Trending: Friday, July 26, 2013

Published 3:53 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Hacking/GPS terrorism news
▪ FoxNews: Exclusive: GPS flaw could let terrorists hijack ships, planes

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner
▪ CNN: Amid calls for resignation, embattled San Diego mayor to enter clinic
▪ FoxNews: San Diego mayor ignores calls to resign, plans 2 weeks of 'therapy' instead

Detroit
▪ CNN: Detroit, the 'used to be' city
▪ CNN: New $444 million hocky arena is still a go in Detroit

World-of-work news
▪ NBCNews: 'Workers Rising challenge:' Politicans try living on minimum wage

Lincoln Memorial
▪ CNN: Vandals splatter Lincoln Memorial with green paint
▪ CBSNews: (Video ad first) Lincoln Memorial vandalized

Handwriting
▪ CNN: Has technology ruined handwriting?

Health news
▪ NBCNews: 'Fat shaming' actually increases risk of becoming or staying obese, study says
▪ NBCNews: LA-area campgrounds shut down after squirrel tests positive for plague
▪ NPR: Cyclo-what? A nasty stomach bug spreads in the Midwest
▪ FoxNews: West Nile Virus kills 3, sickens 31

Environment news
▪ CBSNews: Melting ice forms lake in the North Pole

Ariel Castro
▪ CNN: Ariel Castro agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty
▪ NPR: 'Life without parole' deal struck for Cleveland kidnapper
Madison Square Garden
▪ CNN: Madison Square Garden gets 10 years to find new location

Southwest jet
▪ CNN: Southwest jet hit runway nose first, investigators say

Egypt
▪ NBCNews: Morsi investigated for murder as rival rallies take to Egypt's streets

North Korea
▪ NPR: Stamps, jeans, beer: What Americans want from North Korea

Indian school lunch deaths
▪ NPR: Indian school deaths: A village's pain compounded by poverty

Edward Snowden
▪ NBCNews:  Holder: Snowden would not face death penalty if sent home

Boeing Dreamliner
▪ NBCNews: More Dreamliner ills; smoke in one, another grounded

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Drone gender gap: More women worldwide opposed to strikes than men
▪ FoxNews: St. Louis police chief reportedly wants drones to fight city crime

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Italy police arrest more than 100 people in Mafia crackdown
▪ NBCNews: China silences American-style TV talent shows

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Armed men bust 'Pink Panthers' jewel thief out of Swiss prison
▪ CNN: Canadians paying the coffee forward... by the hundreds
▪ NBCNews: Mysterious hum driving people crazy around the world

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches
Spain train crash
See also: Trendilla from yesterday (Thursday, July 25, 2013)
▪ FoxNews: Police detain Spain train crash driver as suspect

Sydney Leathers
▪ CNN: Weiner chat partner Sydney Leathers felt 'manipulated'

DJKhaled
▪ Newsday: DJ Khaled proposes to Nicki Minaj with 10 karat ring on MTV

Heidi Klum
▪ EW: Heidi Klum to guest on 'Parks and Recreation'

Trending: Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Followup for this day (added on March 19, 2014)

Solar flare news

▪ NBCNews: Close call: Destructive solar blasts narrowly missed Earth in 2012 (1859 Carrington event, coronal mass ejection on July 23, 2012)

Published 2:18 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Royal baby first look
▪ CNN: World gets first glimpse of Kate and William's royal baby boy
▪ NBCNews: 'He has her looks, thankfully:' Will, Kate show off royal baby
▪ NBCNews: Video leaving hospital
▪ NBCNews: Like Princess Diana, polka-dot clad Duchess Kate shows off newborn prince
▪ NPR/FoxNews: Watch: Royal couple leave the hospital with their baby boy
▪ FoxNews: Britain's royal baby makes his public debut

Southwest incident
▪ LATimes: Southwest jet's landing gear collapses on landing, injuring 10

Abu Ghraib
▪ CNN: Prisons, army, mosque targeted in Iraq; nearly 50 dead

Pope Francis
▪ CNN: A nightmare day for the pope's security detail
▪ FoxNews: Pope Francis causes mob scene in Brazil when his car makes a wrong turn

Fast food news
▪ CNN: Taco Bell will drop kids' meals

Lance Armstrong
▪ CNN: Lance Armstrong says his doping still 'polarizing topic' for many

Syria
▪ CNN: Source: Obama to move forward with plan to arm Syrian rebels

Boston bombing aftermath
▪ CNN: Cop who released Tsarnaev images  placed on restricted desk duty

Detroit
▪ CNN: Shrinking population, heavy debt make turnaround tough for Detroit schools

Health news
▪ NBCNews: Illegal diabetes products draw 15 FDA warnings
▪ NPR: Unusual tick-borne virus lurks in Missouri's woods

Technology news
▪ USAToday: Motorola unveils fresh lineup of Droid smartphones

Challenge-the-brightest news
▪ NPR: Giving brightest kids the 'Cram School' experience, online

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: 20,000 snakes, rats so abused rescuers needed counseling
▪ USAToday: Starbucks to enter yogurt business
▪ NBCNews: What's 'wealthy?' $5 million and plenty of cash, some say
▪ NPR: Distractions in the digital age call for apps to block sites

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Which nations hate the U.S.? Often those receiving U.S. aid
▪ NPR: 'Burqa ban' sparks another round of clashes in France

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 5M searches
Royal baby
▪ See Today's headlines above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M but <5M searches
Dennis Farina
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, July 22, 2013)

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but less than 1M searches
Ryan Braun
▪ USAToday: Why Ryan Braun was smart to accept suspension

BBC (See Royal baby above)

Selena Gomez
▪ MTV: Selena Gomez's 21st birthday

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,00 but <200,000 searches
Geraldo Rivera
▪ Today: Geraldo Rivera tweets selfie at 70

Von Miller
▪ USAToday: Von Miller on drug suspension: 'I did nothing wrong'