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Wild chocolate pairings - salty olives, savory soy sauce, fiery chili - will make an impression this Valentine's Day. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

Garlic to wasabi: Wild chocolate pairings give Valentine’s a delicious twist

By Robin Donovan - Associated Press

A couple waits for their turn in a mock marriage ceremony dubbed "Married for one day" during a Valentine's Day event in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Flowers, chocolates and flash mobs: Valentine’s Day celebrations around the world

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Heart-shaped flower petal of an Anthurium plant in New Delhi, India, on Monday Feb. 12, 2024. Looking for a meaningful, beautiful, sustainable and last-minute gift for your Valentine? Consider houseplants. Florists say those that are heart-shaped, look cheerful or have staying power are especially good at conveying Valentine's Day love. (AP Photo/Verda Subzwari)

Which houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones

By Verda Subzwari - Associated Press

Heart-shaped flower petal of an Anthurium plant in New Delhi, India, on Monday Feb. 12, 2024. Looking for a meaningful, beautiful, sustainable and last-minute gift for your Valentine? Consider houseplants. Florists say those that are heart-shaped, look cheerful or have staying power are especially good at conveying Valentine's Day love. (AP Photo/Verda Subzwari)

Which houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones

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A Mexican Mariachi band surrounded by heart-shaped balloons awaits the arrival of a couple's wedding proposal ceremony at the Lake Hollywood Park in Los Angeles, on Feb. 14, 2022. This is the first Valentine's Day since the U.S. surgeon general issued a public health advisory declaring loneliness and isolation an epidemic with dire consequences. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Here’s how to beat the hype and overcome loneliness on Valentine’s Day

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, photo Wallace Charles Smith, 72, who is a pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church, receives his first COVID-19 vaccination by nurse Michelle Martin, at United Medical Center in southeast Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine

By ASHRAF KHALIL and HILARY POWELL - Associated Press

Carolyn Beaudreau blows up a helium balloon with Valentine's Day theme at Mount Williams Greenhouses in North Adams, Mass on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, as area florists get ready for the busy Valentine's Day weekend. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)

Americans set to spend $1.3 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts - for their pets

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Y'lan Noel, left, and Chanté Adams in &quot;The Photograph.&quot; (Sabrina Lantos/Universal Pictures via AP)

Review: ‘The Photograph’ develops nicely into a fine film

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

**FILE** This Jan. 9, 2008 file photo provided by NECCO shows sayings imprinted on traditional Valentine's Day heart candies at the NECCO company headquarters in Revere, Mass. (AP Photo/NECCO, Greg M. Cooper, FILE)

D.C.-area restaurants offering special meals for Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras

By Corinna Lothar

Tennessee attorney offers free divorce for Valentine’s Day

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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 photo, Levi Suttles, 6, displayed on a monitor, is still able to attend school at Miami View School in South Charleston, Ohio, despite battling leukemia thanks to a robot designed by the Ohio State University engineering department. The robot allows Levi to move around and interact with his class from a computer at home. (Bill Lackey/The Springfield News-Sun via AP)

Robot helps Clark County boy, 6, attend school

By RILEY NEWTON - Associated Press

Larry Dominick, who helps out during busy times, looks over some rose bouquets in the flower cooler as he gets orders ready to go out for delivery on Valentine's Day at Welborn Floral & Events in Owensboro, Ky., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Americans spend record-breaking $20.7 billion on Valentine’s Day, $886 million on pets alone

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Aqua Falls employees deliver water to University of Dayton Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. A water line broke in one Ohio's largest cities, leaving some 100,000 customers under a boil-water advisory, closing schools and disrupting diners' Valentine's Day plans. (James Rider/WHIO-TV via AP)

Broken pipe puts much of a city under boil-water advisory

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First lady Melania Trump talks with Josue during her visit to the National Institutes of Health to see children at the Children's Inn in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, and celebrate Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First lady makes Valentine’s Day art with pediatric patients

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

A Pakistani vendor waits for customers to sell balloons ahead of the Valentine's Day in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Celebrating Valentine's Day is considered "un-Islamic" by some in Pakistan, but many still exchange gifts with others. One university has rebranded it as "Sister's Day" and gained notoriety for doing so. (Associated Press)

At Pakistani university, rebranded Valentine’s Day leaves some heartsore

By Naila Inayat Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

D.C. area restaurants have some sweet celebrations scheduled though February. (Associated Press/File)

D.C. area restaurants to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year

By Corinna Lothar - Special to The Washington Times

Supporters greet arriving students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. With a heavy police presence, classes resumed for the first time since several students and teachers were killed by a former student on Feb. 14. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

Gun-control sideshow

By Jenny Beth Martin

Volunteers hang banners around the perimeter of Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., to welcome back students who will be returning to school Wednesday two weeks after the mass shooting that killed 17 students and staff. (Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

The Latest: Superintendent says most students returned

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Pulse survivor India Godman, left, hugs Wendy Garrity at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, for an open house as parents and students returned to the school for the first time since a shooting took place at the high school on Feb. 14. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

The Latest: School safety bill moves ahead in Florida Senate

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Mourners hug as they leave the funeral of Alaina Petty, in Coral Springs, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Petty was a victim of Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Latest: Stoneman Douglas students greeted in Tallahassee

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