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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Trending: Saturday, July 6, 2013

Published 7:05 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headines
San Francicso crash
▪ NPR: Fire chief reports 2 dead in crash at San Francicso airport
▪ CNN: At least 28 hurt after airliner crash lands, spins, burns at San Francicso airport
▪ NBCNews: Boeing 777 crashes while landing at San Francicso airport; two killed
▪ FoxNews: Two dead, dozens injured in San Fran plane crash

Egypt
▪ CNN: ElBaradei named PM of Egypt's interim government
▪ NBCNews: ElBaradei's appointment as Egypt's interim prime minister on hold
▪ NPR: EdBaradei appointment as Egypt's prime minister uncertain

Canada train derailment
▪ ABCNews: (Video ad first) Canadian town evacuated after freight train carrying fuel derails

Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Bolivia latest country to offer asylum to Snowden
▪ FoxNews: Nicaragua and Venezuela willing to grant asylum to Edward Snowden

PTSD
▪ CNN: Soldier's suicide note goes viral; family demands better for veterans

Student loans
▪ CNN: Republicans demand action on student loan rates
▪ FoxNews: Republicans invoke Fourth spirit to urge Democrats to compromise on student loans

North Korea
▪ CNN: Koreas start talks on reopening joint industrial factory

Aviation news
▪ CNN: Solar plane (Solar Impulse) completes cross-country trek

Child hot car deaths
▪ NBCNews: 8-month-old boy dies after mom forgets he's in car on 90-degree day

Science news
▪ CNN: The mystery of the intergalactic radio bursts
▪ NBCNews: 10 years after launch, Opportunity rover hits new Martian milestone

Technology news
▪ NBCNews: Android security vulnerability discovered after four years affects most devices

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: More than 130 dogs rescued from hoarders wait to be saved again

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: 'Horrific attack' on school in Nigeria; dozens dead
▪ CNN: Coca-Cola's new bottle (in Colombia)  is made of ice

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: My LEGO leg: Amputee builds (nearly functional) prosthetic from toy bricks


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Dwight Howard
▪ BleacherReport: Dwight Howard officially chooses to sign with Houston Rockets

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Wimbledon 2013
▪ BleacherReport: Bartoli vs Lisiki: Recap and results from Wimbledon 2013 Women's Final
▪ NPR: France's Marion Bartoli wins women's title at Wimbledon

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Andre Iguodala
▪ USAToday: Warriors land Andre Iguodala after trade with Jazz

Josh Smith
▪ USAToday: Josh Smith agrees with Detroit Pistons

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Trending: Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Published 8:56 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

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Today's headlines
Obamacare delay
▪ CNN: Key Obamacare provision delayed
▪ NBCNews: Employers get an extra year to provide health insurance
▪ NPR: U.S. pushes businesses' health insurance deadline to 2015
▪ FoxNews: Administration delays key ObamaCare insurance mandate

Arizona firefighters
▪ CNN: Remaining crewmate of 19 killed firefighters was lookout
▪ NPR: Wildfire season so far: Tragic, destructive and below average
▪ FoxNews: Portable shelters couldn't save 19 members of elite hotshots firefighting crew killed in Arizona blaze

Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Bolivia: Presidential plane forced to land after false rumors of Snowden onboard
▪ NBCNews: NSA leaker Edward Snowden's escape routes dwindle as countries rule out asylum

Weather news
▪ CNN: Western U.S. seared by heat as East deluged by storms

BART strike
▪ NPR: Off the rails: Strike-hit Bay area struggles with 'horrible' commutes

Health news
▪ NPR: 'Heart attack on a hook:' Meet America's 'worst restaurant meal'
▪ NBCNews: This (Long John Silver's) is the 'worst restaurant meal in America,' according to health group (CSPI)
▪ NBCNews: Patents keep HIV drugs too pricey to use

Ecosystem news
▪ NBCNews: Even sonar within 'safe' limits may be harming endangered whales

Science news
▪ CBSNews: Solar boat shines light on sun's power

Economic news
▪ NBCNews: Car sales are on a roll, but the economy? Not so much

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: McDonald's Pa. franchisee backs downon debit-card only payroll

Aviation news
▪ NBCNews: Airliner near-misses prompt call for changes to 'go-around' rules

Egypt
▪ CNN: Showdown? Egypt's Morsy defies military 'ultimatum'
▪ NBCNews: Egypt's Morsi says he won't step down, vows to protect his legitimacy

North Korea
▪ CNN: Dennis Rodman says he deserves consideration for Nobel Peace Prize

Social media news
▪ CNN: Teen in jail for months over 'sarcastic' Facebook threat

Tiffany theft
▪ CNN: Ex-Tiffany's exec accused of stealing $1.3 million in jewelry

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Study: US drone strikes more likely to kill civilians than US jet fire

News of the horrid
▪ CNN: Child's body found under tarp in middle of Texas street
▪ NBCNews: Study: Growing number of children sexually abused via webcams

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Unmanned Russian rocket explodes seconds after liftoff
▪ CNN: Richer than Trump or Oprah: Meet China's female property magnate
▪ CNN: 46 sex slaves rescued in Mexico

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NPR: Felony arrest of student who bought water riles many in Virginia
▪ CNN: Missing woman's body found 28 years later, behind false wall


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Sabine Lisicki
▪ LATimes: Sabine Lisicki advances to Wimbledon semifinals

Pierce Brosnan
▪ NBCNews: Pierce Brosnan's daughter dies of ovarian cancer at age 41

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Canada Day
▪ IbTimes: Canada Day 2013: History behind the Canadian national holiday

Zimmerman trial
▪ NBCNews: Lead investigator: Zimmerman may have exaggerated his injuries

Kaley Cuoco
▪ USAToday: New couple alert: Kaley Cuoco and Henry Cavill

Dwight Howard
▪ USAToday: How Dwight Howard took over 2013 NBA free agency

Siberia
▪ DailyMail: New NBC show Siberia is scorned by Russians for stereotyping and being 'frozen in a Cold War time warp'

Robin Thicke
▪ HollywoodReporter: Robin Thicke debuts controversial new song in the wake of 'blurred lines' criticism

Friday, June 28, 2013

Trending: Friday, June 28, 2013

Published 3:46 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Boston bombing aftermath
▪ NBCNews: 'I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished:' Indictment reveals Tsarnaev's boat message

Heatwave
▪ CNN: Dangerously hot temperatures roasting the Southwest
▪ NBCNews: Extreme weekend heat wave to scorch western US
▪ ABCNews: Temperatures could hit 120 in the West

Leak investigations
▪ NBCNews: Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say
▪ NPR: U.S. Army restricts access to 'The Guardian' Website

Snowden
▪ NBCNews: 'No one wants this fight:' Ecuadoreans divided over Snowden asylum

Ricin
▪ FoxNews: Texas woman indicted in ricin letter-to-Obama case
▪ CNN: Woman indicted in mailing of ricin-laced letters to Obama, Bloomberg

Afghanistan
▪ NPR: U.S. pacifies in Afghan village, but will it stay that way?

Science news
▪ FoxNews: UK may approve creating babies with DNA from 3 people

Gun violence
▪ CNN: Conorer: Ohio boys' deaths a homicide-suicide
▪ NBCNews: Two injured in shooting at Colorado corrections department facility

Missing sailboat
▪ NBCNews: Missing American schooner 'probably had a catastrophic event;' 7 remain missing

Vatican news
▪ NBCNews: Vatican monsignor arrested over alleged fraud, corruption and slander, lawyer says

Health news
▪ NPR: Polio outbreak in Somalia jeopardizes global eradication

Technology news
▪ CNN: BlackBerry 10 is not a hit; stock nosedives 28%
▪ ABCNews: Blackberry's comeback in doubt as new phone sales fizzle

Faith-based birth control Obamacare
▪ NBCNews: Final issue on birth-control access for faith-based employers

Aviation news
▪ FoxNews: Delta punished for breaking the rules on passenger bumping

Good Samaritan news
▪ NBCNews: Good Samaritan who saved young girl dies from injuries
▪ FoxNews: Good Samaritan who saved drowning girl dies from injuries weeks after rescue

Royal baby news
▪ NBCNews: Crowds, cakes, cocktails: UK prepares to greet royal baby

Sarah Murnaghan lung transplant
▪ NBCNews: Dying girl, 10, received two sets of lungs after national debate

Pop culture
▪ CNN: Alec Baldwin launches Twitter rant against journalist
▪ NBCNews: Alec Baldwin Twitter-rants after wife accused of tweeting during Gandolfini funeral
▪ NBCNews: J.C. Penney, Walgreens latest of 10 companies to drop Paula Deen

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Wedding industry preps for bells to ring after DOMA ruling
▪ ABCNews: Gay man adopts his partner to avoid inheritance tax

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: Egypt: American killed during violent clashes
▪ NPR: China's 'shadow banking' and how it threatens the economy
▪ CNN: Egyptian clerics warn of 'civil war' ahead of mass protests
▪ NBCNews: Not-so-eternal flame: JFK-linked memorial goes out

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Car crash leaves man, dog coated in paint
▪ NBCNews: Santa Ana immigration officer took cash, egg rolls as bribes, feds say
▪ FoxNews: 100-year-old grandma graduates from elementary school in Mexico
▪ FoxNews: Woman's 'foot orgasm' is first known case
▪ ABCNews: N.J. woman gives birth on front lawn

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
NBA draft
▪ BleacherReport: 2013 NBA draft results: Biggest winners and losers

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Paul Pierce
▪ SBNation: Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett get traded as the Celtics finally blow it up

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Wimbledon
▪ Newsday: Murray eases into Wimbledon 4th round

Trey Burke
▪ SI: Trey Burke not hottest name in draft, but he could be the best player

Immigration reform
▪ NBCNews: Does immigration reform stand a chance?

Jared Leto
▪ NYDailyNews: Jared Leto dresses in drag as he dons pink wig, fake eyelashes, red lipstick for Candy cover

Dwight Howard
▪ USAToday: Lakers GM to Dwight Howard: 'We care about you'