Associated Press
As Valentine’s Day approaches, all is not lovey-dovey in the high-stakes online dating industry.
The contentious issue of the moment — pitting one of the three biggest companies, True.com, against its major rivals — is whether online dating services can enhance their clients’ safety by conducting criminal background screenings of would-be daters.
TheBostonChannnel.com
A Massachusetts-based dating company boasts a 20-year record of happy endings, but “The Right One” has left a trail of unhappy consumers.
Team 5 Investigates Susan Wornick reported Sunday that the dating service includes personality profiling and criminal background checks. The dating service said that just last year 76 members got engaged or married.
ToledoFreePress.com
For many couples, Valentine’s Day is a time to come together and think of the joys the future will bring. The Wood County Historical Center & Museum’s “Dating Through the Decades” event and exhibit, open Feb. 22 and 29, will offer all area residents a chance to take a closer look at dating scenes of the past and present.
The Wood County Historical Center & Museum will be broken up and transformed into three dating situations from the past, said Museum Director Christine Raber. The scenarios are “places you might [have gone] to meet somebody or take a date,” she said.