Trending: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Published 8:03 a.m. CST

Google trends with 200,000+ searches
Pat Summerall
▪ CNN: Pat Summerall, legendary NFL announcer, dies at 82
▪ NYTimes: Pat Summerall, star kicker wtih Giants and a calm voice, dies at 82
▪ USAToday: Pat Summerall, called a 'broadcasting giant,' has died: An NFL player who became better known as a network NFL announcer

Ricin
▪ CNN: Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility
▪ CNN: Who is Roger Wicker?
▪ NYTimes: Letter mailed to Mississippi senator Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin

Google trends at 100,000+ but <200,000
Krystle Campbell
▪ BostonGlobe: Krystle Campbell remembered as ever reliable
▪ ABCNews: Video: Boston Marathon fatalies include a boy, a woman and a BU grad student
▪ NPR: Boston bomb victim: Krystle Campbell was 'caring... loving,' 'daddy's little girl'

Girls Love Beyonce
▪ RollingStone: Drake notices 'Girls Love Beyonce:' Rapper borrows 'Say My Name' hook on new song
▪ NYDailyNews: Drake releases 'Girls Love Beyonce' featuring hook from Destiny's Child hit 'Say My Name'

Friends (reunion rumors)
▪ HuffPost: 'Friends' reunion rumors cause internet frenzy

Ongoing
Boston Marathon bombings
▪ CNN: New details, new questions in Boston: Latest info on marathon bombs
▪ NYTimes: Surgeons saved lives, if not legs, after Boston blasts
▪ MSNBC: 'Adorable' boy, 8, mourned after Boston Marathon blasts
▪ NSNBC: Marathon spectator in iconic photo loses both legs
▪ ABCNews: Photo/video: Remains of Boston Marathon backpack bomb
More Boston Marathon bombings
▪ FOXNews: Boston attack underscores growing threat of IEDs in America

▪ FOXNews: 'Family Guy' episode referring to deaths at Boston Marathon pulled; no plans to reair

Bird flu
▪ CNN: 4-year-old bird flu 'carrier' worries China
▪ ABCNews: Video: Bird flu a 'truly nasty virus'

North Korea
▪ NSNBC: North Korea vows 'sledge-hammer blows' of retailiation over protests in South

Iran-Pakistani earthquake
▪ CNN: 34 killed in 7.5-7.8 earthquake on Iran-Pakistani border
▪ MSNBC: What caused latest deadly earthquake in Iran?

Thinking news
▪ NYTimes: Florida teachers sue over evaluation system
▪ MSNBC: NASA's Mars-bound mega rocket ahead of schedule, on budget
▪ NSNBC: Americans sticking with cheaper store brands, survey finds
▪ ABCNews: Woman pregnant after uterus transplant
▪ ABCNews: Daughter to undergo transplant of mom's womb (Link unavailable)

▪ Reuters: PSA test leads to further problems, study finds
▪ LiveScience: Left-handedness stumps science

Workplace news
▪ FoxNews: Man quits job by making a spectacular resignation cake

Followingup
▪ MSNBC: Gold bounces back, but cause of sell-off unknown
▪ NYDailyNews: Newtown shooter Adam Lanza taunted and beaten by fellow students when he  attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, relative reveals

Weird news
▪ CNN: With fake name revealed, top rabbi faces heat

Other news
▪ CNN: Stocks rebound from year's worst sell-off
▪ CNN: American Airlines grounds flights nationwide due to glitch
▪ AP: Hundreds of pigs, dogs found dead in China suspected to be related to nearby factories
▪ AP: Motion Pictures Association changing its rating system to include more information on violence
▪ AP: Gospel singer George Beverly Shea dead at 104; sang at Graham crusades

Facebook
▪ WashingtonPost: Facebook flexes political muscle with provision in immigation bill

Trending: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

BREAKING
▪ CNN: Envelope that tested positive for deadly poison ricin intercepted at the U.S. Capitol's off site mail facility (headline only) (Updated 5:33 p.m. CST)

Similar story from 2004
▪ CNN: Early tests show deadly ricin in Senate mailroom
▪ PBS: Investigation  seeks source of ricin sent to Senate


Published 6:39 a.m. CST

In the wake of yesterday's tragedy at the Boston marathon, the most popular searches are for the major news sources in the following order: CNN, MSNBC and ABC News, all with 200,000+ searches. New York Times and Ny Times each have more than 100,000+, so collectively, that publication also tops 200,000. At this point, cultural topics appear with a sports story (Elena Delle Donne), picking up with Yahoo News, then Pray for Boston, and BBC. Interestingly, CBS News and FOX News do not appear among top search terms. At this point, no one has claimed responsibility for the bombings, and published reports have not suspeculated with regard to who planted the devices.

Pray for Boston + What happened in Boston (100,000+ each)
▪ CNN: Hunt is on for Boston bomber: Home searched in nearby town
▪ CNN: Some Boston victims fight for life: Many facing amputations: Terror at Boston Marathon: 3 dead, 144 wounded as witnesses describe horror
▪ CNN: Obama doesn't say 'terror'
▪ CNN: World markets slump after attack

More Boston...
▪ NBCNews: Boston on high alert after marathon bombing  kills 3, injures scores (Link not available)
▪ NBCNews: Timeline: Tragedy at the Boston marathon: What happened when (LInk unavailable)
▪ NBCNews: 'I just have to get over the finish line:' Runner speeds past bomb to complete marathon
▪ NBCNews: The man in the hat at Boston Marathon finish line: Carlos Arrendondo didn't set out to be a hero
▪ NBCNews: Good Samaritans take in Boston marathoners: 'You're not in it alone'
More Boston...
▪ YahooNews: Doctor running in marathon tended to 'piles of victims'▪ NPR: (Photos) Two explosions reported at the Boston Marathon finish line
▪ ABCNews: Boston Marathoner knocked down by explosion thought it was his 'last trip'
▪ NYTimes: Boston seeks answers in deadly blast
▪ NYTimes: War zone at mile 26: 'So many people with legs'

Elena Delle Donne
▪ Newsday: Griner, Delle Donne, Diggins lead WNBA draft class
▪ ABC: University of Delaware's Elena Delle Donne selected 2nd in WNBA draft

Gold price
▪ CNN: Gold plunges to two-year low
▪ ABCNews: Biggest gold sell-off in 30 years (ad first)

Anne Frank
▪ CNN: Anne Frank House still a Bieber fan

North Korea
▪ CNN: North Korea: 'We won't give a warning'
▪ ABCNews: NKorea wants apology

Other news
▪ ABCNews: Zendaya earns first 10s on 'DWTS'
▪ NYTimes: U.S. engaged in torture after 9/11, non partisan review concludes