Margaret Thatcher, Ed Koch, Dr. Joyce  Brothers, Helen Thomas, Stan Musial, Aaron Swartz, C. Everett Koop, Eugene Patterson,  Hugo Chavez, Bob Teague, Pat Summerall, Douglas C. Engelbart, Frank Lautenberg, Earl Weaver, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Tom Foley, General Vo  Nguyen Giap, Charlie Trotter, Fred Sanger, Marc Rich, Jack Germond, Prince Friso, Nelson Mandela
▪ NPR: Report: 70 journalists died on the job in 2013 (29 covering the war in Syria, 10 in Iraq)
▪ NPR: Lost in 2013: Three Nobel scientists who saw something in us

2014 preview
▪ CBSNews: 6 key Obamacare dates to watch for in 2014

Pre-Olympics Terrorism news
▪ CNN: Second bombing in two days hits Russia ahead of 2014 Sochi Olympics
▪ NBCNews: Rush-hour blast kills 14 on trolley bus in Volgograd; 3rd deadly attack in four days
▪ NPR: 'Blood on the snow' after second suicide blast in Russia
▪ FoxNews: Russian terror attacks could be chilling prelude to Olympic violence, say experts
▪ ABCNews: 2014 Sochi Olympics: Russia in terrorists' crosshairs
▪ CBSNews: Russia bombings highlight terror threat ahead of Sochi Games
▪ USAToday: IOC confident Russian Olympics safe in wake of bombings

Stranded Antarctic ship news
▪ CNN: Airlift may evacuate most from (research) ship stranded  frozen Antarctic seas
▪ NBCNews: Icebreaker fails to reach Russian ship stranded in Antarctic
▪ USAToday: Weather hinders rescue of ship trapped off Antarctica

Obamacare
▪ NBCNews: Workers at auto dealership come face to face with Obamacare trade-offs

Weather news
▪ NBCNews: Brrrr! Mercury plummets 32 degrees in just hours in Minneapolis as bitter cold lingers
▪ NPR: Wet snow complicates power restoration in Maine

Avalanche news
▪ NBCNews: Brother digs brother out of Colorado avalanche
▪ FoxNews: Two hikers rescued after avalanche on New Hampshire's Mount Washington

Wildfire news
▪ Weather.com: America burning: The Yarnell Hill tragedy and the nation's wildfire crisis

NSA/Spying news
▪ NBCNews: Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries

Volcano news
▪ NBCNews: El Salvador volcano erupts, prompting evacuations

Drug prices news
▪ NPR: $1,000 pill for hepatitis C spurs debate over drug prices

China
▪ CNN: China local government debt hits $3 trillion

Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: Canadian missing after jumping from cruise ship near Puerto Rico

Election 2016
▪ CNN: Cruz in legal process to renounce Canadian citizenship

World-of-work news/levels of analysis conflict
▪ CNN: Pregnant nurse: I was fired for refusing flu vaccine

Investment news
▪ NPR: Can robots manage your money better than you? Startups say yes

U.S. population news
▪ U.S. population growth slows

Drone news
▪ USAToday: FAA names 6 sites for testing drones

Pop culture
▪ NBCNews: TV's coolest new women of 2013 ('Orange is the New Black' cast, Tatiana Maslany of 'Orphan Black,' Robin Wright of 'House of Cards,' Lizzy Caplan of 'Masters of Sex,' Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' Allison Janny of 'Masters of Sex')

Deviant parenting news
▪ USAToday: Ariz. woman accused of trying to poison her 4 children

Owner-killed-by-pet news/interesting headline news
▪ USAToday: Pet injures former mayor in Ariz., kills husband

Cross-cultural news
▪ FoxNews: China says Japan PM not welcome after visit to war shrine

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: CNN Poll: Afghanistan war arguably most unpopular U.S. history
▪ FoxNews: Incoming Boston mayor, police clash over AR-15 proposal (firearm issue news)

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: French high court OKs 75 percent tax for top earners

Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Harold Simmons, billionaire, philanthropist, GOP donor, dies

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Chicago Bears
▪ ESPN: Errors show Bears' D needs change

NFL playoff schedule
▪ HartfordCourant: 2014 NFL playoff schedule

Michael Schumacher
▪ NBCSports: Doctors: Too early to give prognosis on Michael Schumacher

Chargers
▪ ESPN: NFL: Refs missed call on Chargers

Kyle Orton
▪ NFL.com: Philadelphia Eagles win NFC East after Kyle Orton's INT

Robin Roberts
▪ CNN: 'GMA' anchor Robin Roberts publicly acknowledges she's gay

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49ers
▪ MercuryNews: Thompson: 49ers need to find another gear

Steelers
▪ HuffPost: Steelers' 20-7 win over Browns just wasn't enough to get to the playoffs

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #aboutmenight
▪ #unpopularopinionnight
▪ #FollowHayesGrier
▪ #R52013Moments
▪ #HayesGrierTo50K
▪ Volgograd
▪ Kyle Orton
▪ Brandon Boykin
▪ Jerry Jones

Trending: Thursday, October 17, 2013

Published 3:51 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Government shutdown over
▪ CNN: Why is this man smiling? 15 winners and losers from the shutdown crisis
▪ NBCNews: Obama says shutdown caused 'completely unnecessary damage' to economy
▪ NPR: Economists fear 'flying blind' without government data

Homeland security news
▪ NBCNews: Former top Pentagon lawyer is Obama pick for DHS
▪ FoxNews: San Francicso's Union Square evacuated after suspicious package found

Obamacare
▪ USAToday: Tech experts: Health exchange site needs total overhaul

School bus hijacking
▪ CNN: Police: Knife-wielding man arrested, children OK after Arkansas bus hijacking

Facebook news
▪ CNN: Facebook changes privacy settings for teens

Sleep research news
▪ NBCNews: A good night's sleep scrubs your brain clean, researchers find

Evolution news
▪ NBCNews: Did the human family tree just get simpler? Skull stirs up debate

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: US has killed more cilivians with drones than it admits, says UN

Astromony news
▪ NBCNews: Biggest star ever found in universe is ripping apart

Pollution news
▪ NBCNews: WHO agency: Air pollution causes cancer

Psychology news
▪ NBCNews: Eye contact makes you less likely to win an argument, probably because it's creepy

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Beijing introduces new rules to curb car use on bad pollution days

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Government shutdown
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Wednesday, October 16, 2013)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <500,000 searches
Bosses Day
▪ NYDailyNews: National Boss Day gives workers chance to show appreciation for hard-working supervisors

Cory Booker
▪ NPR: Four things to know about Cory Booker's election

Ted Cruz
▪ USAToday: Houston newspaper says it didn't 'un-endorse' Ted Cruz

Trending: Thursday, August, 22, 2013

Published 4:46 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Mortgage rates
▪ CNN: Mortgage rates hit two-year high

Gun violence news
▪ NBCNews: No injuries after Memphis 5-year-old fires gun in school

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Cost of Western blazes spreads like wildfire

Brain-eating amoeba news
▪ CNN: Experimental drug apparently beats brain-eating amoeba in Florida
▪ NBCNews: Girl fighting brain amoeba can speak

LA bus crash
▪ CNN: Charter bus overturns on L.A. -area highway; 46 injured
▪ NBCNews: 55 injured in Southern California tour bus crash

Stock market news
▪ FoxNews: 'Flash Freeze' on Wall Street: Nasdaq paralyzed by 3-hour halt

Atomic clock news
▪ CNN: New atomic clock's precision 'groundbreaking'

Internet news
▪ NBCNews: Yahoo beats Google to the top spot for US web traffic

Animal behavior news
▪ NBCNews: Lonely wolf? Wolves howl when they miss their friends

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Air Force wants drone pilots but incentives lacking, says report

▪ ABCNews: Bank intern's death highlights risk of long hours

Drone news
▪ NPR: Colorado town may issue licenses to shoot down drones

San Diego Mayor Filner
▪ NBCNews: San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign

Health news
▪ NPRNews: For strokes, superfast treatment means better recovery

▪ NBCNews: Say what? Jargon busters tackle health insurance

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: King's dream is not yet reality, Americans say in survey

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: I want to clone your hand: Strange effort to clone John Lennon moves forward

Obituaries in the news
▪ FoxNews: Former 'Today' news anchor Lew Wood dies at age 84

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Bradley Manning
▪ CNN: Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman, be known as Chelsea

Trending: Monday, August 19, 2013

Published 6:22 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Head Start
▪ CNN: Funding cuts hit 57,000 preschoolers

Aviation news
▪ CNN: Air Force bomber crashes in Montana
▪ FoxNews: Air Force says B-1B bomber crashes in Montana, crew survives

Lee Thompson Young
▪ CNN: Disney actor Lee Thompson Young dead of apparent suicide

Facebook news
▪ CNN: Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked to prove security flaw
▪ NBCNews: One way to get Facebook's attention: Hack Zuckerberg's personal page

Online outage news
▪ NBCNews: Shopped till it dropped: Amazon.com briefly offline

Calif. limo fire
▪ NBCNews: Horrific limo fire that killed 5 California nurses was accidental, say investigators

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Drones take to the air for archaeology in Peru

North Korea
▪ NPR: No ski lift for you, Swiss government tells Kim Jong Un

Psychology news
▪ NPR: Kids involved in bullying grow up to be poorer, sicker adults

Health news
▪ NBCNews: Pasty versus crispy: Too many high school girls use tanning booths
▪ NBCNews: Lyme disease infects 300,000 a year, CDC says
▪ NBCNews: Earn more money, when you have more sex, study says (seriously)

Royal Baby/Prince George
▪ ABCNews: Royal baby photos: First official images of Prince George
▪ USAToday: Prince George's first official photos released

Smartphone news
▪ USAToday: Reports: Apple to launch a gold iPhone

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Who's buying those expensive Teslas? The young and rich
▪ CBSNews: Brooklyn residents in arms over neighbor's 'full frontal' shower

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Express train hits crowd at pilgrims at Indian station, killing at least 28

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: The man with the 132-pound scrotum: Unraveling the medical mystery
▪ FoxNews: Sea snail grows and hatches out of boy's knee

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Paulina Gretzky
▪ USMagazine: Paulina Gretzky engaged to pro golfer Dustin Johnson

WWE
▪ BaltimoreSun: Triple H swerve helps Randy Orton win WWE title at SummerSlam

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Lindsay Lohan
▪ USAToday: Lindsay Lohan feels 'whole' again

Trending: Thursday, August 8, 2013

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

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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

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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