Inside YouTube Search

Every morning, we comb through YouTube's search data to investigate top spiking search terms and the videos they lead to:

• de anthony thomas - This promising high school running back announced that he will be attending the University of Oregon.
  
  
• casey abrams - Searches are up for this YouTube singer after his appearance on "American Idol" last night.
  
  
• janelle arthur - Same goes for this performer.
  
  
• volkswagen commercial - Volkswagen's Super Bowl ad -- featured in today's 4 @ 4 -- is among today's rising searches.
  
  
• the day the music died - Today's the anniversary of the day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash in 1959.