The Buzz Log What’s hot on Yahoo! Buzz™ (and why)...

Our top picks from the day's hottest searches.

1. Amanda Knox (Searches increased by 13,843%). The former study-abroad student, on trial in Italy for murder, spent a second birthday in jail.
2. Cheap Trick (+284%). Taking its name to heart, the band put out its latest album on old-school eight track.
3. Al Franken (+285%). No joke: The ex-comedian is now a congressman.
4. Solar eclipse (+263%). In Sri Lanka on July 22, there will be a partial solar eclipse. A total eclipse will be seen from a number of countries on the same day.
5. District 9 (+144%). The latest movie produced by Peter Jackson about an alien invasion isn't out for another month. But a video that warns of the aliens on earth has gone viral.