Trending: Thursday, October 31, 2013

Published 1:41 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Halloween
▪ USAToday: Monstrous Halloween storm to pelt central U.S.

Obamacare Website
▪ CNN: Obamacare site outage resolved
▪ USAToday: Obama also tried health care website

Gym mat death
▪ CNN: Federal prosecutor will look into Kendrick Johnson case

Blocked Obama nominees
▪ CNN: Senate GOP blocks two Obama nominees, raising stakes in bitter fight

Air travel news
▪ CNN: FAA allowing most electronic device use throughout flights
▪ NBCNews: FAA to allow tabletsand e-readers during all phases of flight

Edward Snowden
▪ CNN: Snowden gets website job in Russia, lawyer says

Facebook news
▪ CNN: Don't freak out about Facebook's 'teen problem'

Drug tunnel news
▪ CNN: 'Highly sophisticated' drug tunnel found linking San Diego, Tijuana

James A. Kirk/Zumwalt
▪ CNN: Finally, Capt. Kirk has his cloaking device

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ CNN: Sahara desert deaths: 92 migrants perish in Niger after vehicle breaks down

Trial bills
▪ CNN: Ex-trooper's murder trials drained millions from cash-strapped Indiana county

AIDS news
▪ NPR: AIDS scientists encouraged by antibodies that it monkey virus

Firearm news
▪ NPR: No more guns for neighborhood watch in Sanford, Fla.

Rare disease news
▪ ABCNews: NJ woman felled by 'devastating disease doctors have never heard of' (myalgic encephalomyelitis)

Dell/cat pee news
▪ ABCNews: Dell Latitude 6430u users complain laptop smells of cat urine

Food contamination/poisoning news
▪ CBSNews: FDA: 12% of imported spices contaminated with insect parts, salmonella, hair

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ FoxNews: Pentagon training manual: white males have unfair advantages

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 500,000 searches
Red Sox
▪ CNN: Red Sox redefine what it means to be dynasty

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but <500,000 searches
Halloween/Happy Halloween
▪ See 'Halloween' above

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
Google glass
▪ NPR: 'I was very shocked,' say driver ticketed for wearing Google glass

Tara Lynn
▪ DailyMail: Big is beautiful: Plus size model Tara Lynn stars in new H&M campaign