get 100 million users a month asking questions. really for what we saw this year spike tremendously is what is a royal baby s name? also in the celebrity realm we saw why did kim kardashian and kanye west name their baby north? really those two events for better or worse kind of defined what was on america s minds this year. we look at syria. what does that tell us about american minds, that we don t know what syria is or we are very aware now of global issues around us? what did you find? i think we are more aware of global issues. the internet has become sort of a lifeline to find out information immediately. with the boston marathon bombing, you know, that story really gripped the nation, and people wanted to know where is the suspect hiding, where was he found, and the internet really is the place to go to get that information immediately and get that instant gratification. politics, topping that list,
victims said death would be too lenient. u.s. army staff sergeant robert bales will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. a military jury decided bales fate friday in the killing of 16 civilians last year. bales was spared after pleading guilty to the murders. nine children were among those killed in shooting spree in afghanistan s kandahar province. still to come on new day, if you think that crushing student loan debt isn t your problem, we ve got a harsh reality check. we ll tell you why you could be on the hook for almost $1 trillion in debt, even if no one in your family has student loans. plus, the photo that we have all been waiting for, kanye west gives the world its first look at baby north. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed.
left up to american celebrities. you know that the baby s name is going to be something boring because they have to name him something like john or william or george and they should leave it up to the kardashians naming their baby north. that was a great name, north. or apple. that s our thing, not their thing. i love the fact that watching the royal watchers, which is a thing, they watch the royals. i am an espn watcher, have no segment. the royal watchers when they are filling time after they have said everything they are going to say, they still don t know if the baby is born and don t know the gender. they are standing there with their mic answering questions. one guy goes, this baby has no idea what it is in for. i remember thinking, you can kind of say that about all babies. even when they are discovering their thumb at that point, they have no idea what they are in for. across the board, all babies. everything is new to them.
opens up there. everybody is the same becoming a parent. let s move on to the number three story this morning. there is a new person for all those twi-hards to hate, guys. moved on from kristen stewart with riley. stewart starred alongside stewart in the 2010 movie the run aways and also the daughter of lisa marie presley the oldest daughter of elvis and the stepdaughter to the late michael jackson. i also saw a report that said they re not dating, but that pattinson is open to dating her. stay on it. exactly. kimye turned down $3 million for pictures of baby north. the media savvy couple was approached by an australian magazine but they turned them
girlfriend named heir new baby north west also known as that way. also known as the bankrupt airline. e-news said the celebrity couple plans to call their couple norrie for short. how surprised are we that they named the baby north? i think actually it s a cost-saving thing. all the compasses in your house come preengraved with your baby s name. kanye west s child is going to be raised on a space shift surrounded by floaters. it s not going to be a normal kid going like north west, are you a one direction fan? ha ha. that s my impression of a kid teasing you at school. presumably, the kid s going to be fine no matter what not fine. the kardashian version of fine.