Also called the pink navel orange, it’s very sweet and juicy. My Valentine’s Day dessert.

It covers an area bigger than the continental U.S., and monitoring scientists say it could either be part of the Dragon storm of 2004 or a brand new one.

Massachusetts state regulators have ordered Wal-Mart to make the morning-after pill available. The retail giant said it was considering stocking the drug at the rest of its pharmacies nationwide.

Earlier, Wal-Mart had refused to dispense the pill for reasons it did not wish to divulge.

It’s women who do the giving of chocolates, and the recipients are men, especially bosses.

A Valentine’s Day outing for a group of girls and their teachers from a boarding school is the setting of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Some of them decide to explore the rock, and disappear. I won’t go into a review here, but this is one of the first movies I wanted to own.

The rock itself, as filmed by Peter Weir, deserves top billing as one of the most menacing presences ever recorded on film.

There is birdshot in his heart, and he suffers a minor heart attack, prompting doctors to move him back to the intensive care unit.

Now at 11037, highest since June 2001. Via Briefing.com. Naz at 25.50.

11,002 at last check.

The Concerto for Orchestra.

Lots of these in the garden now.

For the males, it can be (ow) somewhat daunting, as scientists reveal (ow) that what was formerly viewed as cannabalism is simply (ow stop it, now that really hurt) accidental removal of parts during mating.

In Belgium, librarians are becoming cupids as bib-dating (what the Dutch call library dating) rears its bookish head.

A library spokesman likens it to speed-dating with a twist.

What I’d give to have one of these installed at my front door. Back door too.

One year old today. It’s been a blast!