Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Trending: Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Published 2:09 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today' Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom
(Read what happened on this day last year)

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ NBCNews: Tsarnaev can view autopsy photos: Judge
▪ NPR: The ultimate animal experience? Losing a memory quiz to a chimp
▪ FoxNews: At least 4 dead, 284 missing after ferry sinks off South Korean coast
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Man charged with marthon hoax held on $100K bail
▪ CBSNews: 'I felt like my heart stopped' (tourist boat sinking)
▪ USAToday: MH370: Sub searches for plane, again, as families fume

Ferry disaster
▪ NBCNews: South Korean ferry passengers' chances of survival 'small'
▪ USAToday: 4 dead, hundreds missing after South Korean ferry sinks

Oso, Washington mudslide
▪ NPR: Washington State mudslide death toll rises to 39

Nigeria
▪ CNN: Nigerian military searches for girls abducted by Boko Haram
▪ NPR: Dozens of girls abducted in Nigeria

Smartphone news
▪ CNN: 'Kill switch' may be standard on U.S. phones in 2016

Marijuana, brain news
▪ CBSNews: Casual marijuana use may alter brains of young smokers

Solar system news
▪ USAToday: Meet Peggy, Saturn's new moon

Cold cases
▪ CNN: Four decades later, disappearance of 2 missing S.D. girls blamed on fatal wreck

Well-being news (World of work)
▪ CNN: NCAA proposal: Athletes may receive unlimited food

China/Thailand (cross-cultural news)
▪ NBCNews: Trouble in Thailand: Chinese tourists gaining 'ugly' reputation

Will it make 'Wait, Wait?'
▪ USAToday: Missing Neb. boy, 3, found in toy claw machine

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Boston Marathon
See above

Gone Girl trailer

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but less than 200,000 searches
Fargo
▪ TheGuardian: New TVadaptation of Fargo debuts to favourable reviews

August Alsina

Hillsborough disaster
▪ CNN: Hillsborough: A tragedy that united a city

Jackie Robinson
▪ ESPN: MLB marks Jackie Robinson Day

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #WhatKindOfBlackAreYou
▪ #FETUSONEDIRECTIONDAY
▪ #woozywednesday
▪ #MERYLatIU
▪ #PrayForSouthKorea
▪ Playoffs Drinking Game
▪ Allen Craig
▪ Johnny Cueto
▪ My WCW

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Trending: Saturday, February 15, 1014

Published 2:59 p.m. CDT (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: The Hunley: Zeroing in on what caused Civil War submarine's sinking
▪ NBCNews: Sochi Olympics, Deep Freeze, Michael Sam comes out
▪ NPR: Walking down the widening aisle of interracial marriages; No rest for the snow-weary: Northeast braces for round 2
▪ FoxNews: States, colleges step up efforts to end sex assaults on campus amid pressure from Obama
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Who is team USA hockey hero U.J. Oshie?; Cops hunt for missing pregnant woman; 9 wacky Ben-Gal rules in cheerleader's lawsuit
▪ CBSNews: Davis 'disappointed' with finish as U.S. ditches skating suits
▪ USAToday: Russian gays fear return of anti-LGBT campaign

Sochi Olympics news
▪ USAToday: Russian freestyle skier breaks back while training in Sochi
▪ USAToday: No speedskating medals for Shani Davis, USA after switching suits

Marijuana legalization news
▪ NBCNews: Pot fuels surge in drugged driving deaths (duh, of course it does, consequences)

Measles/vaccination news
▪ NBCNews: In California, thousands exposed to measles

BPA and brain issues
 ▪ CNN: 'Putting the next generation of brains in danger:' Products that contain BPA or phtalates

Recall news
▪ NBCNews: 100 tons of dried eggs recalled over salmonella worries

Cruise ship news
▪ CNN: British cruise line: Passenger killed after 'freak wave' hits ship

Culture in the U.S. news
▪ USAToday: 1 in 4 Americans doesn't know the Earth circles sun

It's-not-fiction news
▪ MNT: Earwax contains ethnicity-specific data, according to new study (breast cancer, MSUD, alkaptonuria, ABCC11)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Ellen Page
▪ USAToday: Ellen Page reveals she is gay

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <1M searches
Earthquake today
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Friday, February 14, 2014)

Cheesecake Factory

Darren Sharper

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 trends
Valentines

About Last Night

Arne Duncan

Sports Illustrated

De La Soul