Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss.
The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet.
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A British teenager collapsed and died minutes after kissing a boyfriend for the first time.
Jemma Benjamin, 18, shared her first smooch with Daniel Ross in the hallway of his apartment in South Wales in April 2009, The Daily Mail reported.
The pair had been friends for weeks and were...