Leap year

• This post comes from Quentin Fottrell at partner site SmartMoney. A leap year isnt just an astronomical sore thumb. Its also an opportunity to snag some deals, chart the financial year ahead to avoid making costly mistakes, and party on borrowed time.
(MSN Money)
• Chery Lowe turns 48 today, but since she was born in a leap year she has fun manipulating the calendar. "I like to tell my grandchildren that I'm younger than they are.
(Augusta Chronicle)
• WASHINGTON (KGO/NASA/CNN) – Everyone can think of something to do with the extra day in February every fourth year, even if they have no idea where it comes from.
(msnbc.com)
• The IRS was kind enough to reply to my request for information about the discrepancy in filing dates for the form 1099 series and the W-2 series.
(Forbes)
• For most people, Feb. 29 rolls around once every four years, a nifty quirk of the Gregorian calendar.
(Huffington Post)
• Certs 4 Less, in addition to its everyday competitive prices, will be offering 29% off to customers that order SSL Certificates or Code Signing Certificates between now and March 6 2012.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Ryan Alvarez of Carlsbad is used to some confusion about his birthday, but he still wasnt prepared for what happened the night he was carded at a Pacific Beach restaurant.
(North County Times)
• Leap Year is not just for special babies. It's also a holiday with a nearly-forgotten tradition in which women, for just one day, are allowed to propose marriage to a man. On Jan.
(Washington Post)
• On average, American adults spend 13 hours per week cleaning. And theres quite a disparity when it comes to the difference between men and women. Women spend 15.6 hours a week cleaning, while men only spend 10.2 hours.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Celebrating a birthday is ordinarily an annual event, but for some leap year babies, they make up for the four-year time gap by celebrating more than one day of the year.
(NJ.com)