Leap Day News

On Leap Day 2008, the Air Force awarded a contract to produce next-generation midair refueling tankers to joint-bidders Northrop Grumman Corp.

The California rock band The Mother Hips put on a great Leap Day show Friday, Feb.

Declining revenue on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike could trigger toll increases on those roads, officials say.

Wewahitchka Elementary School recently concluded an Accelerated Reader Reading Campaign called Leap into Reading.

The California rock band The Mother Hips put on a great Leap Day show Friday, Feb. via Tahoe World

Learn to relax through dance ROSEBURG: Body Balance Yoga Studio is hosting an Ecstatic Dance evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 612 Jackson St., Suite 1. Events scheduled for empowerment ROSEBURG: Labor of ... via The News-Review

Yokohama Arena is the happiest place on earth on Jan. 27, 2008, as Hello Project's amazing singing and dancing company puts on yet another world-class show. via Blogger Party

“We are proud to have met the strict San Francisco Green Business certification standards so that we can offer an environmentally-sustainable experience to our guests, our employees and the community.”

Source : Joie de Vivre's Hotel Carlton Green business certification to be celebrated with activation of solar power system at February event. via 4 Hoteliers

“I thought it would be a good idea to get people to think how they spend their day.”

"Public artist" Brian Feldman of Orlando, Fla., celebrated Feb. 29 by leaping. For 24 hours, beginning at midnight, Feldman jumped off a 12-foot-high platform every three minutes and 56 seconds . via Dispatch.com

“I have had extensive training and experience with this anarchist bicycle group ”

DISTANT REPLAY: There are a million stories in the Naked City . But because there are so many, some get lost in the shuffle. via Santa Barbara Independent

“You look at a situation and try to be fair about it.”

Paul Kalstein and his family can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Centennial School District has reversed course and excused Paul from his absence from William Tennent High School on Leap Day. via PhillyBurbs.com

“Since the tropical year is 365.242190 days long, a leap years must be added roughly once every four years.”

Note: This was published on Leap Year Day in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. They allow me to publish features they have published in other places 30 days after the original publication date. via Men's News Daily

“Everything is black and white to Paul, not gray. He takes everything to the ninth degree of seriousness.”

In the Centennial School District, terroristic threats apparently are no excuse to skip school. via PhillyBurbs.com

“On the fourth day, she was letting me see the patients and just checking (on) me.”

Most aspiring medical students follow a familiar path -- undergraduate science study, medical school and residency in an American hospital. via C & G Newspapers

On Feb. 29, the Sea Cliff Beach Committee sponsored a "Leap Day Pub Crawl" along Sea Cliff Avenue's bars and restaurants and would like to thank all who made the event the great success it was. via Glen Cove Record Pilot

FERNLEY--Jordann Lizaola will observe her birthday Feb. 29, every four years, as the young Fernleyite was born on leap day. via Reno Gazette-Journal

Mardi Gras and Leap Day helped push the gross casino revenue to its second highest February on record.

The $110.5 million won by the Coast casinos in February was almost $1 million more than last February, but short of the record $114.2 million in 2004. The total includes an additional day's revenue for Feb. 29 plus the financial kick Mardi Gras brings.

After a disappointing January, the Mississippi River casinos roared back in February. January's revenue was less than $118 million, the lowest since 1998, but numbers jumped back to $143.5 million, the strongest February since 2004. Read more

“In honor of Domino's BRKLYN (Brooklyn-style pizza), we've been celebrating everything "Brooklyn”

SCOTTSDALE, AZ : Baby Brooklyn from Scottsdale Wins Free Domino's Pizza PR NEWSWIRE ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 13 /-- Domino's Pizza , the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, had a "special delivery" take ... via Village Soup

“That's a day. There was crime that day. So it was included.”

News The NYPD has become so obsessed with trying to show an ever-lower crime rate that it erased February 29, 2008. via The Village Voice

“The day is included in the stats.”

There's no disputing Key Food cashier Tina Negron was stabbed to death inside the East Village supermarket. via AMNY