Valentine’s Day News
How to make your Valentine’s Day flowers last
Do you want to be sure you’re sending the correct message this Valentine’s Day? WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath has some tips about what flowers to get this year and what message flowers send.
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Surprising health benefits of Valentine’s Day traditions
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Ashes or chocolate? For observant romantics, it's a tough one
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Top 50 movie romances
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Wine of the Week: Wines for Valentine’s
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Ashes or chocolate? This Wednesday, observant romantics face tough choice
It’s a divine double-booking: Ash Wednesday 2018 falls on Feb. 14. And for people who want to keep both God and their significant other happy, it’s something of a dilemma.
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Cardiologist: Pay attention to your heart on Valentine’s Day
As many as 1 in 4 heart attacks is ignored for various reasons; experts warn that allowing them to go unaddressed increases the risk for permanent heart damage or death.
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Top 50 movie romances
Ready to say, “You had me at hello?” WTOP’s Jason Fraley counts down Valentine’s staples.
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Fries, not flowers: Fast-food chains try to lure valentines
NEW YORK (AP) — Is that love in the air or french fries? White Castle, KFC and other fast-food restaurants are trying to lure sweethearts for Valentine’s Day. It’s an attempt to capture a bit…
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Looking for love in all the wrong places? FBI warns about romance scams
Valentine’s Day is not just for flowers, chocolates and romance. The FBI is warning people about the risks of online romance scams.
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Surprising health benefits of Valentine’s Day traditions
They’re familiar sights this time of year: A box of chocolates and a dozen roses. But it turns out there may be some surprising health benefits to these Valentine’s Day staples.
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‘How we should look at love’: Lovings’ story provides inspiration for couples on Valentine’s Day
More than 50 years after the historic case Loving v. Virginia, which struck down a ban on interracial marriage, the Lovings’ legacy and struggles are still felt by interracial couples across the U.S.
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Eat your heart out: Valentine’s Day food happenings
Almost every restaurant in the D.C. area will host you and yours on Valentine’s Day, but why not wow your dearest with more than just dinner?
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20 affordable Valentine’s Day gifts for children
What do you give the kids who make your heart burst with love every day for Valentine’s Day? Here are 20 budget-friendly presents that will make it a Valentine’s Day to remember for the daughters, sons, nieces, nephews and other kids in your life.
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Husband continues sweet Valentine’s Day tradition for wife with dementia after nearly 40 years
For 40 years, Donna and Ron Kramer in New Mexico have recreated their first Valentine’s Day together. Donna was diagnosed with dementia nearly four years ago, but she still hasn’t forgotten this tradition.
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Galentine’s Day celebrations add activism to breakfast food
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — When Kelly Smith thought about when to hold her kickoff event for a county commission campaign in suburban Florida, she chose a day symbolizing women supporting women: Galentine’s Day. The…
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Aphrodisiac plants are as close as the nearest supermarket
Money can’t buy you love, but it can buy you plants and maybe plants can win over your Valentine. For millennia, various plants have been billed as aphrodisiacs and some are pretty easy to find.
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Labor of love: How a local couple turns cocoa beans into chocolate bars
Think chocolate for Valentine’s Day is cheesy or boring? D.C.-based artisan chocolate company Harper Macaw is anything but.
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Galentine’s Day evolves from sitcom to become part of #MeToo
Galentine’s Day began as an idea on the popular TV show “Parks and Recreation,” but this year, many women are turning it into part of the #MeToo movement.
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Former military interrogator shares techniques to help your love life
Is that person into you? Is your spouse lying? A former military intelligence officer and interrogator shares intel on how to read body language ahead of Valentine’s Day.
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