Trending, Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (New Year's Eve)

Published 10:05 a.m. CDT (GMT - 6:00)

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

Today's headlines
2013 in review
▪ NBCNews: 2013 in news: Terror in Boston, gridlock in Washington, history at the Vatican
▪ NPR: In memoriam: 2013 (Listen: A tribute to music greats who died in 2013)
▪ FoxNews: Fox News poll: Voters give 2013 a thumbs up, feel optimistic about economy
▪ FoxNews: Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year's end

2014 preview
▪ CNN: New year, new laws: Obamacare, pot, guns and drones
▪ NBCNews: US Olympic CEO:  Russian bombings 'a preview of what could happen in' in Sochi
▪ NBCNews: Hey! Who turned out the lights? Incandescent bulb ban just one of new year's new laws
▪ NBCNews: Think 2013 was bad year for health politics? Just wait for 2014
▪ FoxNews: Americans hopeful for a better 2014, poll finds
▪ FoxNews: Drones, placentas and transgender students: New laws in 2014 cover much ground
▪ ABCNews: New laws you need to know about in 2014: From tanning salons to pot

New Year's Eve
▪ CNN: New Year's Eve: Ushering in 2014 with edible confetti, drag queen drop
▪ NBCNews: Cold, snow arrive with New Year, but record storm unlikely
▪ NBCNews: New Year's Eve: Global  revelers begin ringing in 2014

What to call 2014?
▪ CNN: 2014: How are you going to say it? (We're slowly changes from 'two-thousand' to 'twenty')

Hangover news
▪ NBCNews: Hangovers really do get worse as we get older, and here's why

Obamacare/Healthcare.gov
▪ CNN: Starting the new year  in Obamacare limbo
▪ NPR: Official in charge of creating HealthCare.gov steps down

Stranded Antarctic research ship
▪ ABCNews: Helicopter rescue for stranded Antarctic ship on hold for better weather

Beyoncé-Challenger controversy
▪ CNN: Beyoncé: No disrespect intended to dead Challenger astronauts with song

Train derailment news
▪ NBCNews: Mile-long train carrying crude oil derails, explodes in North Dakota

Housing news
▪ CNN: Home prices jump 13.6%

Health news
▪ NBCNews: Millions of high risk for lung cancer should be screened years, panel says

Transplant controversy news
▪ ABCNews: Boy who fought 'under-12 rule' gets lung transplant

Climate change news
▪ NBCNews: Florida's mangrove forests expand north with climate change

Volcano news
▪ NBCNews: More than 19,000 flee as volcano erupts on Indonesia's Sumatra
▪ NPR: VIDEO: Volcano erupts in El Salvador, ash and gas soar

Northern Ireland
▪ NBCNews: Northern Ireland talks prove fruitless after year of renewed rioting, bombs

Democratic Republic of Congo
▪ NBCNews: Scores die as followers of 'prophet' Gedeon seize TV station in Congo

Gun violence news/family-cide news
▪ NBCNews: MJ man arrested for shooting his grandmother: cops

Drone news
▪ NBCNews: Drones take next step with announcement of test sites

Trademark infringement news
▪ NPR: The other 'f' word: Brewer responds to Starbucks over beer name

Animal amazement news
▪ NPR: Animal (planarian) loses its head but remembers everything

Pop culture
▪ CNN: Netflix deleting dozens of classics: Last chance to stream 'Titanic,' 'Top Gun' on Netflix
▪ USAToday: 'Price is Right' gives away most valuable car ever

Vigilante news
▪ USAToday: Woman, worried son was assaulted, slices man's genitals

World-of-work news/CEO salaries
▪ CNN: Netflix CEO Hastings gets 50% pay hike for 2014
▪ NBCNews: Man accidentally killed by truck on tarmac at Boston airport
▪ NBCNews: More 'quality' jobs seen as sign of improving economy
▪ FoxNews: Businesses brace for 'serious cuts' as city (SeaTac, Washington) enacts highest-in-nation $15 minimum wage

Culture-in-the-U.S. new
▪ NBCNews: Light-hearted obits more than a passing fancy, say family of 2013's funniest dead
▪ NPR: On evolution, a widening political gap, Pew says
▪ CBSNews: Republicans' belief in evolution plummets, poll reveals
▪ USAToday: One-third of Americans reject human evolution

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Chinese doctor admits selling patients' newborns

Obituaries in the news
▪ BleacherReport: Akeem Adams, Trinidad and Tobago defender, dies in Hungary
▪ LIFE: Photographer spotlight: John Dominis
▪ NBCNews: Former longtime Indiana Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr., dies at 81
▪ USAToday: School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis dies at 35

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches
Denver Broncos
▪ ESPN: Peyton Manning mark under review

League of Legends
▪ TheInquisitr: League of Legends, Reddit taken down in attack aimed at gamer PhantomLord

Mike Shanahan
▪ NYDailyNews: Redskins fire Mike Shanahan after disastrous 3-13 season

quenelle
▪ UKTelegraph: Nicolas Anelka and West Bromwich Albion must apologise now over guenelle gesture

KayORedd
▪ UPI: Kayo Redd, Waka Flocka's younger brother, dies

Tim Tebow
▪ BleacherReport: Tim Tebow hired by ESPN as analyst for SEC Network

Dwyane Wade
▪ USAToday: Dwayne Wade on infant son: 'Blessing to the bloodline'

New Orleans Saints
▪ NFL.com:  New Orleans Saints will travel to Philadelphia Eagles

Happy New Year 2014
▪ See above

Trending now on Twitter
▪ #CakeBossKickoff
▪ #matthewTo150k
▪ #NewYearsMEGAMIX
▪ #GreekFolllowTrain
▪ #2k13memories
▪ Arizona State
▪ Brock Lesnar
▪ Eva Marie
▪ Champion Baptist

Trending: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Published 12:46 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Nevada school shootings
▪ CNN: Police: Nevada student who killed teacher had 9 mm pistol
▪ NBCNews: Police search for a motive in Nevada middle school shooting that left two dead
▪ NPR: Teacher who died trying to end shooting remembered as a hero

Australia wildfires
▪ NPR: As smoke blankets Sydneyk, Australians brace for worse days

Hurricane news
▪ NBCNews: Hurricane Raymond threatens Mexico coast battered by storms last month

Mystery blond girl in Greece
▪ USAToday: Parents worldwide hoping girl found in Greece is theirs

Goblin boulder toppler
▪ CNN: Man seen toppling boulder claims 'debilitating injuries' from car crash in recent lawsuit
▪ FoxNews: Boy Scouts toss 2 men who knocked over ancient Utah rock

Rare find news
▪ USAToday: Teen finds 3.85-carat diamond in state park

Pet food contamination news
▪ NBCNews: Jerky treat mystery: Nearly 600 pets dead; still no source, FDA says

Facebook news
▪ CNN: Facebook lifts ban on beheading videos

Epidemiology news
▪ NBCNews: Herpes virus genome traces the ancient path of human migration

Aviation news
▪ NBCNews: Two planes make precautionary emergency landings on Monday night

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Too many American teens are smoking 'little cigars,' report says

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
TLC

Josh Freeman
▪ NFL.com: Josh Freeman gamble costs free-falling Vikings in loss

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Nevada school shooting
▪ See above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Kelly Clarkson
▪ NYDailyNews: Kelly Clarkson marries Brandon Blackstock in Tennessee wedding

Jim Leyland
▪ USAToday: Jim Leyland stepping down as Tigers manager

Tim Tebow
▪ CSMonitor: Tim Tebow to the Rams? Cue the Tebowmania

Bud Adams
▪ See Trendilla from yesterday (Monday, October 21, 2013)

Reggie Wayne
▪ USAToday: Colts lose WR Reggie Wayne to torn ACL

Trending: Sunday, August 11, 2013

Published 3:30 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Suspicious package at JFK
▪ CNN: Phosphoric acid prompts scare at JFK airport post office
▪ ABCNews: Workers at JFK report package made them ill

DiMaggio manhunt
▪ CNN: Crief to euphoria: California teen rescued after suspect DiMaggio killed in Idaho
▪ NBCNews: Rescued teen Hannah Anderson to be reunited with dad

Amber Alert news (this seems to be a new category in the news)
▪ CNN: Police nab suspect named in Rhode Island Amber Alert, toddler still missing
▪ NBCNews: Suspect arrested but toddler snatched after double slaying still missing

Afghanistan
▪ NBCNews: 3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Aviation news
▪ CNN: Osprey aircraft deployed for first time in support of Marine One

Smarthphone news
▪ USAToday: Report: Apple unveiling new iPhone in September

Israel
▪ NBCNews: Israel approves nearly 1,200 new settlement homes

North Korea
▪ NBCNews: American missionary jailed in North Korea taken to hospital

California Silver Fire
▪ NBCNews: California Silver Fire expected to be fully contained by Monday

Election 2016
▪ NBCNews: Heat is on: GOP, Democrats storm into Iowa to get 2016 race started

Down syndrome news
▪ NBSNews: Could it be a 'cure?' Breakthrough prompts Down syndrome soul-searching

Compounding pharmacy news
▪ NBCNews: Texas pharmacy recalls products after infections

Gun news
▪ FoxNews: Latest bills could make California toughest state on gun control

Meth news
▪ FoxNews: CVS requesting ID for nail polish remover, in effort to curb 'meth' production

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Some of my best friends aren't black or brown or Asian

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: New Zealand's solution for rising health costs? Deport fat people
▪ NPR: Reactor powered up on first 'made in Indian' nuclear sub

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ NBCNews: Religious family fleeing US by sailboat goes adift, winds up in Chile

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Hannah Anderson
▪ See 'DiMaggio manhunt' above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Eydie Gorme
▪ CNN: Singer Eydie Gorme dies at 84

Teen Choice Awards

Tim Tebow
▪ USAToday: Tim Tebow's message to locker room cameraman

Trending: Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Published 4:24 p.m. CST (GMT - 5:00)

Google trends from yesterday at bottom

Today's headlines
Turkey protests
▪ CNN: Tear gas, stun grenades, fireworks: Chaos overtakes Istanbul protests
▪ NBCNews: Turkish police fire tear gas in effort to clear Istanbul protesters

State Department scandal
▪ CNN: Prostitution, drugs alleged in State Department memo
▪ NBCNews: Ambassador responds to allegations of misconduct from State Department memo
▪ FoxNews: State Department accused of covering up sex and prostitution investigation

NSA spying scandal
▪ NBCNews: Leaked secrets pose a risk for Booz Allen, where secrecy means billions
▪ NBCNews: On the run and out of a job: Consulting company fires professed NSA leaker
▪ NPR: He broke the NSA leaks story, but just who is Glenn Greenwald?
▪ CBSNews: WH defends DNI director Clapper after congressional testimony draws ire

Immigration reform
▪ NBCNews: Senate votes to begin historic immigration reform debate

Workplace news
▪ NBCNews: Students feel unprepared for world of work
▪ CNN: Elevator worker dies during construction of new San Francisco 49ers stadium

Princeton University
▪ ABCNews: Princeton University evacuated for bomb threat, suspicious package

Brett Seacat
▪ ABCNews: Brett Seacat: Jury finds ex-cop guilty of wife's murder

North Korea
▪ NBCNews: North Korea calls off talks with South Korea over choice of diplomat

Google news
▪ NBCNews: Google snaps up Waze to add to mapping service
▪ CBSNews: Google says it wants to disclose FISA requests

Science news
▪ USAToday: One of the ocean's most elusive creative, the oarfish, caught on film

Drone news
▪ NPR: To crack down on rhino poaching, authorities turn to drones

Weather news
▪ USAToday: 1 person killed in apocalpytic Nevada sandstorm pileup

Health news
▪ NPR: How CT scans have raised kids' risk for future cancer
▪ NBCNews: Despite reversal, don't look for emergency contraception soon
▪ NBCNews: 87 now sick with hepatitis a linked to frozen berry mix
▪ FoxNews: Transplant group rejects lung rule changes, but creates system to hear changes
▪ USAToday: Walgreens to pay $80 million for oxycodone violations

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Same is gone: Thrifty shoppers rediscover secondhand fashion
▪ NBCNews: Sales of Orwell's '1984' up over 6,000 percent after NSA news
▪ NBCNews: Sorry bud, I can't afford to be your best man

Outside the U.S. News
▪ CBSNews: Europe's airports snarled over air traffic control system dispute
▪ CBSNews: Al Qaeda has feared weapon, Mali documents suggest

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 2M searches
iOS7
▪ CBSNews: Apple unveils overhaul of iOS 7, new iTunes Radio

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 but less than 2M searches
Tim Tebow
▪ USAToday: Patriots' Tim Tebow ready 'to learn under Tom'

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches but <500,000
Mac Pro
▪ Wired: Apple gives the Mac Pro a super-powered cylindrical update

Kingdom Hearts 3
▪ engagadet: Final FantasyXV and Kingdom Hearts 3 announced for Playstation 4

Chad Johnson
▪ ESPN: Chad Johnson's plea deal rejected

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 searches but <200,000
Killer Instinct
▪ ign: E3 2013: Killer Instinct announced for Xbox One

Engadget
▪ engagadet: Final FantasyXV and Kingdom Hearts 3 announced for Playstation 4

2Chainz
▪ TMZ: 2 Chainz robbed at gunpoint: shots fired

Merion Golf Club
▪ BleacherReport: Merion Golf Club saturated by torrential rain heading into 2013 US Open

Trending: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Published 6:13 a.m. CST


Nothing trending yet for today


Google trends yesterday with 1M+ searches

Jason Collins

▪ WashingtonTimes: I'm Gay:' NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier (ad first)

▪ ESPN: Jason Collins says he's gay (ad first)

▪ NYTimes: With the words 'I'm Gay,' an N.B.A. center breaks a barrier


Google trends from yesterday with at least 200,000 searches but <1M

Tim Tebow

▪ USAToday: Jets waive Tim Tebow after one season

▪ FoxSports: What are the options for Tim Tebow now that he has been released (ad first)

▪ ESPN: New York Jets cut Tim Tebow (ad first)


Farrah Abraham

▪ USAToday: 'Teen mom' star Farah Abraham sells tape

▪ LATimes: Farrah's tape sold and to a higher bidder


Google trends from yesterday with at least 100,000 searches but <200,000

Act

(Google search for 'act' does not suggest what searchers were looking for)

▪ RealClearPolitics: Robert Baer: Boston suspects didn't act alone

▪ NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Allied Command Transformation

▪ FoxNews: Bolling to Christie: 'Act like a Republican'


Amber Heard

▪ USMagazine: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard hold hands at Rolling Stones concert: Picture

▪ NYDailyNews: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard dating again: 'Rum Diary' co-stars seen holding hands at Rolling Stones concert


Also happening...

World Trade Center

▪ NBCNews: 'Tallest' building in the West? Symbolic One World Trade Center aspires with spire


Boston bombing aftermath

▪ CNN: Boston suspect linked to slain jihadist?

▪ USAToday: Woman's DNA found on Boston bomb, but it doesn't necessarily point to female accomplice


North Korea

▪ CNN: S. Korea: Joint drills with U.S. end

▪ FoxNews: U.S. urges North Korea to release detained American


Ricin mailings

▪ CNN: Suspect in ricin case described as 'a little different'


Other news

▪ CNN: Virgin Galactic one flight closer to space tourism

▪ CNN: Michael Jackson's wrongful death trial begins

▪ NBCNews: Ohio high schooler attempts suicide in front of class


Pop culture news

▪ CNN: Surviving Monkees to tour

▪ ABCNews: Pizza maker shortage hits Italian pizzerias

▪ ABCNews: Olympic torch to go into orbit


Health news
▪ YahooNews: Allergies less common among kids born outside the U.S.

▪ USAToday: Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products

▪ ABCNews: FDA probing added caffeine in food



Gun control

▪ CNN: Pro-gun billboard featuring native Americans draws ire


Around the world

▪ CNN: Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne after mother abdicates

▪ CNN: Mexico: Traffickers abandoning immigrants at sea

▪ DailyMail: Crypt skeletons may be family of medieval knight

▪ FoxNews: Iran moves American Christian into solitary confinement over prayer protest

▪ FoxNews: Stunt man dies while zip-lining across river in India


Out-of-the-orindary news

▪ CNN: Desperate for another child; mom forces daughter to inseminate herself

▪ NBCNews: Fish that can live out of water to be hunted in NYC