ICED (a new serious game "I Can End Deportation" from Breakthrough.tv designed to "help reframe the immigration debate in the United States and ensure due process and fairness for all those who live in the country." Plus Meez, the avatar makers, are now in the casual games biz) (Mashable)

- 'American Idol' (on iTunes...it will be interesting to watch how the download numbers match up with who stays and who goes. And McDonald's launches its own intra-"Idol." Plus eMarketer has some new stats on podcasting including the percentage of teens who listen) (L.A. Times, reg. required) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Scion launches a new campaign (that involves street teams and "gold bars." Separately, they're launching widgets, too) (Media Post, reg. required) (ClickZ)

- Danger v. iPhone (this writer claims Microsoft will now be able to give the iPhone a run for its money when it comes to teens...hmmmmm) (Digital Trends)

- High school decides vagina image is 'distasteful' (school newspaper decides to make its Valentine's Day issue a Vagina Day issue and focus on violence against women...which was fine until they included a textbook image of an actual vagina, at which point they scrambled to get them out of students hands) (L.A. Times)

- 'Digital Natives' glossary (seems more like a social media glossary to me - thanks Bob!)

- Why kids lie (and why they play and why parents of overweight kids don't think they're overweight. Plus teen boys aren't as sex crazed as we make them out to be...) (New York Magazine) (New York Times, reg. required) (Reuters)

- Bad girls (get much more paparazzi attention than bad boys. Plus the latest trendsetting young celebs) (New York Times, reg. required) (AP via San Jose Mercury News)

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