VALENTINES DAY

In honor of Feb. 14, we summarize why a handful of NBA players with Valentine's Day-themed names connect well with the holiday.

Love story The Vow won the hearts of moviegoers with $51.4 million in global ticket sales over a pre-Valentine's Day weekend that featured stronger-than-expected performances from three new releases.

If you're going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine's Day, you might want to consider smooching bare-lipped. Most lipstick contains lead.

Young Iranians abandoned thoughts of sanctions, nuclear power and economic hardship on Tuesday in favour of shopping for gifts and making dinner plans to celebrate love on Valentine's Day.

The Republican National Committee insists the lighthearted but personal attacks are meant in good fun.

Valentine's Day Cards for Veterans is your chance to brighten a soldier's day. Here's how you can put a smile on an American veteran's face today.

Happy Valentine's Day, music lovers!

It's Valentine's Day, and if you haven't yet bought the perfect gift for the special someone to express your love, don't fret - there's still time to time to make that last minute purchase. But what if you're broke or short of cash? What if you just have $10 or less with you? How will you celebrate Valentine's Day with your loved one and still make it a memorable occasion?

Alone on Valentine's Day? Perfect!

If you’re sad about being alone this Valentine’s Day, Twitter may make you feel less lonely. Singles are taking to social media to grumble about their loveless holiday. Studies conducted pre-Valentine’s Day show that women are posting more positive remarks than men, but the amount of bitter tweets clogging the feed seems to be about the same.

As couples around the world try to find the words to express their love on Valentine's Day 2012, take a page from our book and see what others have said first. From the poet Sappho to children's author and political cartoonist Dr. Suess, here are 25 beautiful quotes about love and loving someone on Valentine's Day 2012.

Forget the roses, eCards and love quotes, say Happy Valentine's Day at a sewage treatment plant for a Feb. 14 you will never forget.

Vera Wang will present at Lincoln Center for Mercedes-Benz's New York Fashion Week on Valentine's Day at 11 a.m. Here is where you can watch a live stream of the show.

Valentine's Day 2012 is here and while your gifts may be wrapped and ready to deliver, writing a card can often be the hardest part. Here's a selection of short love poems that might help you with the process.

Just one day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit northern California, two other earthquakes hit nearby early Valentine's Day: a 5.1-magnitude quake in northwest Mexico and a 3-magnitude earthquake in southern California.

For Avalanna Routh, a six-year-old diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called AT/RT, meeting Justin Bieber for Valentine's Day 2012 meant making all her dreams come true. And on Feb. 13, the pop star decided to make that dream a reality, treating Routh to a Valentine's Day date in Manhattan that she would never forget.

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, police in Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya and other parts of the country raided a number of hotels and arrested more than 80 people for being alone with a member of the opposite sex.

If you're going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine's Day, you might want to consider smooching bare-lipped. Most lipstick contains lead.

People in Uzbekistan have been forced to replace Valentine's Day with the birth anniversary of Moghul emperor Babur, which falls on the same day.

Hacker collective Anonymous has taken down a number of Web sites on Tuesday, including that of the Bahrain government and the U.S. maker of teargas used on protesters in Bahrain last month.

Emirati marriage counselor, author and ultra-conservative Muslim Widad Lootah has urged Muslim and Arab women to embrace love and love-making on the eve of Valentine's Day, it has been reported.