Trending: Monday, December 23, 2013

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

Trending now on Google and Twitter at bottom

Today's headlines
Weather
▪ CNN: Plummeting temps on tap for much of U.S.
▪ NBCNews: Christmas in the dark? Storm brings ice and outages to Midwest, Northeast
▪ NPR: Ice storm leaves tens of thousands in the dark

Obamacare deadlines
▪ CNN: Countdown to Obamacare deadlines
▪ NBCNews: Deadline looms for Obamacare
▪ FoxNews: ObamaCare deadline is a milestone and marker of uncertainty

Target credit card breach
▪ NPR: After Target's data breach, customer incentive disappoints

North Korea
▪ CNN: Did business disputes play a role in Kim Jong Un's uncle's execution?
▪ FoxNews: Dennis Rodman leaves North Korea without saying if he met Kim Jong Un

Aviation accident news
▪ NBCNews: Jet wing strikes building at Johannesburg airport

Bus crash news
▪ FoxNews: 13 hurt as tour bus crashes on California freeway

Does-this-really-happen-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Kicked out of high school for 'public lewdness' after reporting rape

Deviant survivalist news
▪ NBCNews: Survivalist sought in murder of wife and two young daughters

This-would-make-a-good-plot-device-news
▪ NBCNews: New Jersey Realtors used client's home for 'sexual escapades:' report
▪ FoxNews: Pennsylvania woman tried to frame hubby with child porn

Americans abroad news (cross-cultural faux pas)
▪ NBCNews: US consultant Shezanne Cassim sentenced to year in UAE jail for posting satirical video

Conflicting norm news
▪ NBCNews: UK retailer M&S faces boycott after Muslim worker refused to sell alcohol

Gas prices news
▪ NBCNews: Gas prices edge downwards after recent rise

Pop culture news
▪ NBCNews: After outrage, Cracker Barrel to sell 'Duck Dynasty' items again

Life-as-a-child news
▪ FoxNews: Feds see surge in children crossing US border amid concerns over immigration policy

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Utah scrambles to stop gay marriages, as couples line up

World-of-work news
▪ FoxNews: Drunk at work? No problem: Union contracts gone wild

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: City hires 'cholita' traffic cops to ease Bolivian gridlock

Obituaries in the news
▪ NBCNews: Father of AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94

Trending now on Google
50,000+ searches
Obamacare

Festivus

Britney Spears

iOS 7 jailbreak
(Editorial comment: This is free consumer research that Apple should pay attention to in order to revamp its software)

20,000+
Mariah Carey

Trending now on Twitter
▪ Mikhail Kalashnikov
▪ #fandommemories2013
▪ #DEMIin2013
▪ #AskPeyton
▪ #DoseofCharm
▪ #CHIvsPHI
▪ Happy Festivus
▪ Trent Cole
▪ Christmas

Google trends from previous day (added 12/26/13), Sunday, December 22, 2013More than 200,000+ searches
▪ SNL
▪ Chicago Bears
▪ NFL Playoff picture
▪ Dallas Cowboys
▪ Peyton Manning▪ Patriots

At least 100,000 but <200,000▪ Sound of Music
▪ Steelers▪ Detroit Lions

Trending: Friday, December 6, 2013

Published 12:32 p.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
Weather
▪ CNN: It's a winter mess from the Southwest to the Northeast
▪ NPR: Several states brace for massive ice storm this weekend

Nelson Mandela
▪ NPR: U.S. flags lowered for Mandela, a rare honor for foreign leaders

Obamacare Website
▪ CNN: Barriers to health insurance: doubt, distrust and glitches

Syria
▪ NPR: Plan calls for Syria's chemical arsenal to be destroyed at sea

Animal news
▪ CNN: Crocs  hunt with sticks, researchers say
▪ NBCNews: Stranded whales find deeper water, raising hopes

iPhones news
▪ NBCNews: Apple guides shoppers inside stores with iBeacon

McDonald's/World-of-work news
▪ USAToday: McDonald's to workers: Don't forget to tip pool boy

Student loan news
▪ USAToday: Student loan forgiveness: What you don't know (but should)

Culture-in-the U.S.
▪ CNN: U.S. women having fewer children
▪ NBCNews: Draft of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run' lyrics auctioned for $197,000
▪ NBCNews: Would sir care to try on a dry martini for size?

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Mexico: All of stolen radioactive material found
▪ NBCNews: China pollution grounds hundreds of flights, prompts severe health warnings
▪ NPR: Thai king calls for stability amid political unrest

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

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Sound of Music
▪ USAToday: 'Sound of Music' was a little off

Weather
▪ See 'Weather' above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but <1M searches
Pandora

CNN

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Toys R Us

Macys

Sears

Old Navy

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

DropBox

Mega Millions
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, December 5, 2013)

Weather.com

Cabelas

Sprint

Michaels

Xbox One

Thursday Night Football

Scandal
▪ LATimes: 'Scandal' recap: Monster mommy

Lorde

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #RIPNelsonMandela
▪ #TheSoundOfMusicLive
▪ #Madiba
▪ #WorldCupDraw
▪ #groupofdeath
▪ Julie Andrews
▪ Von Trapp
▪ Germany and Portugal
▪ Gary Kubiak