Trending: Thursday, December 26, 2013

Published 10:14 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Holiday delivery news
▪ CNN: There yet? UPS, FedEx moving Christmas packages late
▪ NBCNews: UPS, FedEx scramble to deliver delayed Christmas packages
▪ NPR: Apologies, promises from UPS and FedEx about delivery delays
▪ USAToday: UPS driver: 'Worst Christmas ever' for delivery

Christmas accidents
▪ CNN: Firefighter finds his daughter dying in crash on Christmas Eve
▪ FoxNews: New Hampshire firefighter responds to daughter's fatal car wreck
▪ NBCNews: Three siblings die in Christmas morning fire
▪ FoxNews: Louisiana mobile home fire kills 3 children
▪ NBCNews: Teenage girl, boy killed in Newark shooting, third child injured: Prosecutors
▪ CNN: 17 migrants die when their intercepted boat capsizes at Turks and Caicos

Other Christmas news
▪ USAToday: Israeli parliament speaker: Christmas tree offends

Power outage news
▪ NBCNews: Tens of thousands likely without power until Saturday; more snow is on the way
▪ NPR: Snowstorms leave parts of Midwest, Northeast and Canada powerless

Stranded Russian cruise chip
▪ ABCNews: Cruise ship spends Christmas stuck in ice off Antarctica

Obamacare enrollment news
▪ NBCNews: Deadline extended for Obamacare enrollment

2013 in review
▪ CNN: Top science and space stories of 2013 (Mars Curiosity rover, elsewhere in space [Voyager leaves solar system, Kepler telescope finds 3 new planets], asteroid 2012 DA14, cosmic intrusion, asteroid 2013 TV135, old species and new [archicebus Achilles, olinguito, Cape Melville Leaf-Tailed gecko], human skull found in Dmanisi, Georgia; oldest DNA to be recovered, record concentration of carbon dioxide/climate change, fewer science grants, invisibility cloak, light-matter molecules, Higgs boson/Large Hadron Collider/God particle)
NBCNews: A royally good year: The Brits' best moments in 2013
▪ FoxNews: 25 wacky Joe Biden moments from 2013

2014 preview
▪ CBSNews: Global flash points (Syria, Iran, North Korea) continue simmering as 2014 approaches
▪ USAToday: In 2014, can Obama leave setbacks behind? Five key dates will help determine how the president does in making 2014 a year of action (Jan. 28: State of the Union; March 31, Obamacare-enrollment-without-a-fine deadline; July 1,  nuclear-deal-with-Iran deadline; Nov. 4, Election/controlling Congress; Dec. 31, leaving Afghanistan)

Wildfire news
▪ NBCNews: Fire crews battle California wildfire fanned by strong Santa Ana winds

Pope news
▪ CNN: 'Peace on Earth' means Syria, Sudan, and Nigeria, Pope says on Christmas

Terrorism news
▪ NBCNews: Egypt roadside bus bomb wounds five, two other devices found

Journalists abroad news
▪ CNN: Ukranian civic activist and journalist beaten outside Kiev

Americans captive abroad
▪ FoxNews: American abducted in Pakistan calls for US help, says he feels 'abandoned'

Boat capsize/migrant news
▪ CNN: 17 migrants die when their intercepted boat capsizes at Turks and Caicos

Substitute teaching news
▪ BleacherReport: Minnesota Twins pitcher Alex Meyer serves as substitute teacher during offseason

Violence-against-teachers news
▪ ABCNews: 4 arrested in shooting of California teacher

Boy Scout news
▪ CNN: Utah. Gay marriage. Boy Scouts. Pizza. Say no more.

South Sudan
▪ FoxNews: Leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia in South Sudan for peace talks

China news
▪ NPR: Pacific Northwest suffers after China bans shellfish imports

Japan news
▪ CNN: Japanese Prime Minister Abe visits controversial Yasukuni war shrine

Thailand news
▪ NBCNews: Thai election body urges delay in polls; violent protests prompt tear gas

Turkey
▪ NBCNews: Turkey corruption crisis deepens as three cabinet ministers resign

Egypt
▪ NPR: Egypt declares Muslim brotherhood a terrorist group

Baby-boomer news
▪ NBCNews: Why more boomers are getting cataract surgery at a younger age

Competing priorities news
▪ NBCNews: Adam Lallana gets married on Christmas Day to avoid clash with World Cup

Culture-in-the U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Guide to Americans answering what foreigners want to know

* Yesterday's Google trends (We are now able to find the previous day's searches under Google trends' reorganized presentation and have revised this week's previous posts to provide those records)
Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Merry Christmas

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Steam

Wolf on Wall Street
IMDb

Stores open on Christmas

iTunes

Skype

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000+ searches
Movies

Restaurants open on Christmas

McDonald's
▪ CNN: McDonald's on employee resources site: Not lovin' it

47 Ronin
▪ IMDb

Carl Crawford
▪ USAToday: 'Basketball wives' star Evelyn Lozada engaged to Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford

Doctor Who
▪ BBC: Doctor Who regeneration tops Christmas Day TV ratings

Boxing Day
▪ About.com: What is Boxing Day? Why is it called 'Boxing Day'

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #AsrınHukukSkandalı
▪ Yasukuni
▪ Happy Boxing Day
▪ #BethanyMotaGiveaway
▪ #ipad
▪ New Years
▪ #oomf
▪ The Tribez
▪ Xmas
▪ #tbt

Trending: Saturday, November 23, 2013

Published 10:35 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today' headlines
North Korea
▪ CNN: State Department: North Korea confirms detention of American
▪ NYT: North Korea confirms it is holding US citizen: Detained veteran's wife cites 'some dreadful misunderstanging'

LAX/TSA killing
▪ CNN: Autopsy: LAX rampage victim shot 12 times
▪ CNN: Car crash, 'prank' call at LAX send passengers fleeing terminals

Violence against teachers
▪ CNN: Police affidavit offers chilling details of teachers' slaying

Food safety (acrylamide) news
▪ USAToday: Chemical in fries, chips and coffee prompts FDA advice

Astronomy news
▪ NBCNews: Radio and X-rays point to a jet from our galaxy's biggest black hole

Gun violence news
▪ NBCNews: Police seek suspect in shooting of 14-year-old Brooklyn girl

Gold news
▪ CNN: Gold prices near lows of the year

Really? news
▪ CNN: Apparently this matters: Fart-filtering underwear

Cruise ship news
▪ NBCNews: Mega-cruise ships looming over historic harbors spark debate

Record-setting news
▪ NBCNews: America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary

Shark attack news
▪ NBCNews: Shark kills surfer off Western Australia, authorities say

Out-of-the-blue fatality news
▪ NBCNews: Woman on 1st walk after motorcycle crash is killed by car

Wind farm/Unintended consequences news
▪ NBCNews: Duke energy pleads guilty over eagle deaths at wind farms

Terrorism news
▪ ABCNews: Teddy Bear of side of road had bomb inside

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Racist 'monkey' taunt prompts soul-searching in France

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
JFK
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Friday, November 22, 2013)
▪ CNN: JFK assassination changed Secret Service

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <100,000 searches
Xbox One
▪ GameSpot: Xbox One sells over 1 million consoles in 24 hours

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <500,000 searches
Derrick Rose
▪ BleacherReport: Derrick Rose injury: Updates on Bulls star's leg, likely return date

Jack Ruby
▪ HuffPost: Jack Ruby documents, artifacts revealed

Doctor Who
▪ NPR: Allon-y! Why we've been traveling with 'Doctor Who' for 50 years

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #MLPSeason4
▪ #sitssharefest

▪ #AFCvSFC

▪ #ncte13

▪ #DayoftheDoctor

▪ Aaron Ramsey

▪ ACL

▪ Thanksgiving

▪ Black Friday

Trending: Monday, August 5, 2013

Published 5:50 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Global travel alert/prison breaks
▪ CNN: Prison breaks part of heightened security
▪ NBCNews: Al Qaeda leaders 'wanted to do something big' on Muslim holiday, sources say
▪ FoxNews: Intercepted communication between Al Qaeda leaders prompted terror warning, source says
▪ USAToday: (Annoying video ad first) Embassies closed, but plot may still be active

CBS/Time Warner dispute
▪ USAToday: CBS blackout puts start-up Aero in the spotlight

Deviant school behavior
▪ CNN: Driver says he did all he could during Florida school bus beating

Referee death
▪ CNN: Teen pleads guilty in referee death

Jeff Bezos
▪ CNN: Amazon's Bezos buys Washington Post for $250 million
▪ NBCNews: Washington Post to be sold to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
▪ NPR: 'Washington Post' to be sold to Amazon's Jeff Bezos

Louisiana train derailment
▪ NBCNews: Hundreds unable to return home after Louisiana freight train derailment

Exotic animal keeper news
▪ NBCNews: Ohio estate auctioned off two years after massive exotic animal release

Theft news
▪ FoxNews: Sotheby's auctions Renoir painting stolen in 2000 from Tokyo collector

Health news
▪ NPR: When treating abnormal breast cells, sometimes less is more

Thinking news
▪ NBCNews: To feed 4 billion more, skip meat, milk and eggs, study says
▪ NPR: Harsh in hard times? A gene may influence mom's behavior

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: Could your belly prevent you from getting a job?

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Sorry lite beer: Some getting 'tired of the taste'
▪ NBCNews: You really don't need to worry about your 'thigh gap,' or lack thereof

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Escaped python kills 2 young boys in Canada
▪ NBCNews: 'Fatbert' dead head! 15 tons of slime and wet-naps clog London sewer
▪ NBCNews: Bloodhound Gang assaulted, deported following Russian flag incident

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: 'Intense flavor:' The $330,000 burger that was built in lab hits the spot
▪ NPR: Long-awaited lab-grown burger is unveiled in London

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Peter Capaldi
▪ TheGuardian: Peter Capaldi: From spin doctor to the new Doctor Who

Megalodon
▪ HuffPost: Shark Week 'Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives' tries to prove existence of prehistoric shark

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches but <1M
Dallas Cowboys
▪ SeattleTimes: Dallas Cowboys win season's first exhibition over Miami

BART strike
▪ NPR: Calif. Brown intervenes, BART strike averted for now

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches but <200,000
NFL
▪ NFL: Official site

Art Donovan
▪ USAToday: Hall of Famer, NFL funny man Art Donovan dies at 88

Trending: Friday, August 2, 2013

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

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Global terror alert
▪ CNN: U.S. issues global travel alert, to close embassies due to al Qaeda threat
▪ NPR: State department issues worldwide travel alert
▪ FoxNews: US issues global travel alert over Al Qaeda threat, prepares to close embassies

Steamboat geyser eruption
▪ NBCNews: Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser erupts for first time in more than 8 years

Contaminated salad
▪ CNN: Salad blend from Mexico blamed for cyclospora outbreak in Nebraska, Iowa
▪ NBCNews: FDA names Taylor Farms as source in parasite outbreak

Pop culture
▪ CNN: Doctor Who? Next time-travelling star of British show to be revealed Sunday

Psychology news
▪ NPR: Could hotter temperatures from climate change boost violence?

Aviation news
▪ FoxNews: Pilot rescued at sea after ejecting from F-16 jet involved in mid-air collision

Higher education/diversity news
▪ NPR: Research says: Actually where you go to college matters

Balcony plunge death
▪ CNN: Woman on first date plunges to her death on 17th floor balcony

Health news
▪ CNN: FDA sets 'gluten-free' labeling standards
▪ NBCNews: Acne in elementary school? Pimples are starting younger, dermatologists say
▪ ABCNews: (Annoying video ad first) New acetominophen warning: Why now?

Killer bee news
▪ CBSNews: (Annoying video ad first) Swarm of bees attack man, kill dog in Houston

West, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Obama signs disaster declaration months after explosion devastates West, Texas

Cable provider news
▪ NBCNews: Time Warner Cable blacks out CBS stations
▪ USAToday: Time Warner drops CBS in New York, L.A., Dallas

Space news
▪ NBCNews: Curiosity rover celebrates a year on Mars... and surprising successes

Prison news
▪ NBCNews: Supreme Court orders California to free thousands from crowded prisons

Green paint Washington, D.C. vandalism
▪ NBCNews: Suspect charged in cathedral vandalism released to halfway house

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: A record 21.6 million millenials live with  parents

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Powerball
▪ KansasCityStar: Powerball jackpot reaches $300M for Saturday

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <500,000 searches
Ariel Castro
▪ NBCNews: Castro's statement: Classic signs of a narcissistic sociopath, experts say
▪ See also: Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, August 1, 2013)

Moto X
▪ CNET: Moto X: The first true anti-phone

H&M
▪ WashingtonPost: H&M launches e-commerce site in U.S., but is that good news?

Snowden
▪ USAToday: Snowden 'exhausted,' misses American girlfriend

Alex Rodriguez
▪ ESPN: Sources: A-Rodk, MLB far apart

Jennifer Rosoff
▪ See 'Balcony plunge death' above

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