An experiment in search trends visualization. I get the most trending search terms from google, then pipe them through Flickr, Wikipedia, Google News, and other sources to see what they're all about.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

edie falco


edie falco




Edie Falco Back on TV as Pill-popping ER Nurse


ET brings you a sneak peek of Edie Falco's return to the small screen as "Nurse Jackie," a quirky medical professional who pushes through life and career on a daily diet of prescription pain medication. Falco tells ET on the set of the medical dramedy ...
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Scores: [total: 0.39, news: 0.30, image: 0.10, trends: 0.62]

pentecost sunday


pentecost sunday




Christians Celebrate Pentecost Sunday 2009


Today the Christian Church throughout the world (except those using the Julian calendar) celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost (Whitsunday), with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. ...
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Scores: [total: 0.40, news: 0.42, image: 0.10, trends: 0.64]

wichita eagle


wichita eagle




Firefighters battle Wichita grain elevator blaze


AP - May 26, 2009 3:34 PM ET WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Firefighters called to a burning grain elevator in Wichita have been working to lower the temperature inside the silo that caught fire. Fire Capt. Brad Crisp told The Wichita Eagle that the temperature ...
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Scores: [total: 0.41, news: 0.55, image: 0.10, trends: 0.66]

pushing daisies


pushing daisies




' Pushing Daisies ' returns, in a not un-heavenly way


Pushing Daisies, the screwball comedy that comes in candy-fruit colors, returned for the first of its final three episodes. All was right with its world: there were two murders to be solved, but also a new complexity between the show's essential ...
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Scores: [total: 0.42, news: 0.22, image: 0.13, trends: 0.68]

odyssey of the mind


odyssey of the mind




St. Charles teams headed to Odyssey of the Mind contest


All the answers are correct, and it's that kind of creative thinking that propelled these St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School pupils and their classmates to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving ...
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Scores: [total: 0.45, news: 0.20, image: 0.21, trends: 0.69]

lakers vs magic


lakers vs magic




2009 NBA Finals Schedule Now Has Lakers Vs . Magic


The 2009 NBA Finals schedule now has seven games scheduled for the Lakers vs. Magic. Most everyone hoped the 2009 NBA Finals schedule wouldn't be the Lakers vs. Magic, especially those in 2009 NBA Finals Schedule Now Has Lakers Vs. Magic Cleveland and ...
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Scores: [total: 0.51, news: 0.67, image: 0.26, trends: 0.64]

Thursday, May 21, 2009

cyndi lauper


cyndi lauper




'American Idol': Cyndi Lauper Week continues!


We just read the musical guest lineup for American Idol's season 8 finale and have just one question: Will Cyndi Lauper be able to sober up? Lauper's one-liner killed on Thursday's season finale of 30 Rock. PopWatch is not suggesting Cyndi Lauper will ...
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Scores: [total: 0.41, news: 0.44, image: 0.12, trends: 0.62]

steve martin


steve martin




New releases


Rapper Eminem returns to music with his first album of five years, "Relapse," while Steve Martin releases his debut music album today. Eminem has spent the last few years out of the spotlight, dealing with a drug addiction, failed marriage and death of ...
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Scores: [total: 0.41, news: 0.58, image: 0.14, trends: 0.60]

lionel richie


lionel richie




Eminem, Lionel Richie Go Myspace Before 'Super Tuesday'


In anticipation of this Tuesday's massive amount of album releases, chart-topping recording artists Eminem, Lionel Richie, Method Man & Redman, Busta Rhymes and Tori Amos are going head to head at Myspace ! Albums from each of the aforementioned ...
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Scores: [total: 0.43, news: 0.57, image: 0.17, trends: 0.60]

american idol winner


american idol winner




Ratings war: ' American Idol ' vs. 'Dancing With the Stars'


This way, not only women's preference to an elegant man could reveal the instant winner. And it was Gilles Marini, an artist by heart, by appearance and by performance! If the same happens tonight to Adam Lambert, this will mean that the American ...
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Scores: [total: 0.45, news: 0.60, image: 0.18, trends: 0.61]

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

california election results


california election results




California 2009 Election Early Results Are Light Turnout


The polling stations in California will close at 8PM this evening. However, the early results of the 2009 California elections are the light turnout. What can you expect from the 2009 California statewide special election results when by 3 pm, ...
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Scores: [total: 0.38, news: 0.36, image: 0.10, trends: 0.61]

who won american idol


who won american idol




Danny Gokey Dreams On After ' American Idol '


Danny Gokey's "American Idol" journey came to a screeching halt last week. Or maybe it really happened the previous week with the screeching that brought an end to "Dream On." "Maybe that was kind of like the downfall," Danny said in his exit interview ...
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Scores: [total: 0.44, news: 0.57, image: 0.17, trends: 0.61]

terry bradshaw


terry bradshaw




'Glee' offers Fox's take on 'High School Musical'


Jay Leno hosts Terry Bradshaw on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 pm, NBC) ... Eminem and Mike Tyson appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:05 am, ABC) ... Matt Lauer, Mary McCormack, Dana White and Iron and Wine chat on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (12:35 am, ...
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Scores: [total: 0.44, news: 0.62, image: 0.17, trends: 0.60]

dancing with the stars winner


dancing with the stars winner




' Dancing with the Stars ' winner : Shawn Johnson vaults over sexy ...


By Ross Werland | Tribune reporter French actor Gilles Marini could have scored a 33 out of a possible 30 on "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday night. The room melted with his last tango, and he deserved to win the season finale. ...
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Scores: [total: 0.44, news: 0.65, image: 0.17, trends: 0.62]

who won dancing with the stars 2009


who won dancing with the stars 2009




' Dancing With the Stars ' finale: Liiiiiiiiiiive!


One will head home weeping tiny, rather attractive droplets of liquid crystals; the other two will be gushing tears of low-grade bedazzler glue for the rest of 2009. It's a Sad World. Talk about Dancing With the Stars here during and after the finale, ...
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Scores: [total: 0.44, news: 0.65, image: 0.17, trends: 0.61]

steve wozniak


steve wozniak




Recap: 'Dancing with the Stars' Finale - And the winner is...


Par example: To Lil' Kim: "It's not easy to the cha cha cha with a bulletproof vest"; To Ty Murray: "You did the 'Brokeback' mambo"; To Steve Wozniak: "You're a chunky chipmunk." It's either embarrassingly bad or borderline offensive. ...
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Scores: [total: 0.45, news: 0.63, image: 0.18, trends: 0.62]

change is gonna come


change is gonna come




Olympian dances away with crown


7:25 pm: Idol creator Simon Fuller has a say in who sings what tonight, and has chosen Sam Cooke's Change is Gonna Come for Adam Lambert. At last, a tune that forces Adam to lay off the dramatics and just sing. 7:30 pm: Star sighting! ...
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Scores: [total: 0.53, news: 0.67, image: 0.34, trends: 0.61]

california supreme court



One year ago today: California High Court allows gay marriage


One year ago today the California Supreme Court made history when it struck down a state law that allowed marriage between only a man and woman. California and Massachusetts were the first states to recognize gay marriages in 2004. ...
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Scores: [total: 0.48, news: 0.58, image: 0.23, trends: 0.62]