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: Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Published 4:44 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Malaysia Flight 370: 'Our optimism is fading away, ever so slightly'
▪ NBCNews: Will Pistorius' testimony help or hurt? Trial questions answered
▪ NPR: Flight 370 vanished a month ago. What happens now?
▪ FoxNews: 'This is our heaven:' Colorado couple fights to save land from eminent domain
▪ ABCNews: Latest headline: Socialite guilty in car-bomb killing of ex-husband
▪ CBSNews: Man cleared of NYC murder after 25 years in prison
▪ USAToday: More women staying home with young kids

Solar system news
▪ CBSNews: Mars will come into alignment with Earth and sun tonight

Weapon news
▪ CBSNews: Navy's newest weapon kills at seven times the speed of sound

Animal virus news
▪ CBSNews: U.S. bacon prices rise after virus kills more than 6 million piglets

Drone news
▪ CBSNews: FBI: Man plotted to fly drone-like toy planes with bombs into schools

Tax preparation news
▪ USAToday: Tax preparers flunk GAO audit

Facebook within our culture
▪ CBSNews: Utah mom checking Facebook may have saved her son's life

Will this make 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell me?'
▪ CNN: Habanero peppers cause school evacuation (capsaicin, Scoville scale)
▪ NBCNews: Woman convicted in high heel shoe-stabbing trial

Individualism-versus-collectivism issues
▪ NPR: Sick 1-year-old rescued from sailboat 1,000 miles off Mexican coast

Psychology of attractiveness
▪ CBSNews: Rob Lowe says there's prejudice against 'good-looking people'

It's-not-fiction news
▪ FoxNews: Brooklyn woman receives birthday letter sent by mom in 1969

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
NCAA basketball
▪ NPR: With NCAA title, UConn answers questions about Kentucky, and itself

Peaches Geldoff
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, April 7, 2014)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <2M searches
Valeria Lukyanova
▪ HuffPost: 'Human Barbie' Valeria Lukyanova

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Demi Lovato
▪ PlainDealer: 'Star Wars' begins filming; Demi Lovato dismisses photos

Twitter (U.S.) trending now
▪ #JustinReleaseLifeIsWorthLiving
▪ #DreamMatchup
▪ #ASKDAN
▪ #BreatheatEDC
▪ #BelieveMovieOnDVD
▪ Ryan Braun
▪ Kyle Kendrick
▪ NIKE Shoes
▪ 2nd HR