News in United States

• Bloomingdale High gains YouTube fame with 'lip dubs'
  

  This is Dance Party Friday, a weekly tradition at Bloomingdale High featuring students from all across campus. But the school's energetic undertaking is part of an international phenomenon known as lip dubs, a term coined by Jakob Lodwick of the video sharing Web site Vimeo.

• Success at job fairs depends on your strategy
  

  But in this competitive job market experts say it's important not to just show up at a job fair and wander around, you have to have a strategy.

• Global oil demand expected to increase in 2010
  

  PARIS - World oil demand will rise this year due to surging economic activity in Asian countries, especially China, the International Energy Agency said today as it bumped up its forecasts.

• More storms today, but pleasant weekend to follow
  

  It will be raining most of the day in the Tampa Bay area, with the sky finally clearing tonight as a cold front moves from north to south.

• Smothers Brothers and more today at strawberry festival
  

  Entertainment that includes the Smothers Brothers and Tracy Lawrence, discounted carnival rides and a Boy Scout exhibit are among the highlights of today's Florida Strawberry Festival.

• Ex-Buc Shaun King joins Bright House Sports Network
  

  King will be an analyst for the network's high school, college and pro football coverage. King will also contribute to the network's daily sports shows, "The Lineup" and "Toyota Sports Connection."

• Experts say U.S. doctors overtesting, overtreating
  

  Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are being overtreated.

• 'America's Most Wanted' features Riverview fugitives
  

  Authorities are looking for Luis Ramon Zertuche and Aruthuro Zertuche. Officials say Luis Ramon is the leader of the so-called Westside gang, which has been terrorizing Tampa neighborhoods.

• Raytheon neighbors fear cleanup will be as bad as pollution
  

  Finding out last week that it will take anywhere from eight to 78 years to clean up pollution under their homes was bad enough. Now, homeowners who live near the Raytheon facility in St. Petersburg are worried what kind of harm the cleanup may bring to their neighborhood.

• Pinellas deputy collides with car slowing for ambulance
  

  The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that involved a deputy rear-ending another driver who had slowed down for an ambulance, investigators say.

• Teen Stevens survives as 'Idol' pares down to 12
  

  Teen power won out as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while the more experienced Lily Scott got the ax. Also cut were Alex Lambert, Todrick Hall and Katelyn Epperly.

• Sarasota's unemployment rate hits 13.4 percent
  

  Empty restaurants and shuttered shops serve as constant reminders of the crippled economy. Numbers tell the rest of the story, starting with Sarasota County's January unemployment rate of 13.4 percent. "It is a record for Sarasota County dating back to 1990," said Sally Hill of the Suncoast Workforce Board.

• Wesley Chapel athletic association grows up
  

  The Wesley Chapel Athletic Association has developed into a powerhouse, with a budget of $600,000, representing numerous sports leagues and hosting regional tournaments.

• No jobs in your field? Reinvent yourself.
  

  Employment experts say if you can afford it, retraining can be a great investment in your future. But choose a new career wisely.

• Fee hike saps attendance from after-school programs
  

  Attendance at city of Tampa's after-school programs has plummeted nearly 50 percent since stiff fee increases were implemented in October.

• Police: Alcohol may be involved in deadly Clearwater crash
  

  Clearwater police are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in an early morning crash that left one man dead.

• Work begins on University Area security camera system
  

  The first of 20 cameras on public property has been installed in an effort to help control crime in the area west of the University of South Florida. The initial camera at 143rd Avenue and 22nd Street, however, will not be operational until the system is online in a month to six weeks. The cameras are part of a federal grant, called Eye on Crime, to assist in fighting crime between Fowler and Bearss avenues and Interstate 275 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. Although such cameras are used in other cities, including Chicago and New York, this is a pilot project for Hillsborough County.

• Bondi too busy for TV during attorney general race
  

  Pam Bondi was a frequent guest on national television news shows as a legal commentator — until recently.

• Pedestrian killed on Adamo Drive in Tampa
  

  Tampa police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian on East Adamo Drive near 50th Street early this morning.

• Rays' Davis struggles early, settles down against Pirates
  

  Yes, Rays starting pitcher Wade Davis gave up five runs in the first inning to the Pirates in his first start and second appearance of the spring Thurdsay at McKechnie Field. But the favorite for the fifth spot in team's rotation also settled down and looked sharp in his second inning of work.