Happy Valentine's Day

One friend of mine says that Valentine's Day should also be called "Singles Awareness Day". I think some other names for it could be
"Women's favorite, men's least favorite day of the year" or
"Revenge of the florists, Hallmark, and candy companies".

Anyways, here is a smattering of news articles I found relating to Valentine's Day. I found the smorgasbord of topics quite amusing.

Valentine's Day internet suicide plot - Australian News
A MAN who used an internet chatroom to try to set up a mass suicide on Valentine's Day had been trying for at least five years to persuade women to engage in sex acts with him and then kill themselves, it has been revealed.

In City of Excess, No Theatrics Are Too Grand for 'Marry Me' - New York Times
In New York City, the competition for the most unforgettable marriage proposal has become increasingly fierce.

Saudi crackdown hasn't killed Valentine's fetes - Philadelphia Inquirer
In a country where Valentine's Day is banned, ordinary Saudis find they must skirt the law to spoil their sweetheart.

Valentine's date for 'love birds' - BBC
Two swans who fell in love at a bird sanctuary are to be released back into the wild on Valentine's day.

Valentine's a day of love, lust and stress - Toronto Star
Though expressing some warm fuzzies may seem simple enough, Valentine's Day in the 21st century is complicated.

No Gondolas for Valentine's Day - BBC
Venetian gondoliers, enraged by a ban on boating at night, have gone on strike - spoiling many a couple's dream of a Valentine's Day boat trip.

Radio station offers free divorce for Valentine's Day - CNN.com
Cupid occasionally misses his mark, so a local radio station is running a Valentine's Day contest offering a free divorce.

India has fallen in love with Valentine's Day - New Kerala
If there is one Western 'day' that the Indian heart has adopted as its very own, it must be Cupid's favourite Valentine's Day.

Valentine's becomes a day for activists - San Francisco Chronicle / ABC News
Valentine's Becomes a Day for Activists Rallying on Abstinence, Gay Marriage

'Womanizer' beer for Valentine's - BBC
A West Midlands brewery has come up with a "romantic" Valentine's beer - named Womanizer.

Valentine's Chocolate May Have Small Handprints of West African Children - Voice of America
While many people are offering their loved ones chocolate for Saint Valentine's Day Monday, Ivory Coast, the world's leading cocoa producer is struggling to reduce forced child labor in its cocoa sector.