The romantic drama “The Vow” looks like the kind of annual Valentine’s Day staple that arrives just as calls start flooding flower shops and chocolate bonbon displays invade your local CVS. Not only do stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams know their way around tearful breakups and torrential reunions (Two words: “ The Notebook ”), but the plot follows the familiar path of true love against all odds. Read full article > >

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Going Out Guide movie review: ‘The Vow’

We know you’ve got Tuesday, Feb. 14, circled on your calendar, but there’s a lot to do before Valentine’s Day, including many ways to celebrate this weekend. See our ideas for the best events this weekend , including dual exhibits featuring two Founding Fathers, plays put together in a day and the International Wine and Food Festival. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Founding Fathers exhibits, Play In a Day

Bobby Valentine to replace Terry Francona.

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Red Sox Hire New Manager

How romantic: Dr. Lazar Greenfield, the president-elect of the American College of Surgeons, wrote an editorial on Valentine’s Day saying that women are made happy by contact with semen during unprotected sex. Now, after weeks of controversy, he has…

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Surgeon Resigns Over Semen Claim

Islamic morality police in Malaysia arrest more than 80 Muslims in an operation to stop them celebrating Valentine’s Day.

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Mass Malaysia Valentine arrests

The 500-year legacy of the world’s first Valentine

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Lasting love

Readers tell their tales of love turning sour on Valentine’s Day, the most romantic day of the year.

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City Room: Unlucky in Love: Readers Tell of Romance Gone Wrong

Malaysia steps up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine’s Day – labelling it a “trap” that could encourage immoral behaviour.

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Beware of Valentine’s Day ‘trap’ Malaysians told

Middle schoolers in Alabama are pushing for a Valentine’s Day without cursing.

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Trying to Hold Down Blue Language On a Red-Letter Day

A New York zoo offers a Valentine’s gift for Americans who have caught the love bug: a chance to name a cockroach after their loved ones.

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Zoo offers chance to name your own love bug

Melt more than hearts with this delicious marriage of single-origin chocolate and 18-year scotch For those who love chocolate and booze together but have grown beyond liqueur-filled mini chocolates, Compartes Chocolatier recently introduced a limited-edition box of scotch whisky-infused dark truffles. With our favorite The Macallan 18-year single-malt scotch enriching the deep flavor of the single-origin ganache, we’re fans. As the truffle melts in your mouth, the subtle taste of whisky comes through—sounds like a perfect Valentine’s day gift. So either pick up a 10-piece box for yourself or for a loved one for $30 from the Compartes online shop .

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Compartes Chocolate and Macallan Truffles

The director of film drama Blue Valentine says the recent battle over its certificate in the US has helped open a debate over sex and violence in cinema.

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Film ‘sparked censorship debate’

There may be a scientific reason that Blue Valentine makes for a bad date movie: After collecting the tears of women watching sad movies, researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have found that they contain a chemical that temporary…

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Study: Tears Contain Chemical Turn-Off

Blue Valentine toggles back and forth between the beginning and end of Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy’s (Michelle Williams) relationship, but, according to A.O. Scott, never convincingly covers the middle. “Mr. Gosling is convincing as the run-down,…

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A.O. Scott Doesn’t Like ‘Blue Valentine’