17-year-old Gianna Vigliotta, a teenager from New York, came up with the creative excuse after she w as pulled over for failing to maintain her lane. Police found her to be drunk and the breathalyzer determined her blood-alcohol level to be nearly twice the legal limit. Yet the teen insisted she had not had a drink all night.

She told the officers that she had been kissing her drunk boyfriend and that had impaired her motor skills.

After searching the car police found four bottles of beer under the passenger seat and an empty can in Vigliotta’s purse. She is scheduled to appear in court June 18.

Maika Rich and Jocelyn O’Neal admit they were kissing while seated on the No. 12 bus, which was traveling on Barbur Boulevard at around 5 p.m. on June 8 2007. The pair had been headed to the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center. They claim that at this point, a female passenger complained to the driver about the kissing and the driver told them to “knock it off” and also allegedly called them “sickos.” Rich said that she then gave O’Neal a hug as O’Neal seemed upset about the exchange. At that point, the driver allegedly stopped the bus and ordered them off.

A TriMet spokesperson says it is the policy of the organization to never kick an underage or vulnerable person off a bus and that they are talking to the driver about the incident.

Dating couples who kiss along the streets of Beijing may find themselves in a whole load of unexpected trouble, now that the government has implemented a new network of CCTVs. These cameras apparently will trigger an alert when there is “violation” of the “safe distance” between two humans, and might raise an alert for criminal activity, for example, a kidnapping or a robbery.

So you guys and gals strolling along the streets or Beijing, beware. Perhaps ducking into that doorway might help. Perhaps getting indoors might help even more.

Then again, kissers might really be guilty. Who’s ever heard of an innocent kiss?

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The original American Idol winner and “Breakaway” singer, Kelly Clarkson, has stated in an interview with Blender’s magazine that although she feels that kissing is personal, she also does not want to kiss too many guys, for fear of contracting “mouth herpes.”

She revealed that, to date, she has only kissed five lucky guys.

She is also quoted as saying, “I have major trust issues. I just don’t make out with people. That’s a waste of my kisses and time….Plus, I’m afraid of mouth herpe.,”

She allegedly kissed the white canvas by American artist Cy Twombly, worth an estimated USD 2 million dollars, on Thursday, and was arrested as she was leaving the museum. She will be charged for “damage to a work of art,” French judicial officials said.

In an apology, Gere has said ,”What is most important to me is that my intentions as an HIV/AIDS advocate be made clear, and that my friends in India understand that it has never been, nor could it ever be, my intention to offend you.”

In a show that he is not completely wrong, several legal experts in India have expressed support for Gere. India’s former attorney general Soli Sorabjee told The Associated Press ,” The order is ridiculous. Even if this hugging and kissing was a bit vulgar, it does not amount to obscenity.”