Duo tries to break world handshaking record

Kevin Whittaker and Cory Jens deserved congratulations after attempting to set a new world record, but they probably didn't want any handshakes.

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Handshake Sends Attorney to Jail

A lawyer has been charged with assault for shaking a federal prosecutor's hand so hard, authorities said, that it injured her shoulder.

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Obama's bow to emperor in Tokyo triggers some frowns

President Barack Obama's low bowing to Japan's Emperor Akihito in Tokyo Friday while on a week-long trip to Asia, has ruffled many Americans, notes Grumpy Editor.

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Sportwriter Siegfried Mischner says Adolf Hitler shook the hand of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics.

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Summary: Fox News hosts and contributors have criticized President Obama for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez, but a Media Matters search of the Nexis database found no examples in 2002 of Fox News personalities criticizing President Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani President Isla …

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There are two ways to shake hands in the Arab world. In the regular way, you quickly rub palms while shaking hands, yet in the warmer way, you place both your palms on the hand you are shaking and hold them there for a long moment.

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Playing a brief clip of "W" and world leaders coming out on stage for the official group photograph of the G-20 Summit last weekend, CNN's Rick Sanchez interpreted the scene as Bush being ignored by the other leaders and then sulking about it.

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Kristi Mailloux, president of Molly Maid, a maid franchisor in Ann Arbor, Mich., says she never initiates a fist bump, but reciprocates if offered. She says she hopes it never replaces the handshake except, perhaps, in the flu season.

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Several members of the Iraqi parliament called on President Jalal Talabani on Friday to apologize for shaking hands with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at a conference in Greece this week.

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Mr Bush threw the Prime Minister off balance with his hip-hop-style handshake when the pair met during the outgoing President's farewell tour of Britain.

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When I was in high school I used to be terrified of my girlfriend's father, who I believe suspected me of wanting to place my hands on his daughter's chest.

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Anyway, the bad news is that, according to the Times, the popularity of the social kiss continues to grow.

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