Trending: Monday, December 23, 2013

Published 12:12 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Trending now on Google and Twitter at bottom

Today's headlines
Weather
▪ CNN: Plummeting temps on tap for much of U.S.
▪ NBCNews: Christmas in the dark? Storm brings ice and outages to Midwest, Northeast
▪ NPR: Ice storm leaves tens of thousands in the dark

Obamacare deadlines
▪ CNN: Countdown to Obamacare deadlines
▪ NBCNews: Deadline looms for Obamacare
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare deadline is a milestone and marker of uncertainty

Target credit card breach
▪ NPR: After Target's data breach, customer incentive disappoints

North Korea
▪ CNN: Did business disputes play a role in Kim Jong Un's uncle's execution?
▪ FoxNews: Dennis Rodman leaves North Korea without saying if he met Kim Jong Un

Aviation accident news
▪ NBCNews: Jet wing strikes building at Johannesburg airport

Bus crash news
▪ FoxNews: 13 hurt as tour bus crashes on California freeway

Does-this-really-happen-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Kicked out of high school for 'public lewdness' after reporting rape

Deviant survivalist news
▪ NBCNews: Survivalist sought in murder of wife and two young daughters

This-would-make-a-good-plot-device-news
▪ NBCNews: New Jersey Realtors used client's home for 'sexual escapades:' report
▪ FoxNews: Pennsylvania woman tried to frame hubby with child porn

Americans abroad news (cross-cultural faux pas)
▪ NBCNews: US consultant Shezanne Cassim sentenced to year in UAE jail for posting satirical video

Conflicting norm news
▪ NBCNews: UK retailer M&S faces boycott after Muslim worker refused to sell alcohol

Gas prices news
▪ NBCNews: Gas prices edge downwards after recent rise

Pop culture news
▪ NBCNews: After outrage, Cracker Barrel to sell 'Duck Dynasty' items again

Life-as-a-child news
▪ FoxNews: Feds see surge in children crossing US border amid concerns over immigration policy

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Utah scrambles to stop gay marriages, as couples line up

World-of-work news
▪ FoxNews: Drunk at work? No problem: Union contracts gone wild

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: City hires 'cholita' traffic cops to ease Bolivian gridlock

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: Father of AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94

Trending now on Google
50,000+ searches
Obamacare

Festivus

Britney Spears

iOS 7 jailbreak
(Editorial comment: This is free consumer research that Apple should pay attention to in order to revamp its software)

20,000+
Mariah Carey

Trending now on Twitter
▪ Mikhail Kalashnikov
▪ #fandommemories2013
▪ #DEMIin2013
▪ #AskPeyton
▪ #DoseofCharm
▪ #CHIvsPHI
▪ Happy Festivus
▪ Trent Cole
▪ Christmas

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Sunday, December 22, 2013More than 200,000+ searches
▪ SNL
▪ Chicago Bears
▪ NFL Playoff picture
▪ Dallas Cowboys
▪ Peyton Manning▪ Patriots

At least 100,000 but <200,000▪ Sound of Music
▪ Steelers▪ Detroit Lions

Trending: Monday, September 16, 2013

Published 4:25 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Navy Yard shootings
▪ CNN: 13 killed in Navy Yard shooting rampage; dead suspect identified
▪ NBCNews: At least 12 killed in shooting rampage at Washington Navy Yard, chief says
▪ NPR: Attack at the Navy Yard: Latest on the shootings in D.C.
▪ FoxNews: Navy vet ID'd as shooter in DC attack that killed 12

Syria
▪ CNN: 'War crime:' U.N. finds sarin used in Syria chemical weapons attack
▪ CNN: U.S., UK and U.N. documents on Syria
▪ NBCNews: U.N. report confirms chemical weapons use in Syria
▪ NPR: Sarin attack on Syrian civilians is a 'war crime,' U.N. says
▪ FoxNews: UN secretary general calls evidence of chemical attack in Syria 'indisputable'

Costa Concordia
▪ CNN: Costa Concordia salvage begins: Will ship stay in one piece during righting?
▪ CBSNews: Costa Concordia freed from reef, engineers say

Colorado flooding
▪ CNN: Colorado floods: Stories of grief, generosity and gratitude

Hurricane Ingrid
▪ CNN: Deadly storms batter Mexico from both sides
▪ NPR: Both Mexican coasts are lashed by deadly tropical cyclones

Election 2016
▪ CNN: CNN 2016 Poll: Clinton favored for Democrats; no clear GOP leader

Body weight news
▪ NBCNews: Skipping breakfast won't wreck your diet, after all
▪ NBCNews: Exercise, diet habits improving among youth: study

Superbug news
▪ NBCNews: 23,000 killed by superbugs in US each year, CDC says
▪ FoxNews: Brain-eating amoeba found in water supply of New Orleans suburb

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Nina Davuluri
▪ NBCNews: Miss New York is first Indian-American to win MissAmerica pageant

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <2M searches
Seahawks
▪ USAToday: Beast mode: Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks steamroll 49ers

NASCAR
▪ ChicagoTrib: Kenseth wins rain-delayed Geico 400

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Peyton Manning
▪ NYDailyNews: Peyton Manning wins Manning Bowl III as Broncos top Eli and NY Giants

Nothing Was the Same
▪ NewAlbumReleases: Drake -- Nothing Was the Same

Ozymandias
▪ TIME: 'Ozymandians:' What does that Breaking Bad episode title mean?

Dallas Cowboys
▪ ESPN: Chiefs hold off Cowboys

Philadelpha Eagles
▪ StarLedger: San Diego Chargers edge Philadelphia Eagles 33-30 on late field goal

WWE
▪ BaltimoreSun: Daniel Bryan's title win at WWE Night of Champions comes with controversy

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Savannah Brinson
▪ USAToday: Report: LeBron James marries longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson

Malcolm Floyd
▪ ESPN: Malcolm Floyd OK after neck injury

Ray Rice
▪ NFL.com: Browns' Phil Taylor hints Ravens' Rice spit on him

Houston Texans
▪ ESPN: DeAndre Hopkins' overtime TD completes Texans' rally vs. Titans