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May 2008
- Lesbian Liplock Sparks Stadium PDA Dispute
  
  KOMOTV.com | May 30, 08 12:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Seattle Mariners' response to a fan complaint has set off a dispute about gay rights and public displays of affection. A Safeco Field employee told a lesbian couple they had to either stop kissing in the stands or leave the game, KOMO TV reports. One of the women says the kiss was a peck on the lips, but security received a report of "groping and making out," the team tells the Post-Intelligencer. More »
- Jeffs Photos Used to Bolster Custody Case
  
  Salt Lake Tribune | May 29, 08 7:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It was an obvious stunt by Texas child services: entering photos of Warren Jeffs kissing two "child brides" in a custody hearing for a newborn. Reeling from an appeals court ruling that they failed to show that 450 children were at risk, officials wanted to hype the "pervasive" abuse at Yearning for Zion. No surprise. The surprise, writes Rebecca Walsh in the Salt Lake Tribune, was that the young parents whose newborn was at issue actually helped the state's case. More »
- Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | May 7, 08 11:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Madonna revived a rare classic last night—and it wasn't a song. During a performance in Paris to promote new album Hard Candy , the Material Girl, 49, grabbed a female backup dancer for an on-stage lip-lock, reprising a headline-grabbing steamy stunt with Britney Spears during a 2003 MTV awards show, the Daily Mail reports. More »
April 2008
- Quickies Are the Way to Go
  
  Associated Press | Apr 3, 08 10:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Size may or may not matter when it comes to sex, but length (of time) definitely does, reports the AP. A recent survey of sex therapists reveals that 3-13 minutes is ideal. One researcher wanted to refute the notion that "more of something good is better, and if you really want to satisfy your partner, you should last forever." More »
March 2008
- Americans Learn The Global Art Of the Cheek Kiss
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08
  
  Shake hands? Kiss? Or kiss-kiss-kiss?This is the quandary for Frank Higgins, one of today's global business soldiers. He is employed in Glendale, Calif., by Swiss-owned Nestlé USA Inc. as president of two divisions, one of which markets to Hispanics. With so many national customs involved, ordinary office greetings require savoir-faire.
- India Lifts Gere Kiss Warrant
  
  AFP | Mar 15, 08 6:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Indian court has lifted an arrest warrant for Richard Gere issued last year after he publicly kissed a Bollywood star on the cheek, AFP reports. Outraged Hindus held rallies and burned Gere in effigy after he planted a few kisses on Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness rally. "The case brings a bad name to the country," a justice from the country's Supreme Court said. More »
- Lame Duck Sings Swan Song for Press
  
  YouTube | Mar 10, 08 12:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two years after Stephen Colbert stunned the Washington press corps by not just roasting but slamming the guest of honor at the Gridiron dinner, this year's dinner wasn't televised. But a bootleg of President Bush's swan song promptly appeared on YouTube. He performs “Auld Lang Syne” and joins hands with—and then kisses—Helen Thomas. More »
February 2008
- Lovefest Film Puts 'Putin' in Romantic Light
  
  CNN | Feb 14, 08 11:12 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A warm and fuzzy Russian movie about a politician's rise to the Kremlin, released today for Valentine's Day, bears more than a passing resemblance to Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reports. "It's a film about the life of a politician, about love, and the relationships every person has," gushed the producer of The Kiss Is Off the Record. More »
- Put Your Honey Where Your Mouth Is
  
  Washington Post | Feb 11, 08 2:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - From a peck on the cheek to "get a room"-level PDA, kissing is everywhere, but for an activity common to almost every culture, it's remarkably underscrutinized, reports the Washington Post . One study of college student kissers found that men see kissing mostly as a precursor to sex, while women pay careful attention to taste and smell, possibly using kissing to assess potential mates. More »
- Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 3, 08 12:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A medical student sprang into action when she spotted a tiger cub choking on a piece of meat at a German zoo—and gave the animal mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as Der Speigel reports, "mouth-to-muzzle" CPR. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a sudden he couldn't breathe and lost consciousness," said the student, a 24-year-old mom visiting the zoo with her own baby. More »
January 2008
- Top 10 Romantic Movie Moments
  
  CNN | Jan 27, 08 4:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - There's nothing like these classic scenes of on-screen romance. CNN's Screening Room lists cinema's top 10 romantic moments: Casablanca : Humphrey Bogart's "We'll always have Paris" monologue. City Lights : When Virginia Cherrill recognizes Chaplin's tramp as her lover. Roman Holiday : Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's scene at the Mouth of Truth sculpture. From Here to Eternity : Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing in the surf. Am é lie : The young couple's breathtaking bike ride through Paris. More »
- Giuliani Can't Connect in Fla.
  
  Washington Post | Jan 26, 08 6:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani isn't the type to kiss babies in Florida—or even shake hands. The former mayor has run a detached, tightly controlled campaign, eschewing personal contact, avoiding questions, and rushing past crowds after events, the Washington Post reports. His brusque style is leaving uninspired voters in his wake. “There was just no energy, you know?” said one. More »
- Teenagers Kiss Off S. African Lip-Locking Ban
  
  Washington Post | Jan 6, 08 9:06 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - South African teenagers held a “kiss-in” yesterday to protest a new law that criminalizes romantic physical contact with anyone under 16, the Washington Post reports. The "Kissing Law” is intended to make it easier to prosecute older men sexually involved with younger girls. But the law has outraged students, pushing authorities to say they don’t intend to arrest young people who violate it. More »
December 2007
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Go!
  
  CBS | Dec 14, 07 5:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US military, whose resources are stretched overseas, has become far more tolerant of gays. One Army sergeant turned over a video of a passionate kiss with his boyfriend to superior officers and was merely told to go back to work, according to a "60 Minutes" investigation to be aired Sunday. "I don't care if you're gay or not," he said one officer told him. More »
- Bad Lip-Lock Is Kiss of Death
  
  CNN | Dec 4, 07 9:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - You must remember this: A kiss isn't just a kiss. If it's bad, it can actually kill a budding relationship, a new survey says. Some 59% of men and 66% of women said they've had the hots for someone—until that first, deadly kiss, CNN reports. "I knew this girl I'll call Big Tongue," recalls one luckless dater. "She was very forceful with it, and I started choking." More »
October 2007
- She Views Life From Behind a New Face
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 5, 07 1:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who in November 2005 received the world's first partial face transplant, has taught herself how to eat and speak again, but what she really wants to learn, the Guardian reports, is how to kiss. In a new book published in France yesterday, Dinoire describes her slow adjustment to living with another woman's face after surgery. More »
September 2007

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Lesbian Liplock Sparks Stadium PDA Dispute

Jeffs Photos Used to Bolster Custody Case

Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss

Quickies Are the Way to Go

Americans Learn The Global Art Of the Cheek Kiss

India Lifts Gere Kiss Warrant

Lame Duck Sings Swan Song for Press

Lovefest Film Puts 'Putin' in Romantic Light

Put Your Honey Where Your Mouth Is

Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

Top 10 Romantic Movie Moments

Giuliani Can't Connect in Fla.

Teenagers Kiss Off S. African Lip-Locking Ban

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Go!

Bad Lip-Lock Is Kiss of Death

She Views Life From Behind a New Face