Google Hot Internet Searches - 3/16/12
    1.    derek fisher
    2.    gallagher
    3.    ncaa
    4.    blagojevich
    5.    ides of march
    6.    rod blagojevich
    7.    ashley judd
    8.    missing
    9.    ncaa basketball
    10.    south dakota state
Source: Google

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 3/9/12
    1.    Google
    2.    Facebook
    3.    YouTube
    4.    Yahoo!
    5.    Amazon
    6.    Wikipedia
    7.    eBay
    8.    Twitter
    9.    LinkedIn
    10.    Craigslist
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Singles - 3/16/12
    1.    We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monae) - Fun
    2.    Glad You Came - The Wanted
    3.    Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye
    4.    Wild Ones (feat. Sia) - Flo Rida
    5.    Starships - Nicki Minaj
    6.    What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) - Kelly Clarkson
    7.    Drive By - Train
    8.    Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
    9.    Part of Me - Katy Perry
    10.    What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 3/16/12
    1.    The Voice
    2.    American Idol - Wednesday
    3.    The Big Bang Theory
    4.    American Idol - Tuesday
    5.    The Big Bang Theory - special
    6.    Person of Interest
    7.    Survivor
    8.    New Girl
    9.    Once Upon a Time
    10.    Amazing Race 20
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - This Week - 3/16/12
    1.    I Love Taylor Swift
    2.    TheReplyGirl an
    3.    Jeffery Sparon - Go Go Go Cover
    4.    Pokemon Rack City
    5.    Pitbull Exposed
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 3/16/12
    1.    Dr. Suess' The Lorax
    2.    John Carter
    3.    Project X
    4.    Act of Valor
    5.    Silent House
Source: Variety

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Teen Tobacco Epidemic Shocks Surgeon General

Many of America's teens smoke cigarettes as well as use smokeless tobacco, and the tobacco industry's marketing fuels their addiction, says the first U.S. surgeon general's report on youth tobacco use since 1994. "The numbers are really shocking," Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said in an interview, citing data in a new report that finds nearly one in four high school seniors and one in three young adults under age 26 smoke despite a half-century of federal warnings about tobacco. The voluminous report finds that progress in reducing youth cigarette smoking — quite dramatic from 1997 to 2003 — has slowed in recent years. It says more high school students are using smokeless tobacco and many (at least half of white and Hispanic male tobacco users and nearly half of Hispanic female users) both smoke and chew tobacco.

Source: USA Today

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Sleep Deprivation and Teens - "Walking Zombies"

Imagine you lose an hour of sleep — or even more — every night of your life. That’s what it’s like for our nation’s teens, who are facing an epidemic of sleep deprivation. How bad is it? “Every single high school student I have ever measured in terms of their alertness is a walking zombie,” says Cornell sleep expert James Maas. It’s a description that will sound familiar to the parents of pretty much any teenager. According to experts, teens require about 9-1/4 hours of sleep a night, yet only 8 percent of them are getting it. A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that as much as two-thirds of high school students get less than seven hours of sleep nightly. Sleep deprivation in teens has been linked to lower levels of Human Growth Hormone, which is integral to a teenager’s physical growth, brain development, and maturation of their immune system, as well as higher rates of anxiety disorders and depression.

Source: Washington Post

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More Parents Happy to Keep Kids in Nest

According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 31 percent said young adults shouldn’t have to be on their own until age 25 or older. In a 1993 Newsweek study, 80 percent of parents pegged that age at 22. Researchers say the new study is evidence that attitudes are catching up to new norms of adulthood, shaped both by a merciless economy and cultural forces that have been shifting for decades. Jeffrey Arnett, who researches the path to adulthood at Clark University’s psychology department in Worcester, Mass., says that cultural changes since as early as the 1960s have led young adults to delay milestones such as marriage and buying a home. Parents have fewer children and higher incomes than in the past, so they can afford to help, and young people are willing to try more jobs while looking for the right one.

Source: Columbus Dispatch