The good people at Nova Scotia's Dept. of Fisheries and Aquaculture are trying to hook couples into trying something just a little bit different on this day dedicated to romance.

The heated and occasionally vulgar exchange between National Post reporter David George-Cosh, who is now being compared (in an unflattering way) to actor Christian Bale, and marketeer April Dunford can now officially be considered part of Twitter lore.

The BBC and ABC News do a poll of Afghans. It has usually come out in December, but this one came out on Feb. 9. Here's the quick version from the BBC:

People in Afghanistan have far less confidence in the direction their country is taking than four years ago, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll suggests.

The approval rating for the central government in Kabul is still high - but is steadily falling.

Support for the presence of foreign troops is also strong but declining, compared with previous polls.

But the public is still very much opposed to the Taleban, seeing them as the country's biggest threat.

Most do not want to see the militants return.

The headline on the ABC News story is disheartening: Frustration With War, Problems in Daily Life Send Afghans' Support for U.S. Efforts Tumbling

From the BBC:

Reports of George Bush's death have been exaggerated

A South African TV station erroneously broadcast that former US President George Bush had died during one of its news bulletins.

For three seconds ETV News ran a moving banner headline across the screen saying "George Bush is dead".

The "misbroadcast" happened when a technician pressed the "broadcast live for transmission" button instead of the one for a test-run.

The station said test banners would now be done in "gobbledegook".

The Globe and Mail's John Heinzl points to one narrow indicator that suggests the wheels of world commerce may be starting to turn ever so slightly.