Trending: Friday, March 7, 2014

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

Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: Death row lawyer: 'If I throw in the towel, a client dies'
▪ NBCNews: Honeymoon may be over for GM CEO Barra
▪ NPR: Republicans find useful enemy in Harry Reid
▪ FoxNews: Russia reportedly seizes a Ukranian military base, begins air drills in Crimea
▪ ABCNews: Latest headlines: Would Mike Huckabee run for president if Hillary Clinton does?
▪ CBSNews: General's sex trial: Accuser gets emotional on the stand
▪ USAToday: Moscow rallies for Crimea to come aboard

Animal welfare news
▪ CNN: California bill would ban orca shows at SeaWorld

Psychology and cuteness news (advertising)
▪ NBCNews: It's cute, it's cuddly, it's sapping your willpower

Violence-against-teachers news
▪ FoxNews: Shooting death of popular Virginia music teacher possibly linked to two other murders, police say

Upskirting reversal news
▪ NPR: UPDATE: Massachusette bans 'upskirt' photos

Animals-secrets-applied to technology news
▪ NPR: The elegant secrets of flying snakes

Nutrition in the news
▪ FoxNews: Vitamin D linked to improved breast cancer survival rates

Prescription drug abuse news
▪ USAToday: Sleeping pill use rises as risky patterns emerge

Why-we-like-the-art-we-like news
▪ NPR: Boy meets painting. Painting grabs boy. Boy mystified
▪ See related article about amusia from yesterday's Trendilla

It's-not-fiction news
▪ CNN: Woman's auto-payments hid her death for six years
▪ CNN: Family shoplifted millions in mom's big black dress, feds say
▪ NBCNews: Gun falls from donated sock, thrift store worker killed (untimely death)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Brandon Howard
▪ NYDN: Brandon Howard is not Michael Jackson's son

Aaron Carter
▪ NYDN: Aaron Carter admits Hilary Duff was the 'love' of his life

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Liz Wahl
▪ CNN: Anchor quits: I can't be part of network 'that whitewashes' Putin's actions

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
▪ #AskZEDD
▪ #RIPSpeakerKnockerz
▪ #askjack
▪ Speaker Knockerz
▪ #SXSW
▪ McAllen
▪ #flashbackfriday
▪ Doral
▪ Starbucks

Trending: Tuesday, April, 2, 2013

Facebook
▪ TelegraphUK: Facebook plans mobile phone takeover
▪ BusinessWeek: What's Facebook up to with Android?
▪ TechCrunch: Why Facebook home is potentially brilliant

Obama brain mapping
▪ USAToday: Obama unveils brain mapping project
▪ NBC: Obama unveils White-house brain mapping project

Chris Brown
▪ eonline: Chris Brown: I lost everything
▪ UPI: (Video): Chris Brown: 'I lost everything' after hitting Rhihanna

Shain Gandee
▪ CNN: Buckwild star Shain Gandee found dead
▪ FOXNews: Buckwild star Shain Gandee one of three found dead on muddy road
▪ WashingtonPost: MTV's 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee, 21, found dead after being reported missing

MLB (Major league baseball)
▪ CBSSports: Surreal start for Dodgers
▪ FOXNews: Percentage of MLB players born outside USA declines slightly, down to 28.1 percent
▪ BleacherReport: Biggest winners and losers of MLB opening day 2013

Lollapalooza
▪ USAToday: Lollapalooza announced lineup
▪ Rollingstone: Lollapooza 2013 lineup: Nine Inch Nails, the Cure, Mumford & Sons
▪ Billboard: Lollapalooza 2013 lineup: Mumford & Sons, the Killers, The Cure headlining

Cory Monteith
▪ TMZ: Cory Monteith checks into rehab
▪ People: Cory Monteith to miss last two 'Glee' episodes
▪ LATimes: Cory Monteith of 'Glee' enters rehab for 'substance addiction'

North Korea
▪ CNN: North Korea says it plans to restart shuttered nuclear reactor

Other News
▪ CNN: Few clues, lots of fear in Texas over killing of prosecutor, wife

Weird news
▪ CNN: 'Pregnant man' denied a divorce
▪ ABCNews: Full face transplant patient Dallas Wiens gets married

Trending: Monday, March 25, 2013

Denny Hamlin
▪  LATimes Video of crash after collision with Joey Logano
▪  ESPN: Kyle Busch wins Fontana after wreck
▪  USAToday: Denny Hamlin airlifted to hospital; will stay overnight
▪  Denny Hamlin: Official Website
▪  Dennny Hamlin: Images

Phil Spector
▪  DetroitFreePress: Al Pacino's portrayal of Phil Spector `cheesy,' Spector's wife says
▪  MiamiHerald: HBO's `Phil Spector' a spectacular travesty
▪  PsychologyToday: Dangerous genius: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
▪  BuffaloNews: Was Phil Spector innocent? David Mamet makes his case in HBO film

Tiger Woods
▪  ESPN: Final round postponed at Bay Hill
▪  Bloomberg: Tiger Woods' chase to regain golf's No. 1 rank delayed  by storm
▪  LaTimes: Tiger Woods will have to wait a day

Aaron Craft
▪  USAToday: Ohio States' Aaron craft shows `big guts' with late-game heroics
▪  USAToday: Aaron Craft's buzzer-beater clips Iowa State, lifts Ohio State into Sweet 16
▪  CBSSports: Aaron Craft shakes off second-half mistakes tos end OSU to Sweet 16

Weird news
▪  CNN: Pilot impersonator gets into cockpit
▪  CNN: Whiz fan builds Lego Hogswarts (video)
▪  Time: How sloths took over pop culture

Other news
▪  CNN: Amanda Knox to learn her fate again
▪  CNN: Winter storm ignores calendar: Spring snow hammers Midwest
▪  CNN: Family vacation turns tragic at airport (falling sign kills boy)

Trending: Sunday, March 24, 2013

9:16 a.m.
Powerball
▪  USAToday: Winning $336M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ
▪  NBCNews: One grand-prize winning ticket sold for $338 million Powerpoint jackpot (blog)
▪  NJNews: Winning Powerball numbers for March 23

Gonzaga
▪  USAToday: Wichita State pulls off ultimate `shocker' knocking off No. 1 Gonzaga
▪  NYTimes: For suprise No. 1, it's two games and out
▪  ESPN: Wichita State shocks top-ranked and top-seeded Gonzaga

Kids Choice Awards
▪  HuffPost: Kids Choice Awards Fashion: Best red carpet moments from the 2013 KCAs (photos)
▪  CBSNews: Kids' Choice Awards: Johnny Depp and Kristen Stewart win at slime-filled ceremony
▪  eonline: 2013 Kids' Choice Awards: Kristen Stewart gets slimey and other big moments

Joe Weider
▪  NYTimes: Joe Weider, founder of a bodybuilding empire, dies at 93
▪  LATimes: Joe Weider, legendary bodybuilding and fitness icon, dies at 93
▪  USAToday: Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies

Palm Sunday
▪  BBC: Pope to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass
▪  TheMonitor: Palm Sunday a tradition among Christian faiths
▪  DrRoySpencer: 100 years ago today: The Omaha Palm Sunday tornado of 1913

Two die skydiving
▪  Reuters: Two die skydiving in Florida, said to be from Iceland
▪  TheInquisitr: Two tourists die skydiving in Florida
▪  Sky.com: Investigation into deaths of two skydivers
▪  USAToday:Skydive instructor, student killed in Fla. jumps

Other News
▪  CNN: `I'm so afraid to have more babies' (baby's death)
▪  CNN: New pope, old pope meet for lunch
▪  CNN: Victims, gunman identified from Quantico Marine base shooting

WeirdNews
▪  CNN: Driver outruns tornado in reverse