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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:06:22 -0800

40th anniversary of The Beatles's White Album

NFL Power Rankings released

new music: The Killers, David Byrne & Brian Eno, The Fireman (w/ Paul McCartney)

new music: Kanye West, Tom Jones, Scott Weiland, Trace Adkins

TV: Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion special

TV: Dancing with the Stars season finale (Miley Cyrus performs)

former NBA player Kevin Johnson swearing-in gala for Sac mayor +

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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:25 -0800

NOTABLE EVENTS, Thursday, November 20

Great American Smokeout

Anniversary of start of Mexican Revolution (1910)

annual release of Beaujolais Nouveau

People's Sexiest Man Alive issue released

school: SAT scores available

football: NFL: Week 12 -- Bengals at Steelers

TV: October/November sweeps period (Oct 30 - Nov 26)

TV: 30 Rock (Steve Martin guests)

TV: Oprah - beauty secrets from around the world

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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:27 -0800

Today’s top searches from GoogleTrends:

Politics
1. Penny Pritzker - Obama's Commerce chief?
2. Janet Napolitano - Obama's director of Homeland Security?
3. Georgia senators - recount inquiries?
4. Mario Cuomo, Chris Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo - after Andrew as NY's AG looks into AIG exec spending, and possible replacement for Clinton's senator job; Chris on GMA with Bill Ayers
5. John Dingell - defeats Henry Waxman in race for Energy Committee chair
6. Zogby poll (on) Obama voters - found that most voters knew very little about him
7. Bush bully
8. Jim Mattox - former Texas AG dies in his sleep

Financial
1. Ron Gettelfinger - UAW president
2. UAW
3. GM stock
4. Citigroup stock
5. Auto bailout
6. unemployment extension - will Bush extend?

Holidays
1. Great American Smoke Out 2008
2. Plasticland - online holiday retail store

Sports
1. Julie Donaldson - Boston sports reporter involved in sex tape and battery trial of her ex-boyfriend
2. Donald Driver - family alleges Houston police beat NFL-player's father
3. J.P. Hayes - disqualifies himself on PGA tour for unapproved ball use
4. Mike Mussina - retiring?
5. Hal Steinbrenner - MLB approves change of power from George to son

Entertainment
1. Lorelei Shellist - model writes autobiography, 'Runway RunAway'
2. Cities 97 - CD released today
3. New York Times Bestseller List
4. Ann Lembeck - Denis Leary's wife
5. Suzy Amis
6. Tony Bennett - new Christmas album
7. Twilight reviews
8. McKey Sullivan - wins 'America's Next Top Model'
9. Jeff Richards - comedy show tonight in W. Hollywood
10. John Aniston - Jen introduces Mayer to dad
11. Eugene Osment - Haley's father

Shopping
1. Plenio VXA 3000 - touchscreen car GPS
2. Shun Alton 7-piece cutlery set with bamboo block
3. Walmart Black Friday ad
4. Fort Apache playset
5. Everglide S-500 (headphones)

Health
1. sepsis infection
2. D'Zhana Simmons - survives months without a heart

Cleopatra's Needle, Central Park sculptures, Charging Bull New York

girl swallows battery - viral youtube video

Victoria Ann Chacon - teacher sent topless photo to minor

Christina Korbe - wife of drug suspect, may have shot FBI agent Samuel Hicks, thinking

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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:23:29 -0700

NOTABLE EVENTS, Friday, October 24

United Nations Day

World Origami Day

elections: last day for voter registration in Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska

13 years in detention for Aung San Suu Kyi

Sudoku National Championship (Oct 24-25)

Key West Fantasy Fest (Oct 16-26)

movie: High School Musical 3

movie: Pride and Glory (action/thriller; Edward Norton, Colin Farrell)

movie: Saw V

movie: Changeling (ltd; dir: Eastwood; Angelina Jolie)

movie: I've Loved You So Long (ltd; drama; Kristin Scott Thomas)

movie: Passengers (ltd; thriller; Anne Hathaway)

movie: Synecdoche, New York (dir: Charlie Kaufman; Philip Seymour Hoffman)

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:38:51 -0700

Election spikes today on Yahoo! web search:

�� Palin kids travel (also Alaska funded palin kids travel, palin travel, palin motorcade, palin children travel, palin expenses, palin charged state, palin kids, Alaska funded palin kids, palin travel expenses, palin family travel, AP investigation Alaska funded palin kids travel)
�� Sarah palin Halloween costume (also Palin mask)
�� Obama palin dancing
�� Obama grandmother, Obama’s mother, Barack Obama’s grandmother - story of Obama’s grandmother being ill
�� Obama in Miami
�� Palin Alaska Independence Party
�� mccain Bensalem, Bensalem – McCain speaks in� Bensalem, Penn., today (spiking in news search)
�� mccain vitaly churkin –McCain solicits Russian UN ambassador

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:38:24 -0700

Election spikes today on Google Trends:
�� Palin clothes, Palin wardrobe (also palin clothing, palin clothing allowance, palin wardrobe, sarah palin clothes, palin fashion, palin shopping spree)
�� The next right (also patterico, battleground poll, cougfan, battleground polls, townhall.com columnists)
�� Obama leesburg �(also obama ida lee, obama richmond, obama rally leesburg, obama leesburg va, obama rally leesburg va)- Obama campaigns in Lees burg, Va.
�� Karl rove – Code Pink activist attempts to arrest him in SF
�� republican rep. michele Bachmann – questioned Obama’s patriotism and recommended media to investigate other members of Congress on whether they are “anti-America”
�� bill o’reilly on the view
�� battleground poll (also battleground polls, battleground, zogby, state polls, cougfan) – GW/Battleground poll reports that the race tightens
�� mccain pnac – reports about McCain’s ties to Project for a New American Century �
�� al qaeda mccain (also al qaeda endorses mccain, al qaeda supports mccain, al qaeda, al kaida) – extremist website al-Hesbah with ties to al Qaeda reportedly says it supports McCain
�� obamacrimes.com

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:54:45 -0700

Today’s top searches from GoogleTrends:

uss grunion, uss grunion ss 216, aleutians islands – U.S. Navy confirmed that wreckage of WWII submarine found off Aleutian Islands in Alaska is this ship

burton snowboards, naked girl snowboards, burton love – new snowboards feature Playboy models

steve jobs heart attack – Apple denying rumor

wells fargo wachovia, wells fargo investor relations, tortuous, tortious interference – Citi said it is going to charge Wells Fargo with tortious interference

nate miles – Uconn basketball player expelled after allegations he abused a 19-year-old female student

goanna – from CNN story, boy bashed this lizard to death then fed it to a crocodile

mary mack - comedian

nick reynolds, kingston trio – founding member of folk group Kingston Trio died of complications from surgery

chelcie ross - actor

topsfield fair

VP Debate queries: palin wink (also a popular news photo), vp debate transcript, sarah palin debate flow chart, vice presidential debate transcript, palin biden debate transcript, last nights debate

army ten miler – run in DC this weekend

ari graynor – actress in upcoming Nick & Norah movie

bill o reilly barney frank – battle over financial crisis

farrah johnson – girlfriend of Red Sox Jon Lester

norovirus – outbreak at Georgetown causes athletic events to be postponed

gamer grub – official snack food of the 2008 World Cyber Games USA

harriet tubman

crosby stills and nash

abington pa – Obama spoke there

roger tsien – possible Noble Prize winner

zeitgeist addendum – film premiering at the Artivist Film Festival

divine rights of denim – Audrina Partridge signed contract with jeans maker

robert avery mcclain – L.A. sheriff’s deputy accused of torturing wife

house vote time

michelle waterson – Kimbo Slice fighter

keeneland – horse racing

american royal bbq – this weekend in Kansas City

northrop auditorium

twin cities marathon

prevention ultima upper arm blood pressure monitor

nicole johnson miss america

beverly hills chihuahua

columbian mammoth – fossil found in wake of Hurricane Ike

cougar

matekane air strip – scary runway in Lesotho (from a featured news story?)

dixie classic fair

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:22:16 -0700

Searches on Veep candidates:
Sarah Palin:
Picture searches: sarah palin pictures, sarah palin pics, sarah palin naked, sarah palin hot, sarah palin porn, sarah palin hot photo, palin naked, palin photos, sarah palin pix - Yahoo! search

Biographical searches: sarah palin biography, sarah palin bio, how old is sarah palin, sarah palin family, sarah palin age, population of Alaska, katie couric palin interview video, henry Kissinger - Yahoo! search

How old is palin, sarah palin income, palin income, who won, sarah palin net worth, alaska governor salary, palin s husband - Google trends

Joe Biden:
Biden's biographical searches: joe biden, joe biden biography, biden, senator joe biden biography, senator joe bide, joebiden.com, joe biden gaffes - Yahoo! search

Searches about Biden's family: joe biden wife, joe biden family, joe biden family killed, joe biden's family- Yahoo search

biden age, biden bio, biden bio, biden lies, biden s family, joe biden plastic surgery, biden wiki
how old is biden, joe biden biography, joe biden net worth, joe biden site wikipedia.org, joe biden voting record, joe biden wife death, joebiden.com, john biden, senator biden - Google Trends

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:21:53 -0700

Queries on issues mentioned in the debate:
Darfur:
Darfur, genocide, darfur genocide - Yahoo! search
dar 4 (also darfur, sudan, darfur genocide, save Darfur), darfur map, Darfur - Google trends

Abortion:
roe vs wade, supreme court rulings, rigts of the fetus - Yahoo! search

Government spending:
pork barrel spending, bridge to nowhere - Yahoo! search

Energy:
clean coal - Yahoo! search
biden clean coal, maverick dictionary, clean coal technologies, what is clean coal, drilling in Alaska - Google trends

Afghanistan:
general mcclellan- Yahoo! search
afghanistan surge (also mcclellan afghanistan, mcclellan afghanistan surge, afghanistan, mclellan afghanistan, afghanistan commander), Mcclellan Afghanistan - Google Trends

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:21:28 -0700

Search Terms used in the debate:
Maverick:
Maverick, maverick definition - Yahoo! search
Define maverick, maverick definition, maverick dictionary, maverick mccain, maverick site reference.com, maverick top gun, top gun quotes, tom cruise, what is a maverick - Google trends

Nuclear:
Nuclear, nucular- Yahoo! search
Nuclear, nuclear pronunciation, nuclear dictionary, nucular, nuclear, nuculer, nucular vs nuclear, nuculear, nukular - Google Trends

Joe Six Pack:
Joe six pack - Yahoo! search
Say it ain't so joe, sarah palin joe six pack - Google trends