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A recent survey indicates that fewer Japanese women are willing to give obligatory chocolates to colleagues this Valentine's Day, signaling a decline in the local "giri choco" tradition. About the tradition: In Japan, it is a common practice for women to give chocolates to male colleagues, superiors and sometimes even clients as a social obligation. The "giri choco" tradition, which means "obligation chocolate," is considered a polite gesture and not romantic.

>> reporter: so what are you making here? >> i am making peanut butter guckeyes. ut reporter: buckeyes. >> yes. >> reporter: fall is candy season and it's when talk in donna mcnemar's candy shop, coco beans in sandusky county, ohio, turns to politics. sandusky is a swing county. enesident obama won it twice, but so did george w. bush. and who would you like to see win this election? >> i would like to see donald trump win this election. >> reporter: mcnemar says she especially likes his plans for the economy. >> when you want business to grow, would you not need somebody that knows business? e...

If you never got around to returning your vhs videotapes years ago, you might want to watch out. a north carolina man found out the hard way. you see he was actually arrested for failing to return of all things "a freddie got fingered" from 14 years ago. although the video store is closed, james meyers is due in court next month and can face a fine if convicted. with easter right around the corner, candy retailers are sure to rejoice this week. the holiday beats out halloween as the most lucrative week of the year for candy sales. americans millions of easter treats last week. if you don't...

Finally tonight here, a new study almost too sweet to believe. chocolate helps our memory? our concentration? here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: okay, we all know, sometimes chocolate makes us act a little strange. just ask homer simpson. >> wow, chocolate, half price. >> reporter: or augustus gloop. >> my chocolate! >> help! >> my beautiful chocolate! >> reporter: but a new study the authors insist was not paid for

Heart-shaped boxes of candies already shipped nationwide may be mislabeled and could contain nuts. see's is recommending people with nut allergies avoid their eight-ounce boxes labeled classic red hearts, with assorted chocolates. and seeing red tonight. lawyers for pop superstar katy perry. yeah, you remember that left shark who seemed to forget the dance moves during her super bowl halftime show. well, an enterprising artist created a 3-d printable left shark and sold it online but perry's lawyers, now they are demanding he take it down saying the now famous shark is perry's intellectual p...