Trending: Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Published 4:29 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: E-mails among Christie appointees suggest political vendetta
▪ NBCNews: Emails tie Christie administration to bridge constroversy
▪ NPR: Same-sex marriages no longer recognized, Utah tells agencies
▪ FoxNews: Utah governor says state will not recognize gay marriages amid court battle
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Who are ex-cops accused of faking disabilities to get paid?; Slain beauty queen Monica Spears video kiss goodbye; Obama sits by his man Biden after book's scathing critique; Latest headlines: Navy helicopter crashes in Atlantic; 1 dead, 1 missing
▪ CBSNews: Christie: 'People will be held responsible' for bridge scandal
▪ USAToday: E-mails tie Christie aide to bridge fracas

Iraq pullout news
▪ CBSNews: For U.S. vets, violence in Fallujah brings mixed feelings

Same sex marriage
▪ CNN: Utah will not recognize same-sex marriages performed before high court stay

Helicopter crash news
▪ CNN: One dead in Navy helicopter accident off Virginia

Pope news
▪ CNN: Holy hitchhiker! Pope gives pal a ride on the Popemobile

Outbreak news
▪ FoxNews: Outbreak of 'nightmare bacteria' in Illinois stirs worry (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae)

H5N1 news
▪ ABCNews: Fatal case of N5N1 bird flu reported in Canada

Tourette syndrome news
▪ NBCNews: Rare genetic mutation discovered in Tourette syndrome family

Dying language news
▪ NPR: What happens when a language's last monolingual speaker dies?

Placebo news
▪ NBCNews: What's in a sugar pill? Maybe more than you think

Alcoholism news
▪ NPR: So are 2 drinks a day really too many?

Tobacco news
▪ FoxNews: 50 years of tobacco control extended lives of 8 million Americans, study claims

Marijuana news
▪ FoxNews: Scientists discover hormone (pregnenolone) that blocks pot 'high'

Pancreatic cancer news
▪ FoxNews: Common cold virus (reolylsin) could help treat cancer

VCR news
▪ NBCNews: Forget 4KTVs: Most Americans still own a VCR

Invention news
▪ NPR: Sealant inspired by beach worm could become surgical superglue

Intrusive fax news
▪ FoxNews: Faxes could cost small business owner up to $48 million

Sea monster news
▪ CBSNews: Ancient sea monsters were black, study finds

Example of bad headline news (it's right but sounds wrong)
▪ FoxNews: California deputy waited 3 seconds before shooting teen with toy gun, lawsuit says

It's-not-fiction-news
▪ CNN: Woman caught sneaking into U.S. in suitcase
▪ NPR: Sealant inspired by beach worm could become surgical superglue

Literacy news
▪ CNN: CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders

Sochi Olympics news
▪ NBCNews: 23 U.S. Olympic stars to watch in Sochi

Avalanche news
▪ NBCNews: Utah avalanche was largest in modern history

Solar flare news
▪ NBCNews: Huge solar flare delays private rocket launch to space station

Space station news
▪ NPR: NASA reportedly gets OK to keep space station going until 2014

Unintended consequence/ecology news
▪ NPR: Whales, dolphins are collateral damage in our taste for seafood

Norway news
▪ CBSNews: Every Norway citizen is now a millionaire (theoretically)

Developmental psychology news
▪ CBSNews: Kids being bore prepares them for adulthood, says U.K. education expert

Boredom news
▪ CBSNews: Kids being bore prepares them for adulthood, says U.K. education expert

Downsizing news
▪ USAToday: Macy's to lay off 2,500 workers

World-of-work news
▪ USAToday: Macy's to lay off 2,500 workers

Cross-cultural comparison news
▪ CNN: Don't call Canadians 'American' or smile at the French, British hoteliers told

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Police union draws fire over swearing toddler 'thug' video
▪ CNN: CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders
▪ NBCNews: Forget 4KTVs: Most Americans still own a VCR
▪ NPR: 'Saturday Night Live' takes a very important step: hires black female cast member

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Monica Spear
▪ NBCNews: Five grilled in murder of Venezuela star Monica Spear, ex-husband

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Dennis Rodman
▪ CNN: Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un

Luol Deng
▪ ChicagoTribune: Luol Deng departure cruel blow to Bulls teammates

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Lindsey Vonn
▪ ABCNews: US skiing star Lindsay Vonn out of Sochi Olympics

Pretty Little Liars
▪ EOnline: Pretty Little Liars winter premiere

DASH Diet
▪ Syracuse.com: DASH diet named best diet of 2014, but is 'caveman' plan the worst?

Lil Wayne

Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ #RejectedBowlGames
▪ #ThingsThatOffendLiberals
▪ #heyjc
▪ #pitmad
▪ #nysos14
▪ Frank Thomas
▪ Velveeta
▪ Armando Benitez
▪ Jacque Jones

Trending: Thursday, December 12, 2013

Published 2:45 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
Mandela funeral sign language interpreter
▪ CNN: Mandela memorial interpreter asks forgiveness, calls himself champion
▪ NBCNews: Violent sign language interpreter's access to Obama triggers investigation

Bus crash/bus safety news
▪ CNN: U.S. DOT shuts down 52 unsafe bus companies

Air travel news
▪ NPR: Phone calls on flights? FCC holds open meeting today

Have-vs.-have-not news
▪ CNN: Google bus stunt reveals tensions in San Francicso
▪ NBCNews: Meet the tutor who makes up to $1,250 an hour
▪ NBCNews: Pope Francis attacks mega-salaries, wealth gap

Flu news
▪ NBCNews: Flu vaccine kept 80,000 out of hospital last year, CDC says

Breast cancer news
▪ NBCNews: Breast cancer drug (anastrozale) an also prevent cancer, study finds 

Outbreak news
▪ FoxNews: 20 dead in suspected outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar

Social media news
▪ CNN: Instagram launches direct messaging

Drone news
▪ CNN: U.S. seeks spy edge with stealth drone

School security news
▪ NBCNews: Newtown anniversary: School in Chicago suburb leads the way in keeping kids safe

Kind of funny news
▪ NBCNews: Police warned to 'keep their 'sticky fingers out' of Queen Elizabeth's nuts, court hears
▪ NBCNews: Excusez-moi? French café charges rude customers extra

Lottery news
▪ NBCNews: Widow and daughter will split estate of poisoned $1 million lotto winner

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Google bus stunt reveals tensions in San Francicso
▪ NBCNews: Meet the tutor who makes up to $1,250 an hour

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Bangladesh executes Islamist leader for war crimes

Obituaries in the news
▪ NPR: Hawaiian official (Loretta Fuddy) who released Obama's birth certificate dies in plane crash

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Mega Millions▪ CNN: Mega Millions jackpot rises to $400 million

Trending now on Twitter
▪ IG DM
▪ #PraytoEndAbortion
▪ #BOHolidayParty
▪ #MBTalks
▪ #Armour39
▪ #RoastJoffrey
▪ Zakuani
▪ Jay Cutler
▪ Christmas

Trending: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Published 4:20 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
Weather news

▪ NBCNews: Arctic invasion: Brutal weather system threatens most of US with snow, ice, wind

Have vs have-not news

▪ NBCNews: Obama: Income gap threatens our 'way of life'

Obamacare news
▪ NBCNews: 29,000 sign up for insurance on improved HealthCare.gov site

Violence against teachers news
▪ CNN: Teen pleads not guilty to rape, murder of high school math teacher

Whale news
▪ CNN: 6 whales die, dozens trapped off Florida's Everglades park

Heart transplant news
▪ CNN: Living without a pulse: Engineering a better artificial heart

Outbreak news
▪ NPR: Second meningitis outbreak erupts in Southern California

Smart bra news
▪ CNN: Microsoft developing a 'smart' bra

Cyber attack/hacking news
▪ CNN: 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack

NSA news
▪ NPR: NSA collecting 5B cellphone locations a day, news report says

Housing news
▪ CNN: New-home sales surge 25% in October
▪ NBCNews: Soaring new home sales are not what they seem

Auto purchase news
▪ NBCNews: Auto rates drop, buyers take on record loans

Student loan debt news
▪ CNN: Average student loan debt: $29,400

Bank fine news
▪ CNN: EU fines banks record $2.3B over Libor

Safety news
▪ NBCNews: Warning: Scientists say gas cans carry risk of explosion

Evolution news
▪ NBCNews: 400,000-year-old human DNA adds new tangle to our origin story

Theft news
▪ NBCNews: 'Theft of power' lands electric-car driver in jail

Drone news
▪ FoxNews: Air hogs: Drones secret weapon in hunt for feral pigs

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Mysterious China-themed 'city' proposed in New York's Catskills

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Truck carrying 'extremely dangerous' radioactive material stolen in Mexico
▪ NBCNews: Prost! Germany seeks UN protection for historic beer purity law

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Jacoby Essbury
▪ USAToday: 4 reasons the Yankees will regret the Jacoby Ellsbury deal

Bill Beckwith
▪ CNN: Bill Beckwith, co-host of HGTV's 'Curb Appeal,' killed in crash

Trending now on Twitter
▪ Martin Bashir
▪ #ARCParty
▪ #ObamasTwelveDaysOfChristmas
▪ #HealthyHolidays
▪ Gal Gadot
▪ #YankeesSignNext
▪ #wcw
▪ The Murder ComplexLewis Holtby

Trending: Saturday, November 16, 2013

Published 2:19 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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Today's headlines
Obama
▪ CNN: Second-term woes: Obamacare, Katrina, Iran-Contra

Gun violence news
▪ NBCNews: Boy, 9, shot in face while sleeping in Liberty City home

Missing family found in desert
▪ FoxNews: Mystery deepens after remains of missing family found in California desert

Iraq
▪ NPR: U.S. soldier accused of murder in deaths of deaf Iraqi boys

Outbreak news
▪ CNN: Princeton weighing whether to offer meningitis vaccines

Death penalty news
▪ CNN: Death penalty states scramble for lethal injection drugs

Automobile of the year
▪ CNN: Corvette named Automobile of the Year

Fossil news
▪ NBCNews: Cave women unearth skull of unknown human ancestor

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Pennsylvania students ban 'Redskins,' get sent to principal

Outside-the-U.S. news
NBCNews: Once sleepy Mexican town becoming new Motor City

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Batkid
▪ LATimes: Spectators cry, swell with pride over San Francisco's Batkid

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Karla Alvarez
▪ LALatinTimes: Karla Alvarez, Mexican Telenova actress, dies at 41 from alleged respiratory failure

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Rob Ford
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Friday, November 15, 2013)

Best Man Holiday
▪ CNN: Review: 'Best Man Holiday' is both sticky-sweet and heavy

iPhone 6
▪ TechRadar: iPhone 6 release date, news and rumours

Trending: Saturday, August 31, 2013

Update: (2:16 p.m. CDT)
CNN: Obama urges military action against Syria, but will seek Congress' OK

Published 12:17 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)
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Today's headlines
Syria
▪ CNN: So what exactly are Obama's actions on Syria?


Earthquake news
▪ NBCNews: Quake, shocks rattle Alaskan island area

Outbreak news
▪ NBCNews: In Texas and beyond, hot spots for vaccine refusers alarm officials

Smartphone news
▪ NBCNews: Your phone is blabbing your location to anyone who will listen

Sports team sexual assault news
▪ CNN: High school soccer players accused of sexual assault

Brain health news
▪ CNN: Playing for time: Can music stave off dementia?

Diana Nyad
▪ CNN: 5th time a charm? Diana Nyad tries Cuba to Florida swim again

India rapes
▪ NPR: Juvenile gets three years in gang rape, murder of Indian woman

Afghanistan
▪ NBCNews: At least 18 killed, including NATO service member, in two Afghanistan attacks

North Korea
▪ FoxNews: Satellite images show North Korea expanding rocket launch site, analysts say

Animal news
▪ USAToday: To avoid sunburn, whales get a tan

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Supreme Court justice to perform same-sex wedding ceremony

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: 15 killed in China ammonia leak

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: 80-year-old weightlifter tests positive for steroid, banned
 
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Lamar Odom
▪ CNN: Lamar Odom arrested for DUI

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Dedication 5
▪ See Billboard.com (The bird won't go there because he caught a virus there once)

Seamus Heaney
▪ BBC: Seamus Heaney death: Irish reaction

Dave Chappelle
▪ USAToday: Dave Chappelle walks off stage in Connecticut