Valentine’s Day shoppers face soaring chocolate prices

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Heart shaped boxes of chocolate are displayed for sale in Key West. (Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Valentine’s Day shoppers may feel jilted by runaway chocolate prices. Chocolate prices soared 14.4% over the

Scoreboard roundup — 2/12/26

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONBucks 110, Thunder 93Trail Blazers 135, Jazz 119Mavericks 104, Lakers 124 Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Gail Slater, DOJ’s deputy antitrust chief, stepping down

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Gail Slater stepped down Thursday as head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, ending a short and contentious tenure at a pivotal moment for major corporate mergers. Her departure took effect immediately. Multiple officials familiar with the