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With Swine Flu on the Rise, Should We Stop Shaking Hands?

It’s expected. At a job interview, during an introduction, when saying goodbye . . . The handshake is as American as apple pie. But — eewww — just imagine where that person’s hand might may have been before being clutched into yours! Touching a subway rail … flushing a toilet …

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Hubble-Bound Astronauts Tweet Their Horn

Call him @Astro_Mike. That’s the latest digital moniker of NASA astronaut Michael Massimino, who has invited the world to tag along via the Twitter micro-blogging Web site as he trains for a May space shuttle mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope. Massimino, a veteran spacewalker and Hubble repairman, is …

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'Dancing With the Stars' Finale: Shawn Johnson Gets the Gold

In a surprising finish, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson was named the winner of season 8 of “Dancing With the Stars.” Gilles Marini, the “Sex and the City” actor who had long been seen as the front-runner, came in second, and Melissa Rycroft, a sentimental favorite who had joined the show …

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