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Maurice Sendak, Harvey Milk, Loch Ness: What's the Buzz

By Claudine Zap
Tue, October 13, 2009, 10:50 am PDT

Our top picks from the day's hottest searches.

  1. Harvey Milk (Searches increased by 2,072%). Gov. Schwarzenegger designated a day for California to honor the slain gay rights leader.
  2. Maurice Sendak (+1,796%). The author of the imaginative children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," gave the Spike Jonze movie his blessing.
  3. Loch Ness monster (+978%). Something was discovered in the depths of the Loch Ness, but it wasn't a monster: It's a monstrous amount of plastic golf balls.
  4. Flu shot locator (+165%). Find the nearest site to get your flu shot here.
  5. Boss Day (+315%). While some would say that every day is Boss Day, the official date to suck up is October 16.

top movers

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Rank Search Word(s) 1-Day Move
1$16 HouseBreakout!
2JFK InternBreakout!
3Obama GrandmotherBreakout!
4Raspberry KetoneBreakout!
5Steven Van ZandtBreakout!