Trending: Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Published 3:25 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends and today's Twitter (U.S.) trending now at bottom
(Read what happened on this day last year)

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
CNN: After 25 days, plenty of ocean trash and questions, but no sign of Flight 370
NBCNews: Deal or no deal, Pollard eligible for parole in 2015
NPR: White House says more than 7 million signed up for Obamacare
FoxNews: GM slammed at hearing for failing to address 57-cent defect linked to deaths
ABCNews: White House: 7 million signed up for Health Care
CBSNews: WH: Obamacare enrollment officially over 7 million, White House says
USAToday: Barra: 'Today's GM will do the right thing'

April Fools Day
NBCNews: Klingons and Wi-Fi pigeons invade internet for April Fools' Day

Oso, Washington landslide
CNN: Washington landslide death toll rises to 27

Earthquake news
NBCNews: Californians in the quake zone mostly uninsured

Afghanistan
CNN: For first month in years, no U.S. forces die in Afghanistan

Girl Scout cookies
NPR: Do Girl Scout cookies still make the world a better place?

Pop culture
CNN: New to Netflix in April

Ebola outbreak
CNN: U.S. sends team to fight African Ebola outbreak

Animal news
NBCNews: Why do zebras have stripes? Mystery solved, scientists say

Longevity news
CBSNews: Too much running tied to shorter lifespan, studies find

World-of-work news
BleacherReport: Angels hitting coach Don Baylor fractures femur catching opening day 1st pitch

Ethnicity issues
USAToday: Black female troops say grooming rule 'racially biased'

It's-not-fiction news
BleacherReport: Angels hitting coach Don Baylor fractures femur catching opening day 1st pitch

Obituaries in the news
USAToday: House music 'godfather' Frankie Knuckes dies at 59

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
How I Met Your Mother
NPR: Oh, 'Mother:' An awful end to a long love story

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M but <2M searches
Google Maps Pokemon
TIME: Google HQ is now a Pokemon lab, and Google Maps has been overrun

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Obamacare
See above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
MLB: Official site

April Fools pranks
See above

Covered California
LATimes: California will log off some Obamacare applicants as website slows

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Frankie Knuckles
USAToday: House music 'godfather' Frankie Knuckles dies at 59

Texas Rangers
HuffPost: Texas Rangers apologize for trash surrounding memorial statue honoring fan's death

Cara Delevinge
DailyMail: One more kiss after romantic getaway

Red Sox
BostonGlobe: Red Sox feted at White House

Josh Elliott
CNN: How things got ugly between ABC and Josh Elliott

Amber Heard
NYDN: Johnny Depp confirms engagement to Amber Heard

Detroit Tigers
USAToday: Opening day comes again for Detroit Tigers fans

Cesar Chavez
FoxNewsLatino: Senate blocks resolution honoring farm worker rights leader Cesar Chavez

Trending now on Twitter (U.S.)
#7MillionAndCounting
#BandLifeEP6Today
#NotAnAprilFool
#MKTOReleaseDay
#Schweinsteiger
Fellani
Gotze
Ashley Young
Eduardo Nunez

Trending: March 31, 2013

Emerging?
▪ CBS: China downplays new bird flu fears

▪ Reuters: FDA delays approval of GSK bird flu vaccine

▪ DecodedScience: Coronavirus update: Deadly virus can infect multiple tissues, similar to bird flu 

Facebook
▪ San FranciscoChronicle: You already have a Facebook phone
▪ Forbes: The Facebook phone puts text messaging profits at risk
▪ C|Net: In your Face, Facebook style 

North Korea
▪ TIME: North Korea’s saber rattling: Is the bark worse than the bite?
▪ Aljazeera: North Korea in ‘state of war’ with South

Doctor Who
▪ SkyNews:Tennant and piper back for Doctor Who’s 50th
▪ Forbes: ‘Doctor Who’ review: ‘Bells of St. John’ is a World Wide Web of intrigue
▪ Mirror: Doctor Who: Good, bad and ugly from 50 years of classic sci-fi 

Wichita State
▪ USAToday: Wichita State fights off Ohio State rally to reach Final Four
▪ ESPN: Wichita State upsets Buckeyes to reach Final Four
▪ SportsIllustrated: For Wichita State players, Final Four appearance not a shock 

Steve Alford
▪ LATimes: Here’s hoping Steve Alford’s word to UCLA lasts more than 10 days
▪ NYTimes: Steve Alford hired at coach at UCLA
▪ IndyStar: UCLA hires Steve Alford as new basketball coach 

Other news
▪ NYTimes: Phil Ramone, producer for music’s biggest stars, dies at 79
▪ Breitbart: Google celebrates Cesar Chavez’s birth
▪ CNN: Stephen Baldwin pleads guilty to tax charge, will pay $300,000
▪ USAToday: Texas district attorney, wife found dead

Weird news
▪ CNN: In his living room, blogger traces arms trafficking to Syria
▪ NBCNews: Man arrested with 21 tons ofstolen cheese