Trending: Friday, October 25, 2013

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

Yesterday's Google trend at bottom

Today's headlines
Solar flare news
▪ CNN: Sun erupts with solar flare -- one of the strongest it can unleash

Earthquake news
▪ NBCNews: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Japan near Fukushima
▪ USAToday: A tsunami warning has been issued for Fukushima prefecture

Healthcare.gov news
▪ CNN: Official: Federal health care site should be fully functioning by end of November
▪ NBCNews: Healthcare.gov will work smoothly by end of November, government pledges

Toyota news
▪ USAToday: Toyota to pay damages in fatal acceleration case

Syria
▪ NPR: Norway says it can't destroy Syria's chemical weapons

Cold case news
▪ CNN: Court papers: Grand jury in 1999 sought to indict JonBenet Ramsey's parents

FDA and pet food
▪ NBCNews: FDA proposes strict new safety rules for animal food

Pirate news
▪ CNN: Search on for U.S. mariners seized from C-Retriever off Nigeria coast

Meth news
▪ NBCNews: Elderly Australian couple unwittingly smuggles $6.7M of meth, police say

Health news
▪ NBCNews: High blood sugar tied to memory problems

Psychology news
▪ TIME: It's not you; doctors are just rude

Dog news
▪ NBCNews: Giant George, once world's tallest dog, dies

Mystery blond girl
▪ USAToday: Test proves Bulgarian woman mother of mystery girl

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNews: Disney to open its largest store ever, in Shanghai
▪ NBCNews: Blast at Mexico candy factory kills one, injures dozens
▪ NBCNews: 11 hostages seized at German fast-food restaurant


Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Bitstrips
▪ ABCNews: Bitstrips: Those comic strips on Facebook explained

Mary McCormack
▪ NYDailyNews: 'Smash' director Michael Morris' wife, Mary McCormack, 'wants to split'after alleged Katharine McPhee affair: report

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Origami owl/prodigy news
▪ DailyMail: Meet the teenage girl who launched a custom jewelry company at age 14

Captain America, The Winter Soldier
▪ NYDailyNews: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' teaser trailer lands

Brett Favre
▪ CNN: Brett Favre: Memory lapse 'put a little fear in me'

Bad Grandpa
▪ USAToday: 'Bad Grandpa' matures to score candid camera laughs