Trending: Friday, July 12, 2013

Published 1:44 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Homeland secretary resigns
▪ CNN: Napolitano leaving Obama cabinet
▪ NBCNews: Napolitano to head University of California system

Pakistani teen at U.N.
▪ NBCNews: Malala Yousafzai: Being shot by Taliban made me stronger
▪ CBSNews: (Video ad first) Pakistani schoolgirl Malala says Taliban 'failed'

Asiana crash
▪ CNN: NTSB: 2 Asiana pilots called for landing to be aborted
▪ NBCNews: Asiana crash victim struck by fire truck, but unclear if it killed her

Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Snowden meets with rights groups, seeks temporary asylum in Russia
▪ NBCNews: Snowden emerges from airport hideout, seeks temporary asylum in Russia

Aviation news
▪ USAToday: Fire on empty 787 is 1 of 2 Dreamliner incidents Friday
▪ NPR: Another 787 Dreamliner fire means turbulence for Boeing stock
▪ NBCNews: Boeing 787 Dreamliner catches fire at London Heathrow airport
▪ NBCNews: Taking flight! Teen becomes youngest licensed plane and copter pilot

Weather news
▪ NPR: Heavy rains send Iowa's precious soil downriver

Facebook
▪ CNN: Teen jailed for Facebook 'joke' is released

Guantanamo Bay
▪ FoxNews: Two Guantanamo Bay detainees reportedy quit hunger strikes

Pop culture news
▪ NBCNews: 'Rock the cat box?' Most misquoted lyrics of all time
▪ ABCNews: Dance and celebrate Richard Simmons 65th birthday
▪ ABCNews: Fans urge release of Paula Deen comic book

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Woman with breast cancer 'humbled' by crowdfunding effort to pay for her medical bills
▪ NBCNews: From errand to crime: Parents now face hard consequences for leaving kids in cars
▪ CNN: Nearly naked rape victim left outside as frightened homeowners call 911
▪ NBCNews: Chicago 'mayhem' prompts politician to call for National Guard
▪ NBCNews: If you want your Twinkies rush earlier, head to Wal-Mart

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Adult diapers to outsell baby diapers by 2020 as Japan's population ages
▪ NPR: Passenger train derails near Paris, 'many casualties' feared
▪ NBCNews: Train crash kills 6, injures a dozen in Paris suburb: officials
▪ NBCNews: 15 'terrorists' escape overcrowded Indonesia prison

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ USAToday: Women charged $5 per scream while giving birth
▪ CNN: Mercedes sells at auction for record $30 million
▪ NBCNews: Flip celebration  goes wrong, Maurides stretchered off

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Sharknado
▪ NBCNews: Sharknado! Syfy's latest flick is causing a frenzy

Trayvon Martin
▪ CNN: 'Coulda beens,' 'what ifs' not enough to convict Zimmerman, defense says

Randy Travis
▪ CNN: Randy Travis 'critical' after stroke, surgery

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Steam
▪ CSM: Steam's 2013 summer sale features Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2

Free Slurpee Day
▪ ABCNews: 7-Eleven's Free Slurpee Day goes bigger than ever

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Orange is the new black
▪ USAToday:'Orange is the New Black' looks pretty sharp

Cote de Pablo
▪ CBSNews: Cote de Pablo leaving 'NCIS' after 8 seasons

Nick Young
▪ ESPN: Nick Young signs with Lakers

Leah Remini
▪ USAToday: Leah Remini quits Church of Scientology