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Longest Kiss in History: 46-Hour Thai Smooch
By not in system - AOL NewsPATTAYA, Thailand -- It was one long kiss for a couple - one record-breaking embrace for mankind. A determined Thai couple locked lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes and nine seconds to celebrate Valentine's Day in this southern beach resort town, emerging victorious after a "kissathon" organizers claim marked the longest recorded smooch in history. The previous record of just over 32 hours was set in 2009 by a couple in Germany, according to Guinness World Records, whose officials will have to verify the latest milestone for it to become official. Apichart Weerawong, AP Laksana ...
No Love Lost in GOP Valentines That Mock Big-Name Dems
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyContinuing a romantic tradition begun last lear, the Republican National Committee has revived GOPValentine.com, featuring electronic love notes poking fun at Democrats like President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Al Franken. A card featuring White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, known for his foul mouth, extends wishes for a "Happy Valentine's Day." Reid, Speaker of the House Pelosi and Obama are featured in a card knocking the Democrats' efforts to revive the struggling economy. It reads: "Please Accept This Valentine's Card, In Place Of A job." The e-missives are part of a ...
Someone for Everyone: The Biggest and Fattest Lovers
By Buck Wolf - AOL News(Feb. 11) – How do I love thee? We've been counting the ways, trying to find the heights and depths of the human soul, long before Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning started getting all mushy with each other. More than a century and a half after that legendary romance, we still ask, perhaps foolishly, "How much?" as if someone might ever be able to quantify love. Guinness World Records Douglas Maistre Breger da Silva is 35 inches tall, and his wife, Claudia Pereira Rocha, is one inch taller than him. They are the world's shortest married couple. You can transcend time: My love ...
Valentine's Dinner Odds in Blizzard Season
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyPioneering organic restaurateur Nora Pouillon is skiing in Austria. But she keeps calling her business partner in Washington to talk about municipal infrastructure, which means, she says, "If the Metro will be working, if the buses are running, if the streets are plowed," after a second storm drops another foot of snow here by late Wednesday. Coming on the heels of last weekend's crippling blizzard, Pouillon fears from afar that Restaurant Nora could face its own St. Valentine's Day Massacre should patrons cancel reservations for that annual exercise in comestible romance. Like New Year's Eve ...
Price of Love Is Down This Valentine's Day
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(Feb. 2) – As MasterCard often reminds us, some things in life are priceless. Love, however, isn't one of them. The price of love this Valentine's Day is $63.34. That's how much the average American couple will spend romancing each other, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. Like job numbers, romance-related spending is down this V-Day, by about $4 from 2009. Somewhere, Cupid's cherubic heart is breaking – but here on earth, following a deep recession, some say it's not worth going into the red for a dozen roses. "Valentine's Day is more of a discretionary ...
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