Trending: Monday, January 20, 2014

Published 3:48 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)
Yesterday's Google trends and today's U.S. Twitter Trending now at bottom

Today's headlines
What they're leading with
▪ CNN: EXCLUVIVE: Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime
▪ NBCNews: Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'
▪ NPR: Low hopes, high stakes for Syria peace conference in Geneva; Oxfam: World's richest 1 percent control half of global wealth (have versus have not)
▪ FoxNews: Shortage of lethal drugs, 'ugly' Ohio execution fuels battle over death penalty
▪ ABCNews: Carousel: Urgent search in Sochi for possible Olympic suicide bomber; Richard Sherman and other epic sore winners; Postal union wants to stamp out Staples plan; Latest headline: 10 hurt in explosion at Omaha animal feed plant
▪ CBSNews: Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft wakes up after 2.5-year hibernation
▪ USAToday: Poll: Most Americans now oppose the NSA program; Poll: Most doubt Christie did not know about scandal

Pre-Sochi 2014 Olympics news
▪ CNN: Warships part of U.S. contingency plan for Sochi Olympics
▪ NBCNews: Violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski at Sochi Olympics for Thailand
▪ NPR: U.S. Olympic skier finds team spirit, minus the team

Gun violence news
▪ FoxNews: Cleveland police in hunt for gunman after 5-year-old girl shot dead

Mars news
▪ CNN: Mystery rock spotted on Mars

Recall news
▪ CNN: Kraft Velvetta product recalled

Infection news
▪ NBCNews: Doctors' dress code aims to halt nasty germs

Gender in the U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Daughters make more decisions on parents' care, study finds

Race in the U.S. news
▪ ABCNews: Study: Nearly half of black men arrested by age 23

Marijuana news
▪ USAToday: Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: More Americans buying wedding insurance
▪ NBCNews: Minneapolis/St. Paul is American's fittest city


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 5M searches
Super Bowl
▪ NPR: Broncos, Seahawks headed to the Super Bowl

Richard Sherman
▪ USAToday: Erin Andrews is happy that Richard Sherman 'lost his mind' in postgame interview

Martin Luther King Jr.
▪ NPR: A promise unfulfilled: 1962 MLK speech recording is discovered

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
NaVorro Bowman
▪ USAToday: 49ers LB Navorro Bowman suffers gruesome knee injury

The Following
▪ LATimes: Kevin Bacon finally loosens up on 'The Following'

Ann Wilson
▪ USAToday: Ann Wilson's national anthem draws mixed reviews

Marshawn Lynch
▪ SeattleTimes: Rookie lineman Alvin Bailey helps pave the way for Marchawn Lynch

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Jim Harbaugh
▪ NBCSports: Jim Harbaugh decries 'loophole' on Bowman's forced fumble

Roy Garber
▪ ABCNews: 'Shipping Wars' star Roy Garber dies

Eric Decker
▪ CBSSports: Eric Decker resurfaces as a factor

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #SKAISLAYED
▪ #JanoskianatorsAreNeverLeaving
▪ Happy MLK Day
▪ #MoreFakeThanWendyDavis
▪ #AustinAllyLiveChat
▪ #RichardSherman
▪ The Knicks
▪ MSG
▪ Dr. King