Love

LOS ANGELES -- California and the Western United States are leading a nationwide surge in interracial marriage, according to a new study that paints a picture of a broadly diversifying nation, one where color lines are blurring and old taboos fading.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- People can die of a condition known as "broken heart syndrome," which researchers in Little Rock have found to be much more common in women than men.

In the first large-scale study of it, researchers found women suffer from broken heart syndrome 7.5 times more often than men, according to Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh, a cardiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences who led the study, which was presented at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando last year.

MIAMI -- Two teens in love have disappeared weeks before graduating from high school in June.

Police believe Nicole Marie Dones, 17, and Jackson Wayne Powell, 18, decided to run away because of their families' disapproval of their relationship. They met while they were both juniors at Miami Palmetto High School.

"We just believe that it's a modern day Romeo and Juliet," said Miami-Dade Police Detective Edna Hernandez.

BOSTON -- Love is an emotion, a decision and a state of insanity. Similarly, infidelity might be called love in disguise, a passionate madness. As Valentine's Day approaches, we will be lost in a swirl of hearts, flowers and romance. Millions of cards will be exchanged and it is estimated that up to 190 million roses will be purchased in the U.S.

Then we will see the spoiler, the Internet-fueled folly telling us that Valentine's Day is a time to stoop and snoop to catch a cheating spouse. Often citing wildly hyped-up numbers of supposedly unfaithful men, "mavens" simply ignore figures from nationally scientific surveys.