Trending: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Published 4:01 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: Why minimum wage isn't a living wage (have versus have not)
▪ NBCNews: Button up: Snowstorm over, but cold settles in
▪ NPR: What's at stake in the Syrian peace conference; Antarctic travelers who got stuck in ice finally get home
▪ FoxNews: 'Secret dealing?' Emails show cozy relationship between EPA, environmental groups
▪ ABCNews: Guess who's skipping Olympics over terror threats, who's going; Parents desperate to sleep leave note for kids; Glass house + stone (or something) = Apple store disaster; Latest headlines: Secret offshore wealth of China's leaders revealed
▪ CBSNews: As Target fallout continues, incidents of fraud emerge
▪ USAToday: Israel says it stopped al-Qaeda attack on U.S. Embassy; (prevention news); Can Detroit sell its artwork? Judge to rule at 3 p.m.

Shooting scare news
▪ CNN: Shooting scare at Univ. of Oklahoma briefly shuts down campus
▪ NBCNews: No evidence of shots fired after University of Oklahoma reports shooting (Purdue shooting was recent)
Pre-Sochi Olympics news
▪ NBCNews: US and other Olympic teams get terror threat ahead of Sochi Games

Gun violence news
▪ ABCNews: Ohio ex-con charged in fatal shooting of girl, 5

Weather
▪ CNN: More cold coming: This freeze will stick

Flu news
▪ CNN: Woman with flu miscarries; battles for her life
▪ USAToday: Deadly bird flu surges in China as millions travel


Health insurance subsidy news
▪ NBCNews: Target to stop offering health care coverage for part-time workers

Weight loss news/nutrition news
▪ NBCNews: Upside of your freezing office: You may be burning more calories
▪ NPR: More signs a Mediterranean diet helps prevent cardiovascular ills
▪ NPR: Long John Silver's throws trans fats overboard

Vanity news
▪ FoxNews: Spanx and other shapewear can hurt your organs

Child injuries
▪ NBCNews: Shopping cart danger: 66 kids hurt a day, study finds

Auto safety news
▪ CNN: Small cars get crushed in crash tests

Branding psychology news
▪ TIME: Breaking breakfast new: Froot Loops are all the same flavor

Extinction news
▪ NPR: Ancient and vulnerable: 25 percent of sharks and rays risk extinction

Google glass news
▪ USAToday: Feds yank Google Glass user from movie theater

Facebook news
▪ NBCNews: Facebook like an infectious disease, will lose 80 percent of users, says Princeton study

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Hey liberal arts grads, there's hope for you yet, salary study shows

Afghanistan
▪ CBSNews: Pentagon eyes 10,000 troops for Afghanistan or none

Pakistan
▪ NBCNews: 7 killed as armed raiders attack Spanish cyclists on tour of Pakistan

Bernie Madoff followup
▪ NBCNews: Madoff suffered heart attack in prison last month

$1 billion basketball bet
▪ NPR: Warren Buffet's $1 billion bastketball bet is a very long shot

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Gentrification may actually be boon to longtime residents
▪ FoxNews: Union victory: Porn-watching Wisconsin teacher awarded new-job, back pay

It's-not-fiction-news
▪ NPR: Hopping mad: Rabbit in Mandela statue's ear is on burrowed time (clever headline)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Purdue shooting
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but 1M searches
Avonte OquendoYesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
MTA

Katy Perry

NJ transit

Captain Phillips


Trending now on U.S. Twitter
▪ #HIORHEYRECORDS
▪ #KETCHUPRECORDS
▪ #polarvortexsongs
▪ #TheBookShimmyAwards
▪ #AREWEPUNKROCKYETRECORDS
▪ Netflix
▪ Starbucks
▪ Valentine's Day
▪ Mata