Trending: Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Published 5:18 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Person of the Year
▪ TIME: Pope Francis, the people's pope
▪ NBCNews: What a year for Pope Francis: From unknown to Time's Person of the Year

Obamacare
▪ NPR: Sebelius calls for review of HHS practices that led to debacle

Air travel news
▪ NBCNews: Most air travelers opposed to in-flight calls, new poll finds

Stock market news
▪ CNN: Dow falls 130 points

Google
▪ FoxNews: Google's cozy jet fuel deal with feds cost California taxpayers up to $5.3M, report finds

Meteor news
▪ CNN: Meteor explodes over Arizona; big meteor shower begins

Asiana crash follow-up
▪ CNN: NTSB probes fatal Asiana Flight 214 crash
▪ NBCNews: Asiana captain 'very concerned' about making visual landing

Sign language news
▪ CNN: Interpreter at Mandela memorial dubbed a 'fake,' group says
▪ NBCNews: 'Fake' sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela memorial provokes anger
▪ FoxNews: Sign language interpreter who stood next to Obama at Mandela memorial called a 'fake'

Health news
▪ FoxNews: Popular stomach acid drugs may increase vitamin deficiency risk

Antibiotic news (vegetarian tag)
▪ CNN: FDA hopes to curb antibiotic use on farms
▪ NPR: Drug companies accept FDA plan to phase out some animal antibiotic news

Brain damage from football news
▪ NBCNews: Brain changes, memory problems seen with minor head bumps

Postal news
▪ NBCNews: Canada to phase out home postal delivery to stem losses

Hazing news
▪ NBCNews: New York College freshman dies in fraternity pledge 'ritual:' prosecutors

Breach-of-trust news
▪ NBCNews: Senator fires top aide amid child porn raid

Malaria news
▪ NPR: Global malaria deaths hit a new low

India
▪ NPR: India's Supreme Court restores ban on gay sex

Bird strike news
▪ FoxNews: Air Force: Bird strike caused wreck of $8 million jet

Selfish suicide news
▪ ABCNews: Prosecutors: Fatal NH crash was a suicide attempt

World-of-work news
▪ CBSNews: Why it's not so easy to move from a minimum-wage job

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2013

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Google Drive
▪ CNET: Google Drive for iOS adds sorting, searching

Sons of Anarchy
▪ E!Online: Sons of Anarchy deadly season 6 finale brings in record ratings

Mack Brown
▪ LATimes: Texas coach Mack Brown denies he plans to resign

Godzilla
▪ UKTelegraph: Godzilla: First trailer for 2014 film released

Obama selfie
▪ CNN: Obama selfie: How did it unfold?

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Tila Tequila
▪ Newsday: Tila Tequila goes on Hitler sympathy rant on her blog

Candice Swanepoel (Victoria's Secret model)
▪ E!Online: Candice Swanepoel: Models need to be smart to be successful

Behati Prinsloo (Victoria's Secret model)
▪ DailyMail: She covers up assets as spectacular annual catwalk show airs

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #BethanyMotaGiveaway
▪ #APlusPlan
▪ #MATTYINFINITEEGIVEAWAY
▪ #wcw
▪ #MakeMerry
▪ Kirk Cousins
▪ Bartolo Colon
▪ Christmas
▪ RGIII

Trending: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Published 4:52 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Royal baby watch
▪ CNN: Latest developments in royal baby watch: Dutchess's due date was July 13th
▪ NBCNews: What will royal baby name be? 'Diana,' 'William' top guesses

Heat wave
▪ CNN: Northeast a 'virtual sauna bath' ... with more to come

North Korea
▪ CNN: North Korea to Panama: Release our ship, crew
▪ NBCNews: Panama wants help from UN after finding North Korean arms on ship

Rolling Stone cover
▪ CNN: Rolling Stone cover of bombing suspect called 'slap' to Boston
▪ NBCNews: Rolling Stone Boston bomber photo stirs online controversy; CVS drops the issue

Asiana
▪ NPR: Asiana decides not to sue San Francisco TV station

Glaxo/China story
▪ CNN: China bars Glaxo exec from leaving country

Technology/Social media news
▪ NBCNews: Use Tumblr's iPhone or iPad apps? Change your passwords now
▪ NPR: China's internet growth in two charts
▪ ABCNews: (Video ad first) Paypal apologizes for costly mistake

Health news
▪ NBCNews: If you think you have Alzheimer's, you just might, studies suggest
▪ NPR: A warm winter helped fuel West Nile outbreak in Dallas

Stricken driving
▪ ABCNews: Diabetic driver who fatally hit girl had previous attack

Economic news
▪ NBCNews: US economy growing at modest pace, Fed says

Science news
▪ ABCNews: Big-nosed dinosaur species found in Utah
▪ USAToday: Gold on Earth formed in collision of exotic stars

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: ACLU: Digital dragnet ensnares millions of innocent drivers

India school lunch deaths
▪ NPR: School tragedy puts focus on poor health of India's children

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Hershey's takes a bite out of China's huge candy market
▪ NPR: Weight loss is worth gold in Dubai
▪ NBCNews: Gay marriage legalized in Britain after queen gives royal stamp of approval
▪ NBCNews: Not-so-royal treatment: Britons lucky to get out of some hospitals alive, report reveals

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Talia Castellano
▪ CBSNews: Girl who inspired cancer victims with makeup tips dies

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches but <2M
Behati Prinsloo
▪ FoxNews: Adam Levine and Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo engaged: Who's been Adam's hottest love interest?

Mariano Rivera
▪ USAToday: All-Stars pay tribute to Mariano Rivera before his last All-Star appearance

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <500,000
Emma Roberts
▪ FoxNews: Emma Roberts arrested on domestic violence charges after fight with boyfriend

Matt Harvey
▪ USAToday: Matt Harvey unveils blinding new shoes at the All-Star game

Rachel Jeantel
▪ CNN: Radio host offers Rachel Jeantel a full ride to college

Suits (reason for searches unknown)

Whose Line is it Anyway
▪ EW: 'Whose Line is it Anyway' returns