From Susie Madrak: "This is really sweet. The YouTube orchestra CDZA found four couples at a New York City senior living center and performed their wedding song. Each couple shares with the camera the story of their relationship."

If you are doing any last-minute Valentine's Day shopping, make sure that you take the opportunity to buy union-made chocolate and treats. You have a lot of options to choose from, as many of the major producers of candy that is sold for Valentine's Day are union companies. Many of the candies made by the following companies are union-made (check the list for more detail) by members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), or the United Farm Workers of America (UFW):

Hershey Products

Necco (New England Confectionery Company)

Ghiradelli Chocolates

See's Candy

Gimbals Fine Candies

Nestle

Jelly Belly's Candy Company

Pearson's Candy Co.

Kraft

Anabelles Candy Company

American Licorice

Sconza Candies

Orville Redenbacher

Frito-Lay

Coastal Berry Co.

Swanton Berry

Montpelier Almonds

Brown Date Gardent Dates

Mann's California Apples

Sunkist

Sunworld Citrus

Airdrome Citrus

Big Jim Citrus

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The RNC is offering a chance to send e-cards to loved ones this Valentine's Day, including this charmer:

Good to know that enabling the worst administration ever and causing the destruction of millions of lives as well as our standing globally doesn't prevent them from being as mean-spirited and small as they've ever been.

How these people sleep at night, I'll never know.