The most searched news stories in the United States right now.

According to Google, these are the top searched/most popular news stories in the US right now.

Captain America
Jay-Z
Comic-Con
Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
Mila Kunis
David Cameron
Rupert Murdoch
Mac OS X Lion
Pluto
Debt ceiling

Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[Tunkamerica]

1. well, mila kunis is very pretty

[pipoman]

2. To call these search requests "news stories" is just a little disingenuous, no?

3. Your argument is with Google, not me.

Google labels them news stories. I don't. And Google gauges the ranking by the number of Google news searches for each item.

I only see two or three true news items there. However, it shows that people consider news about Captain America more important than, say, the debt ceiling problem right now.

[pipoman]

12. Do you have an actual link which calls these requests 'news stories'?

13. Posted the screenshot below.

But here it is again.

[pipoman]

14. How about a link? I and others in these parts usually like to

see things for myself.

15. Do you not know how to get to the google news page?

Google > News > look at the top left-hand corner.

Love the implication that I'm for some reason lying about this. LOL.

[pipoman]

18. You said it, not me

If you hang out here you will see that screen shots are rarely used, not viewed as credible, more work than their worth therefore not trusted. Who would take a screen capture, crop it in a photo editor, upload it to a server, then link to the server when in 5 seconds the URL of the source can be posted. See, it just doesn't make sense.

21. However, most people know that it takes two seconds for even a...

third grader to get to the google news page.

So asking for a link either shows that you were trying to pin me down, or that you have zero aptitude on how to navigate the internet.

Link has been provided, ergo you should be satisfied.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

45. i'll vote for the later option.

Like taking a screen shot is some big deal.

[Name removed]

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24. TY.

I was wondering if it was obvious what was going on. I guess it was.

Thanks.

[gateley]

27. Yeah, and I apologize for these people who would rather jump

all over someone than find out for themselves.

So anyway, I will extend a welcome to DU! :hi: (But I hate your username. :7)

Don't judge us all by a couple of jerks. Lotsa nice, very helpful people here.

30. Oh man, the Bob just can't catch a break!

I was kinda taken aback by the convo above.

I know that good people are here. I've been reading here for a couple of years, but never joined. Right now I'm recuperating from a bad bad sunburn, so I had time to join... and then I read the story about the guy whose gay cousin was snubbed by his aunt's church family. That one pulled me out of lurkdom and I joined.

I hate that my name is offensive to people. Is there an administrator here who could just change my name to Walrus Bob? In my twenty posts here, already two people don't like it. I'd rather change it than be prejudged for it.

Thanks for stepping in, man. Very much appreciated.

[gateley]

35. I bet the other person and I are in the minority, so don't

worry too much about it. You can go to ask the admins forum and ask about changing it and see what they recommend. Explain why you're asking.

Here's a LINK: :7

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=437

Although, not sure if you can post if you don't have a star. You can get one for like $10, maybe even $5? If you've got that, click the donate button and you're set to go.

But again, I'm guessing it won't bug too many people.

Hope you recover from your sunburn quickly -- I can certainly empathize. One year the one and only day I was out in the sun was July 4, up in the San Juan Islands. I was on a boat all day. The next day my forehead looked kind of BIG. I asked my boyfriend if it looked odd, he said "not TOO odd". The NEXT day I had kind of a DOME between my eyes. An art director at work said Jeez, Mary Ellen, you look like the front of my '57 Studebaker!
The NEXT day the bridge of my nose was about 3x wider than normal and my eyes were all puffy and swollen. Another co-worker said "wow! if it keeps going like this, tomorrow you'll have 4 lips!" Thankfully, it dissipated, but boy, was I sick for a couple of days. So see? I really DO empathize!

38. I just posted in the Ask the Administrators forum...

I will mail a donation. I may not post much, but I do like this place and would at least like to put my walrus avatar by my name. I just asked the admin to take the farting off my name.

I've always been an outdoors guy, but this yesterday threw me for a loop. I've made that same trip at least a dozen times. Never got sunburned...maybe a little pink on the cheeks and shoulders. This sunburn is so bad that even bending my knee kills me. Standing up is almost impossible. My whole body swelled up, and then the nausea and stuff started. My dog went with me--thankfully no ill effects on him. He'd go today if I felt like it. The sun was vicious here yesterday.

And I loled at your friend's 57 Studebaker appraisal. My face was protected by a hat and shades... so no effects much on my face. But my chest and back...and legs... feel kinda like I've been deep fried.

[gateley]

43. I always got burned every year. Thought I could FORCE

a tan on my oh-so-white Irish skin, so believe me, I know how painful it is and how sick you can get. Aloe Vera gel really helps, just make sure it doesn't have any alcohol in it or you'll wish you were dead!

Live and learn!

Glad your dog is doing okay!

46. I now have as a staple in my fridge...

Solarcaine. It's aloe vera gel plus lidocaine. If you don't have it, being that you're fair (and Irish) complected like me, you ought to get some. You can get store brands at CVS, Walgreens, and other places. A friend told me about it today, so I had my mom pick some up for me (yeah, I'm a big old wuss who sent my mom to the store for me). The stuff is AMAZING. Felt great and awful when I put it on, but the lidocaine immediately went to work on the burning. I'm putting it on every other hour now, and I can actually sit and be somewhat comfortable. Great stuff.

My dog didn't even get a nose burn. He spent most of the trip with his nose in the water, though, chasing his tennis ball.

[gateley]

56. That WOULD be helpful, but I don't go out in the sun at all

anymore (not that it's much of a challenge in Seattle), because I ended up getting melanoma. It sure would have been welcome in the day, though. I'm whack about sunscreen now. I know all about UV A, B, and C rays, which are the "deep" ones and which are the "shallow ones" and what protects best against each one. I've gone completely to the other side of the aisle, as they say. :7

57. That would be a major lifestyle change for me.

I've always prided myself on my worship of all things outdoors. Then I got bitten by a copperhead snake two years ago, which made me afraid to step off the front porch. Finally worked up the nerve to hit the river again, felt like exposure is the best way to overcome fear, even saw a few snakes on the river yesterday, and didn't overreact... but the sun got me. But damn it, I'm not giving up. I love the outdoors, taking my dogs out for runs on the river, and such.

Melanoma, though, yeah. Huge lifestyle changer there. I hope you caught it early and recuperated from it. If you don't mind me asking, what made you go to the doc about it? Did you find it or your dr?

I sustained a lot of sun damage when I was younger. I worry that I may pay for that one day.

[gateley]

58. There was just a mole on my chest that wasn't really gross at

all, just unattractive enough that I knew if I'd had it forever I would have been self conscious about it when I wore tube tops. (Tube tops! :rofl:)

My dad was a doctor and I showed it to him and he had me in a dermatologist's office getting biopsied so fast my head was spinning. They caught it JUST before it entered my bloodstream, so they got it all. At the time, if it got past that barrier you were a goner, not sure now if they can actually treat it at that stage or not. It's been almost 25 years. One of the questions asked was "how many severe sunburns did you get before the age of 18?" and I answered "countless".

Just make sure you have a good sunBLOCK. Stuff with zinc is the best and they have zinc in products now that aren't all white like lifeguards' noses used to be.

Wow! A copperhead! :scared: I don't blame you for being hesitant afterward. It's a cellular thing, I think, your body doesn't want another attack! Glad you're okay, too!

59. You were lucky.

When I was working for a civil engineer's office--and this was a small office--we lost two coworkers in less than six months to melanoma. These guys weren't sun worshipers, just guys whose work often put them in the sun. That's had a lasting effect on me, the loss of those two great guys to something that would seem innocuous. One of them was my mentor in the office... and he went from being a healthy, hearty man to dying within months. It's an awful killer, melanoma.

Thanks for telling me your story...you were lucky, you know! And about childhood, I can relate. I stayed sunburned as a kid. But our folks didn't know much better. Heck, they put us outside and said be home at dark on weekends and all summer.

I had banana boat spray yesterday. I think I'll invest in something a little better for my next sun exposure. Tonight, I read that you should put sunblock on 30 minutes before exposure, so it penetrates the skin and doesn't wash off. I didn't know that. That explains why I burned yesterday.

About the copperhead bite, it was the worst thing I've ever gone through, but more mentally than physical. The bite was bad enough... painful as all get out. But mentally, even two years later, I have a fear of the outdoors like I've never feared anything before. I see snakes in the shadows everywhere. haha.

Thanks for being so welcoming here tonight. I almost said "fuck it" and left... then saw your post. A little kindness meant a lot to me tonight. Thank you for that.

[Name removed]

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[givemebackmycountry]

4. You left one out...

Your choice of a user name.
Lot's of thought went into that one.

Thank you for your contribution.

7. Dunno what my name has to do with my thread.

I've had this name for over a decade, as I'm a gamer and that's my name. I like it, and I don't really aim to please anyone but myself when I make choices about my identity.

Anyway here's proof of the most popular news stories at present:

[gateley]

25. Here's a link --

You're more willing to judge someone than to go find out for yourself?

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn

Let's see if you come back and apologize to the new guy. Nice welcome.

[Marie Marie]

5. Well, that pretty much explains....

3 Wars
Republican Control of House
Republican Sweep of Governorships
Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
Tea Baggers
Michelle Bachmann
Scott Walker
Grover Norquist
Paul Ryan
Ron Paul
Sarah Palin
8 Years of Bush/Cheney
and on and on....

8. Yeah, that's what I think, too...

People are more interested in salacious pop culture than news that actually impacts their day-to-day lives. Kinda sad.

[d_b]

6. what a great name

9. Thx, DB

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Ugh Comic Con

It is huge, remenfd me to stay out of down town. To think that once it was just a weird thing. These days it is the event of the summer.

11. I'd go if I could ravish Pam from True Blood.

Other than that, nothing of interest to me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Well one year we won a 1\5th scale, I think

Lord of the rings helmet. It is a nice piece on my mantle, I used to go when running the game company, it was marketing.

But it's become so crowded... I really don't want to... never mind the writer's fora are nice.

40. One of my friends took his daughter to the one in New Orleans last year.

She won a costume contest. He had dressed her as Link, from Legend of Zelda. The one in New Orleans I might attend next year, just to see the freaky people in costumes. He posted photos of people in some really extreme costumes. I, uh, learned what a furry is--that I could have done without. Haha.

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. Well nothing funnier than Captain Sheridan of B-5

and a Klingon Warrior exchanging recipes for Ale... both in costumes that could have come from the lot.

What is funny is, I know one person who lost the costume contest at a Star Trek convention. It wasn't authentic enough... here is the kicker... it came from the lot... it was used in production... but it was not authentic enough. That is when you go... fanboys... really go too far. Yep, he revealed that to the judges...

51. Now that's funny.

I guess it has to be an exaggerated form of Star Trek reality to win a contest. The recipe exchange thing made me laugh. Surreal. Haha.

My friend's daughter's costume was so simple, and she beat out some really bizarre, extreme costumes. But damn, the kid is too cute, costume or not, and I think that's what gave her the edge. I'll post a photo if I can find one.

[BNJMN]

16. Most people don't vote. And those that do ...

...don't spend very many hours online researching the politics anyway.
We here are in the minority.


As a member of a few ugly political forums, (ahem, ShittyData)
I am sometimes, somewhat relieved when I consider this.

17. It just blows my mind that most people aren't concerned about...

the possibility of the US government defaulting, and the shockwaves that will cause in every community across the nation.

Somehow Jay-Z is more important in their daily lives.

I think it goes back to what I heard George Carlin say one time, about how people are more concerned about their brand-name tennis shoes than their station in life. It just blows my mind.

[BNJMN]

29. Ignorance is bliss. [nt]

[Lorien]

19. That's depressing

but somehow not surprising :-(

Half of my FB news feed is about Comic-Con, but since half of my friends are either comic book creators, illustrators, or film industry people, it's to be expected. Joe Average, though? Ugh.

23. On FB...

I usually try to avoid political posts... most of my friends post about everyday life, you know, stuff like "I ate a sammich" or "I think Bobby really does love me." I rarely post statuses because I feel my mundane life is quite boring. So I get what you're saying. :)

[Starry Messenger]

20. Or perhaps people who are using Google for news are more apt to look up that stuff?

I read the paper, and use a newsreader for topics that I keep up on.

26. That may be, Starry.

I use Google News to drill down on topics that I want to read about... mostly US politics. But I certainly agree that it could reflect the population that uses Google News.

[indurancevile]

31. here's what i get for US:

Debt ceiling
Mark Stroman
Heat index
Mitt Romney
Michele Bachmann
Clay Waller
Leiby Kletzky
Maxine Waters
Jonah Shacknai
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

33. Yeah, that's in the subcategory of US, which features politics and such.

But in the overall Google News heading (US edition) the list I posted in the OP is what's there. Like I said, it changes quarter-hourly, and now it's:

Top Stories
Captain America
Rihanna
Comic-Con
Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
Yao Ming
Rupert Murdoch
David Cameron
Mac OS X Lion
Debt ceiling
NASA

So it looks like Rihanna has taken Mila's place on the list. Haha.

[AsahinaKimi]

32. Top Twitter trends right now..

#TabCoTakesNewYork Promoted
#everybodyhasthat1follower
#wewontlastif
#its2hot4that
Toddlers & Tiaras
Ryan Gosling
American Dad
Goodnight Twitter
Sweet Dreams
Insidious

34. Thanks...

Looks like more pop culture stuff. Thanks for posting it.

[AsahinaKimi]

36. Your posting got me curious

So I went over to Twitter, believe me..I have no idea about what half of those mean!

39. I've seen Toddlers and Tiaras.

I think it must come on TV tonight. It's the show with the crazy pageant moms and their spawn. I guess the show was extra controversial tonight.

Last time I was on twitter, everything was about Casey Anthony.

[AsahinaKimi]

48. Ah thanks

I don't own a TV, so I wouldn't know one show from the next. Most of that stuff is beyond me anyway..pure crap. I can find most of what I want on the internet, including some sports, if I find the right links. I have msnbc, and links to Keith Olbermann's show.. and all the movies I can want on Streaming video.

Oh and welcome to DU ... DU e Yokoso!!

53. I have a TV but I ditched cable about two years ago.

Best decision I ever made.

Now when there's a something I need to watch, I watch it on www.tvpc.com. Maybe once or twice a month. Check it out. On the Live page it lists channels by country. Plus many international channels, too. I watched the news on an American station in Tokyo when the tsunami hit. Much better than anything being broadcasted here.

[AsahinaKimi]

60. Thanks, I think I already have that linked...

If you hang here long enough, you pick up all sorts of cool links!

[Rex]

41. So people are reading Entertainment Weekly?

And you are surprised by peoples lack of caring about what the M$M deems non-critical? Pluto.

42. Ha... not really surprised.

Disappointed, maybe.

[Rex]

44. I hear ya.

Give it two weeks, we will see if The Rupert makes waves over here or not.

49. I think that should be the top of the searches...

but I'm biased, and admittedly so. A Fox News/ News Corp hater for a decade or more.

I gave my mom an old tv for her to use in her kitchen. Walked in once and it was on Fox News. I told her I had gladly given her the TV, but I'd better never see it tuned to Fox again. I was half-joking... but she got the message. :D

[Snoutport]

50. Sigh.

3 news stories? Unless it is the planet Pluto then I'll say four.

52. You...

Thanks for posting the story about your cousin and your aunt's church. You really have a gift for writing, for bringing the reader into the story. That's why I joined this forum. Thank you for posting that story. I really identified with what your cousin went through.

[Lucian]

54. Here's the updated list (with link):

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn

Google doesn't call them "top news stories." They just call it "Top Stories." There's a big difference there.

55. It's on the NEWS page, ergo news stories.

NEWS heading
top stories subheading
list.

Looks like Rupert is climbing a bit, though.