Trending: Saturday, June 15, 2013

Published 1:25 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
New president in Iran
▪ NPR: Moderate wins Iran's presidency in rebuke to hard-line clerics
▪ CNN: Hassan Rouhani is Iran's next president
▪ NBCNews: Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani elected president of Iran, interior ministry says

NSA leaks
▪ ABCNews: Protesters take to Hong Kong streets in support of NSA leaker Edward Snowden (ad first)

Aviation security news
▪ CNN: British RAF jet diverts EgyptAir plane bound for JFK
▪ NBCNews: One in custody after 'possible security threat' aboard Denver-bound plane
▪ CBSNews: NYC-bound flight from Cairo diverted after threat

2nd Lousiana plant explosion
▪ NBCNews: One dead, three critical after second Louisiana chemical plant incident in days
▪ FoxNews: At least 1 dead, others hurt in 2nd Louisiana plant blast, police say

Colorado wildfires
▪ ABCNews: (Video ad first) Firefighters advance against huge Colo. wildfire (video story)
▪ CBSNews: Inroads made against most destructive blaze in Colorado history

Putin Superbowl ring
▪ LATimes: Patriots owner Robert Kraft admits Vladimir Putin stole his Superbowl ring
▪ USAToday: Robert Kraft: Vladimir Putin stole my Super Bowl ring

Jose Martinez homicides
▪ NBCNews: Self-identified enforcer for Mexican cartels confesses to more than 30 murders, police say

Turkey
▪ NBCNews: Turkey protesters refuse to leave Istanbul park despite PM pledge

Syria
▪ FoxNews: CIA will lead US effort to arm, train Syrian rebel forces, Fox confirms

Stock market news
▪ USAToday: Stock shrink: Market heading for severe correction

Social media news
▪ CNN: Facebook, Microsoft disclose information on user data requests

Technology news
▪ USAToday: World's last telegram to be sent next month
▪ NBCNews: Wary of tracking, users flock to DuckDuckGo
▪ CBSNews: Google's ambitious internet balloons soar above New Zealand

Teacher deviance news
▪ CNN: Former 6th grade teacher admits sex with boy

History news
▪ CNN: World War II German bomber raised from sea

Health news
▪ ABCNews: Girl dies after tick bite infection
▪ CBSNews: (Video ad first) Coffee addiction: Caffeine intoxication and withdrawal a real diagnosis (video story)

Science news
▪ CNN: Remains of 3 triceratops found in Wyoming
▪ NBCNews: Ailing Kepler telescope spots 503 new potential alien planets
▪ ABCNews: (Video ad first) Bee sperm bank: Scientists saving bees by freezing their semen

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Whole Foods revises wording on English-only policy

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CBSNews: U.K. celebrates Queen Elizabeth's birthday with grand parade
▪ FoxNews: Tanzania's albinos hope government will offer more help
▪ CNN: 23 killed in Pakistan violence; hospital seige ends

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: Man: 3-D movie changed my sight for the better

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Man of Steel
▪ CBSNews: 'Man of Steel' critics' reviews: Film wallows in sorrow more than soars

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Yeezus
▪ DailyBeast: Praise 'Yeezus:' Kanye West's new album is an eclectic tour de force

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Flag Day
▪ RegisterGuard: A low-key Flag Day: For one Springfield veteran, the Stars and Stripes deserve more recognition as a symbol of freedom

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
The Last of Us

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Trending: Thursday, April 18, 2013

Published 7:27 a.m. CST

Google trends with 1M+ searches
West, Texas
▪ CNN: 'Like a nuclear bomb:' Deadly fertilizer plant blast kills 5 to 15 people in Texas town
▪ ABCNews: Texas fertilizer  plant explosion sends 180 to hospitals, levels homes, 5 to 15 feared dead
▪ NBCNews: 'Devastating' explosion rocks Texas town (Link unavailable)
▪ NBCNews: 'Whole street is gone:' Bloodied eyewitnesses describe blast horror
▪ NBCNews: Amateur video shows explosion's devastation (Link unavailable)

More West, Texas
▪ NBCNews: Chemical industry watchdog falls years behind on safety reports for deadly accidents

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Gucci Mane
▪ eonline: Hoax alert: Gucci Mane did not insult judge in court

Amanda Bynes
▪ NYDailyNews: Amanda Bynes slams 'ugly' ex Kid Cudi, says she's 'obsessed' with herself on Twitter
▪ SFChronicle: Perez Hilton urges Amanda Bynes' parents to get her help

Man of Steel
▪ MTV: 'Man of Steel' Trailer: Is Superman finally getting it right?
▪ RollingStone: Video: Superman grows up in 'Man of Steel:' Will open June 14
▪ ABC: 'Man of Steel' celebrates 75 years (Cool pic from 1948)
▪ NPR: With mullet or with monkey, everyone knows Superman

Ongoing...
Gun background checks defeat
▪ CNN: New gun background checks rejected: Opponents 'willfully lied,' Obama says
▪ CNN: How the Senate voted on new background checks for firearms sales
▪ ABCNews: Obama scolds Senate for failed gun bill
▪ NBCNews: Obama: Senate background check failure 'shameful' day for Washington; compromise falls 6 votes short

Boston bombing investigation
▪ CNN: Images reveal 2 possible suspects in Boston bombing, official says
▪ ABCNews: Cops have clear image of potential Boston marathon bombing suspect▪ ABCNews: Mystery 'man on the roof' image goes viral
▪ NPR: Video of man leaving bag under review
▪ NBCNews: Boston bombing aftermath: How you can help

Other news
▪ CNN: Test results due in ricin scare: Mississippi man arrested
▪ AP: North Korea sets preconditions for talks restart
▪ NBCNews: Wife of ex-official arrested in slain Texas DA case
▪ CBSNews: Rare pink diamond fetches $36 million at auction

Thinking news
▪ NBCNews: Springttime's Lyrid meteor shower beginning to bloom in the night sky
▪ CBSNews: The end is near for Windows XP
▪ FOXNews: Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish▪ NPR: Separating social media's fact from fiction amid crisis: Twitter as a first draft
▪ NRP: Can acid neutralizers help coral reefs bounce back?

Weird news
▪ CNN: Captain Underpants was most complained-about library book of 2012
▪ NBCNews: Budweiser looking to score big with bowtie cans

Today in history
▪ History.com: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906; close to 8.0 on the Richter scale