Trending: Thursday, December 5, 2013

Published 5:08 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Breaking news: Nelson Mandela dies
▪ CNN: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies
▪ NBCNews: Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Weather
▪ CNN: Storm's 1-2-3 punch: Frigid, snowy and icy

Medicaid fraud
▪ NBCNews: Dozens of Russian diplomats in NY defrauded Medicaid system: Prosecutors

Non-gun violence
▪ CNN: Florida man kills wife and son with crossbow, then slits throat

U.S. nationals abroad deaths
▪ CNN: American teacher slain in Libya

Bear attack news
▪ CNN: Bear suspected in attack captured, killed

iPhone news
▪ NBCNews: Obama say's he's not allowed iPhone for 'security reasons'

School bus accidents
▪ NBCNews: Child killed in school bus accident in Idaho

Wildfire news
▪ NPR: $559 K fine set for safety failures in deadly Arizona wildfire

World-of-work news
▪ CBSNews: One-third of bank tellers rely on public assistance

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Militants launch deadly attack on Yemen's defense ministry

Obituaries in the news
▪ CNN: Danny Wells, character actor and co-star of 'Super Mario Bros.', dies at 72

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
Amazon

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <200,000 searches
Weather
▪ See 'weather' above

Pandora
▪ USAToday: Tech stocks: Pandora share climb

Sears

Old Navy

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Reddit

Dropbox
▪ TechCrunch: Brace launches Dropbox-powered hosting solution for static sites

Jennifer Lawrence
▪ USAToday: Jennifer Lawrence hungers for normalcy

Mega Millions
▪ Philly.com: Powerball jumps, though Mega Millions worth much more

Weather.com

Sprint

SEPHORA

Michaels

Xbox One
▪ BostonGlobe: Xbox One is more than a game, but less than ideal

American Horror Story

Bitcoin
▪ FoxNews: Mayor, police chief in struggling Kentucky coal town to donate salary in Bitcoins to spur economy

Trending now on Twitter
▪ RIP Nelson Mandela
▪ #FantasyPlayoffSleeper
▪ #breakoutartist
▪ #RememberingMandela
▪ #tbt
▪ Austin Mahone
▪ #PeoplesChoice
▪ Christmas
▪ Morgan Freeman

Trending: Friday, November 8, 2013

Published 12:33 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Philippines typhoon (Haiyan)
CNN: Super Typhoon Haiyan, perhaps strongest ever, blows across Philippines
NPR: Strongest cyclone ever? Typhoon Haiyan slams Philippines

Obamacare
NBCNews: US to require insurers to cover mental health, addiction same as physical illness
USAToday: New rule requires equal treatment for mental illness

Satellite news
CNN: Satellite falling to Earth

Shark news
CNN: South Carolina team finds new hammerhead species

Google Google/doodle news
NBCNews: Google inkblot lets you share your neuroses
USAToday: Google's floating tech center has ambitious design

Allergy/nutrition news
FoxNews: 10-year-old boy cured of serious peanut allergy

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
NBCNews: Website exposes 'homewreckers' -- but it doesn't break the law

Apology news
NPR: '60 Minutes' apologizes for Benghazi report: 'We were wrong'

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
CMA Awards 2013
E!Weekly: CMA Awards 2013: The complete winners list

Twitter
See Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, November 7, 2013)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Walmart
HuffPost: Walmart won't honor those insane bargains created by a tech glitch

Philippines
See Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, November 7, 2013)
See 'Philippines typhoon' above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Justin Bieber
CNN: Justin Beieber's Brazil adventures: Truth or idol gossip?

Stanford football
USAToday: No. 6 Stanford stifles No. 2 Oregon, 26-20

Thanksgiving 2013
(Interesting because this most likely indicates when people started realizing they need to know when Thanksgiving falls so they can plan for it)
TIME: Moving Thanksgiving just might save the economy

Redskins
WashPost: Redskins lose to the lowly Vikings

Jennifer Lawrence
HuffPost: Jennifer Lawrence debuts a short hairdo, is not sporting a pixie cut

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Margot Robbie
DailyMail: Will Smith and Margot Robbie

JCPenney
USAToday: Why I'm not getting on J.C. Penney turnaround

Macys
NYTimes: Macy's splurges on a makeover on 34th Street

The Voice
USAToday: 'The Voice' puts fans in Twitter command

Black Friday 2013
CSM: Black Friday 2013: 16 myths debunked

Thor 2
Fandango: Thor: The Dark World

Call of Duty Ghosts
See Trendilla from Yesterday (Thursday, November 8, 2013)

Lorde
UKTelegraph: Lorde interview: Dream teen

Elizabeth Vargas
CNN: ABC's Elizabeth Vargas: 'I am dealing with addition' to alcohol