valentine's day http://wamc.org en Vox Pop : Open Forum - Valentine's Day (!?) : 2/14/13 http://wamc.org/post/vox-pop-open-forum-valentines-day-21413 <p>Today is Valentine’s Day, a day of chocolate, flowers, and love… or is it?</p><p>Today we want your take on this holiday. Is it a fun way to spend some time with your sweetheart, or a day manufactured by card and candy companies to boost first quarter earnings? WAMC's 'resident softie' Alan Chartock joins host Ray Graf.<em> </em></p> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000 Patrick Donges 57847 at http://wamc.org Vox Pop : Open Forum - Valentine's Day (!?) : 2/14/13 Vermont Company Touts Most Expensive Teddy Bear http://wamc.org/post/vermont-company-touts-most-expensive-teddy-bear <p></p><p></p><p>The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is touting what it claims is the world's most expensive teddy bear, just in time for Valentine's Day.<br><br>The Shelburne, Vermont-based company has put a $30,000 price tag on the 4½-foot-tall bear that it is calling The Big Hunka Love Diamond Bear. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:15:00 +0000 Pat Bradley 56864 at http://wamc.org Vermont Company Touts Most Expensive Teddy Bear