Trending: Monday, October 14, 2013

Published 3:14 p.m. CDT (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Colombus Day
▪ ABCNews: Columbus Day 2013: Hero, villain or both?

Government shutdown
▪ CNN: White House meeting with Congressional leaders postponed
▪ NBCNews: White House proposes meeting with Hill leaders as talks continue
▪ NPR: Shutdown hinders S.D. post-blizzard cleanup

Debt crisis
▪ NBCNews: China state media blasts U.S. shutdown, calls for 'de-Americanized' world

Tropical storms/cyclone
▪ NBCNews: Two tropical storms bear down on Mexico's Pacific coast
▪ NBCNews: Deadly cyclone Phailin destroys $4B worth of crops

Nobel Prize news
▪ NPR: Americans win economics Nobel for interpreting stock prices

EBT glitch news
▪ FoxNews: Black Friday comes early as computer glitches cause welfare benefits frenzy
▪ CBSNews: EBT benefit card glitch sparks Walmart shopping sprees in Louisiana

Aviation news
▪ ABCNews: Door falls off plane, lands on Calif. motel roof

Al Libi/al Qaeda
▪ CNN: Al Libi taken to New York week after capture
▪ NBCNews: Al Qaeda suspect, captured in Libya, is taken to New York to face charges

Fatalies on the job
▪ CNN: Delivery driver dies during construction of new San Francisco 49ers stadium

Health news
▪ CBSNews: BPA exposure may increase miscarriage risk in pregnant women

Organizational news
▪ NBCNews: Airlines test new ways to board planes

World-of-work news
▪ CBSNews: Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans

Survivalist news
▪ NBCNews: San Francisco man found after 18 days in Mendocino forest

Cruise ship news
▪ NBCNews: Boy, 6, drowns in pool aboard a Carnival Cruise

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: Report: Some Macy's open for Thanksgiving

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NPR: Death toll in India temple stampede rises

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Walking Dead
▪ USAToday: AMC's 'Walking Dead' struts to record ratings

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 searches
Red Sox
▪ NYTimes: Ortiz slams new life into Red Sox

Lauren Conrad
▪ NYDailyNews: Lauren Conrad engaged to boyfriend William Tell

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but <200,000 searches
BART strike
▪ MercuryNews: BART strike avoided for Monday, but possible shutdown now looms for Tuesday

Redskins
▪ USAToday: Cowboys defense rebounds to top rival Redskins

Chicago Marathon
▪ ChicagoTribune: Chicago Marathon latest feat for last finisher

Helen Lasichanh
▪ NYDailyNews: Pharrell Williams marries Helen Lasichanh in Florida; Usher, Busta Rhymes perform mini concert at ceremony

Steelers
▪ USAToday: Steelers get first victory,  beat Jets