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

▪ CNN: Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck off South Korea

▪ 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

Trending: Monday, February 24, 2014

Published 5:20 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: Harold Ramis of 'Ghostbusters,' 'Groundhog Day' fame dies
▪ NBCNews: Life saver: Women with cancer gene should remove ovaries by 35
▪ NPR: Ukraine: 4 key debates yet to shake out; Pentagon budget-cutting plans sure to draw flak
▪ FoxNews: State department pressing Iraq for answers after report of arms deal with Iran
▪ ABCNews: Governors trash talk each other in front of White House
▪ CBSNews: Olympic challenge: How do host cities fare after the games?
▪ USAToday: Smog chokes China as public, experts demand change

Online education
▪ CNN: Students, say goodbye to snow days -- and say hello to school at home

Smartphone news
▪ CNN: Samsung launches Galaxy S5 smartphone

Advertising news
▪ CNN: Iconic 'Got Milk?' tagline replaced

Pop culture
▪ CBSNews: Brook Burke-Charvet out on DWTS
▪ USAToday: Disney World hikes admission prices to $99 a day

Pope news
▪ NPR: Pope announces overhaul of Vatican bureaucracy

Stock market news
▪ CBSNews: Stocks flirt with records despite disappointing reports

Acetaminophen news
▪ NBCNews: Pain pill in pregnancy may raise child's ADHD risk, study finds

Social media news
▪ NPR: Study: Conservatives and liberals rarely debate on Twitter

Privacy/data broker news
▪ NPR: If you think you're anonymous online, think again

MLB rule changes
▪ NPR: Major league baseball changes home-plate rules

It's-not-fiction news
▪ FoxNews: Bible stops two bullets to save life of Ohio bus driver, police say
▪ FoxNews: Dead rat found in man's birthday cake

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Daytona 500
▪ USAToday: Dale Earnardt Jr. snaps drought, wins rain-delayed Daytona 500

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <1M searches
Nancy Kerrigan
▪ Inquisitr: Nancy Kerrigan: NBC airs Kerrigan-Harding scandal documentary

WWE

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Jason Collins
▪ USAToday: For Jason Collins, the next nine days are very important

Oscars 2014

Farrah Abraham

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ Netflix
▪ Harold Ramis
▪ #VoteAriana
▪ #BooksInYourPants
▪ #SLSPMusicVideo
▪ #mattappreciationday
▪ #BabyHit1Billion
▪ Paula Patton
▪ Robin Thicke

Trending: Thursday, December 19, 2013

Published 1:11 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Trending now on Google and Twitter*

Today's headlines
2014 preview
▪ NBCNews: The top 10 political stories to watch in 2014: The midterms, can Obama rebound, does the health-care law and Website enjoy more success in 2014 than it did in 2013?, Iran deal, economy (does it continue to improve), can immigration pass the House, The 2016 jockeying, GOP's ideological war (does it continue), debt ceiling (Does it become another fight? Or are the budget battles really over for the next year years?), FL-13 (If Democrats have ANY chance of winning back the House, they need to win this race).

Credit card theft
▪ CNN: Target: 40 million credit cards compromised
▪ NBCNews: Millions of Target customers' credit, debit card accounts may be hit by data breach
▪ USAToday: Target confirms massive credit-card data breach

Fake sign language interpreter
▪ FoxNews: Mandela memorial service interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital

Lottery news
▪ CNN: Georgia woman claims half of $648 million Mega Millions jackpot
▪ NBCNews: Mega Millions: One winner collects prize, the other remains unknown

Line-of-duty fatality news
▪ ABCNews: Central Texas deputy fatally shot serving warrant

2016 election
▪ CNN: Clinton  says she'll decide about 2016 next year

Secret giving news
▪ NBCNews: $3,500 diamond ring dropped in Salvation Army kettle in South Florida

North Korea
▪ CNN: Dennis Rodman lands in North Korea to train basketball team, agency says
▪ USAToday: 'Bad Boy' Rodman visits 'friend' Kim Jong Un again (Editorial comment: Dear ▪ North Korea: Please keep him this time)

Housing news
▪ CNN: Home sales fall in November
▪ NPR: Existing home sales dip, but prices rise

Blood pressure news
▪ CNN: So you have high blood pressure? New guidelines suggest maybe you don't

Food contamination news
▪ FoxNews: 'Superbug' bacteria widespread in US chicken, consumer group finds

Dog thinking news
▪ HLN: What does the dog say? New device may tell us!

SmartPhone news
▪ FoxNews: Bill would require 'kill switch' for smartphones

SeaWorld news
▪ CNN: 'Blackfish' prompts school to cancel long-standing SeaWorld trip

UK soldier killing
▪ NBCNews: Two Muslim converts guilty of killing UK soldier Lee Rigby on London street

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Ex-firefighter accused of starting deadly California blaze that destroyed 60 homes

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Diplomats' exploitation of domestic workers a 'plague,' activists say

Execution/death penalty news
▪ NPR: Executions in U.S. drop close to 20-year-low in 2013

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay wedding
▪ USAToday: Methodists defrock pastor who performed gay son's wedding

Trending now on Google (See yesterday's Trendilla for explanation of changes to presentation of Google trends)
1M+ searches
Phil Robertson (The Duck Dynasty guy)
▪ CNN: Remarks about gays prompt suspension of 'Duck Dynasty' star

200,000+ searches
Justin Bieber

Anchorman 2

50,000+ searches
Target credit card breach (see above)

Barbara Walters

Trending now on Twitter
▪ A&E
▪ #dinahjane
▪ #p4a
▪ #My5HHolidayWish
▪ Phil Robertson
▪ #ScentSavings
▪ #WDHolidayTips
▪ Jesus Shuttlesworth
▪ New Mexico Supreme Court
▪ Paul George

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Wednesday, December 18, 2013
At least 2M
▪ Phil Robertson

At least 200,000 but <2M
▪ Justin Bieber
▪ Anchorman 2
▪ Ian Watkins

At least 100,000 but <200,000
▪ Ga lottery
▪ Bitcoin
▪ The Fault in our Stars
▪ Michael Buble

Trending: Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Published 4:29 p.m. CDT

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Kenya mall shootings
▪ CNN: Kenya terror timeline: Four deadly days of store-to-store seige
▪ NBCNews: Kenya's president says 5 suspects dead, 11 in custody after Nairobi mall seige
▪ FoxNews: US malls focus on security upgrades following deadly Kenya siege

Earthquake news
▪ NPR: Dozens killed by strong quake in Southwestern Pakistan

e-cigarette news
▪ CBSNews: Regulate 3-cigarettes like tobacco products, 40 attorney generals urge FDA

Chicago gang activity
▪ CNN: Chicago shooting: 4 suspects arrested, charged

Jane Austen news
▪ NBCNews: Kelly Clarkson forced to sell $250,000 ring to Jane Austen museum

Tattoo news
▪ NBCNews: Report: Army set to implement partial tattoo ban

Smartphone news
▪ NBCNews: BlackBerry? Like, not so cool, say young users
▪ CBSNews: Apple iOS 7 users face security risks

Penn State news
▪ NPR: NCAA lifts some of the sanctions imposed on Penn State

Cruise ship news
▪ NPR: Carnival's earnings hit by string of cruise ship problems

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Peyton Manning
▪ USAToday: Peyton Manning carves up Raiders as Broncos dominate

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
The Voice
▪ NYTimes: 'The Voice' propels NBC to a big ratings win on Monday night

How I Met Your Mother
▪ USAToday: TV tonight: 'How I Met Your Mother'

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches
The Blacklist
▪ NYDailyNews: NBC's 'The Blacklist' premiere beats CBS' new 'Hostages' in ratings battle

Manny Machado
▪ USAToday: Manny Machado suffers gruesome knee injury running over first base

Tina Fey
▪ HuffPost: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler tell Neil Patrick Harris to 'Twerk it' during Emmys open

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)
Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

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
 
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
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

Trending: Tuesday, August, 27, 2013

Published 7:47 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Syria
▪ NBCNews: Ripple effect: How the US move on Syria could reverberate around the world
▪ NBCNews: Military strikes on Syria 'as early as Thursday,' US officials say
▪ FoxNews: Any U.S. strike against Syria likely to last 'hours not days'

North Korea
▪ CNN: State Dept. envoy heading to North Korea to get U.S. citizen freed
▪ NBCNews: US sending envoy to North Korea to lobby for release of missionary

Cyberattack news
▪ CNN: Attack shuts down New York Times' website
▪ NBCNews: New York Times hacked, Syrian Electronic Army suspected
▪ NPR: Outage summer: What to know about the Syrian Electronic Army

Stock market
▪ CNN: Stock slump on Syria fears

Wildfire news
▪ CNN: California wildfires further strain federal budget
▪ NBCNews: Already one of the largest ever in California, Yosemite-area fire still growing

Dolphin die-off news
▪ NBCNews: Big break in dolphin die-off: It's an 'outbreak' of measles-like virus

Science news
▪ NBCNews: Mind meld? Scientist uses his brain to control another guy's finger

Kansas water issue news
▪ NPR: Turning off the spigot in Western Kansas farmland

Health news
▪ NPR: Vaccinating rabies for rotavirus protects the whole family

Smartphone news
▪ CNN: Reports: Apple will offer trade-ins for new iPhone

Auto news/Autonomous drive
▪ CNN: Nissan: We'll have a self-driving car on roads in 2020
▪ FoxNews: Drivers slightly less satisfied with car brands

Wal-Mart
▪ CNN: Wal-Mart to cover benefits for domestic partners

Facebook
▪ USAToday: Governments sought info on 38,000 Facebook users

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Syria
▪ See 'Today's headlines' above and Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, August 27, 2013)

US Open
▪ USAToday: U.S. Open: Federer moves on to Round 2

Eminem
▪ USAToday: Is Eminem's 'Berzerk' worth the wait?

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
National Dog Day
▪ Today: Ruff work: Check out pooches with professions on National Dog Day

Jeff Tuel
▪ BleacherReport: Jeff Tuel is a must-add for fantasy football owners