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Kiss isn't just a kiss for Times Square sailor

No way, no how, will Glenn McDuffie be lockin' lips Tuesday in Times Square.

McDuffie, 80, of Houston, was identified last week by a forensic artist as the man in the famous Life Magazine photo -- taken 62 years ago Tuesday -- of a soldier and a nurse smooching in Times Square to celebrate victory over Japan in World War II.

McDuffie says he wants nothing to do with the annual "Kiss-In"...

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