Trending: Thursday, October 3, 2013

1:51 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00) BREAKING
CNN: Report of shots fired on Capitol Hill

 Published 10:37 a.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Oct.3
▪ CNN: October 3: A busy day in history

Government shutdown
▪ CNN: CNN keeps count: Congress gets paid, but who's keeping their paycheck?
▪ NBCNews: No NTSB investigators for deadly bus crash because of government shutdown
▪ FoxNews: Budget stalemate threatens bona fide shutdown for District of Colombia
▪ CBSNews: Poll: Americans not happy about shutdown; more blame GOP
▪ NBCNews: My vacation in a closed national park

Obamacare/Affordable Care Act
▪ NPR: Small businesses may find insurance relief in exchanges

Navy bribery scandal
▪ CNN: Second warship commander relieved in growing bribery scandal

Tropical Storm Karen
▪ CNN: Tropical Storm Karen froms between Cuba, Mexico
▪ NBCNews: Tropical Storm Karen prompts hurricane watch along Gulf Coast
▪ ABCNews: Tropical Storm Karen froms in the Gulf of Mexico
▪ USAToday: Tropical Storm Karen forms in Caribbean, aims for U.S.

Fukushima radiation news
▪ NBCNews: Water 6,700 times more radioactive than legal limit spills from Fukushima

Capsizing news
▪ CNN: Scores dead after boat sinks off Italian island of Lampedusa
▪ NBCNews: Dozens die after boat sinks off Italy's coast; 'lots more' missing in sea
▪ NPR: Dozens dead, more feared lost, after shipwreck off Sicily
▪ ABCNews: Migrant ship toll nears 100 in tragedy Pope Francis calls 'disgrace'
▪ USAToday: Nearly 100 dead in migrant shipwreck off Sicily

Plane crash news
▪ NBCNews: Official: 15 dead after passenger plane crashes near Nigeria airport
▪ FoxNews: Southwest fires captain after hard landing at NYC airport

Stock market news
▪ USAToday: Dow suffers triple-digit drop on budget standoff

Tesla news
▪ USAToday: Tesla shares hammered after fire video

China hornet deaths
▪ CNN: Deadly hornets kills 42 people in China, injure over 1,500

Fossil news
▪ CNN: Backhoe cuts into dinosaur's tail, revealing rare fossil find

Boston bombing suspect news
▪ CNN: Lawyers of Boston bombing suspect: Lift his harsh prison restrictions

Aircraft carrier news
▪ CNN: Asian superpowers jostle to join the aircraft carrier club

Rural road killings
▪ CNN: A car and 4 bodies found on rural Alabama road

Biker violence news
▪ NBCNews: Family says SUV driver in biker clash was 'placed in grave danger' by mob
▪ NBCNews: Dangerous new breed of biker gang seeks internet glory, taunting police

Facebook news
▪ FoxNews: Facebook postings provide clues into fatal Florida shooting

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Retail hiring goes high tech as holiday season nears
▪ NPR: Jobless claims stay near six-year low

Cory Monteith
▪ FoxNews: Coroner confirms 'Glee' actor Cory Monteith died of  heroin, alcohol mix

Bigfoot news
▪ ABCNews: New Bigfoot evidence screened as experts claim proof of existence

Fleeting news (breaking yesterday/not even a headline today)
▪ NYT: Jury clears promoter in death of Michael Jackson

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Tom Clancy
▪ See Trendilla from  yesterday (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)
▪ NPR: Book news: Tom Clancy remembered as the father of a genre

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Ronan Farrow
▪ CBSNews:  Mia Farrow: Son Ronan is "possibly' Frank Sinatra's

Silk Road
▪ NPR: The man behind the shadowy illicit drug market, Silk Road
▪ FoxNews: Feds shut down $1.2 billion criminal internet marketplace

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Rebel Wilson
▪ LATimes: Rebel Wilson: Can 'Super Fun Night' make her a TV star?

Rihanna Pour It Up Video

Trending: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Published 2:24 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Obamacare/Affordable Care Act
▪ CNN: Surprise! Cruz votes with Democrats after trying to block spending plan
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare prices released: Average monthly cost is $328
▪ CBSNews: Premiums on ObamaCare marketplace beat expectations, report shows

NY Mall shooting
▪ FoxNews: New York mall on lockdown after deadly shooting, gunman armed and dangerous

Earthquake news
▪ CNN: Death toll rises to 330 in Pakistan quake
▪ NPR: Pakistan quake killed hundreds, created island off coast

Housing market news
▪ CNN: New home sales climb 8%

Postage stamp news
▪ CNN: Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 3 cents

Poaching news
▪ CNN: Poachers in Zimbabwe poison 87 elephants for ivory, official says

Lottery news
▪ CNN: 'The drama is nonstop:' Powerball winner 'Wild' Willie wants his old life back

Minimum wage news
▪ NBCNews: California signs law raising minimum wage to $10/hour by 2016

Recall news
▪ NBCNews: Sunscreen for babies, kids recalled for potential contamination

Dinosaur news
▪ NBCNews: Thousands of dinosaur tracks found along Alaska's Yukon River

Sunken treasure news
▪ CBSNews: Argh! Pirate booty found from 1717 shipwreck

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Survey: 15 percent of Americans don't go online

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ ABCNews: Internet sensation 'Papa Smurf' dies; other blue people live on

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Ted Cruz
▪ See 'Obamacare' above

Agents of SHIELD
▪ NYTimes: Action, yes, just no superhero this time: Marvel's 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D' begins on ABC

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Dumb and Dumber 2
▪ LATimes: 'Dumb and Dumber To' begins production, but will audiences care?

Teyana Taylor
▪ NYDailyNews: Rihanna starts Twitter war with Teyana Taylor after mocking her Anita Baker cover song

NCIS
▪ NYTimes: CBS to test a third version of 'NCIS' franchise