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An oldie but a goodie: check out a flickr pool of computer monitors with "transparent" backgrounds. (via Boing Boing)

Why is today the 29th of February and not the first of March?

For the first time in American history, one out of every 100 Americans is in prison, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States. In Kentucky, the crime rate has increased "about 3 percent in the past 30 years, while the state's inmate population has increased by 600 percent."

U.S. officials announced that technical problems will delay the first phase of a U.S.-Mexico "virtual border fence" for three years.

Daddy Yankee has launched a scholarship program, "Edúcate Con Impacto," designed to provide financial aid to students who have committed crimes but want to turn their lives around with a college education.

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown battle cold weather in a new video, "No Air."

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who was born on a U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone, has inspired a debate about the definition of "natural-born citizen." Foreign-born U.S. citizens are prohibited from running for president. (via BuzzFeed)

Starpulse reports that Oscar nominee and Juno star Ellen Page is dating actor Frankie Muniz. The Village Voice thinks Page prefers girls.