âFear Factorâ Sued for Rat-Eating Episode
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A Cleveland man has sued NBC for $2.5 million after seeing the "Fear Factor" episode where contestants were made to eat dead rats. He said that he was so disgusted that he threw up and also states in his lawsuit that watching the show "caused his blood...
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McDonald's Corp. must face a suit by New York teenagers who claim the company hid the health risks of Chicken McNuggets and other foods and made them obese, an appeals court ruled.
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PORTAGE, Wis. - A rural Poynette teenager put mice poison into food and beverages that his family ate and drank for weeks to "make them sick because he was mad at them," according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
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People who handle rats in labs or keep them as pets are at risk of contracting a rare but potentially deadly disease called rat-bite fever, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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Table dancing around the Greek islands Ionian blog Today was the day I tried the web-cam over satellite. It was also the day the "rat's entrails" fight came to a head. On balance, I think I came out ahead of the cook.â¦
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NEW YORK - When the owner's away, the rats will play. Video shot Friday morning through the window of a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant in New York caught several rats running around the floor, between counters and tables and on children's high chairs.
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Watching contestants eat dead rats on NBC's gross-out stunt show "Fear Factor" so disgusted a Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for &#36;2.5 million, saying he could not stomach what he saw.
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The author of a cookbook of healthy comfort food for children sued Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld on Monday, charging copyright infringement and defamation.
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A COUNCIL tenant claimed yesterday she was in danger of being evicted because of a foul-mouthed parrot called Sparky.   Paula Bedford said the parrot, which actually belongs to her lodger, is fond of phrases like "show us your knickers" as well as expletives.
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A couple sued ConAgra Foods Inc. on Friday over a salmonella outbreak linked to its peanut butter, and their attorney said more suits will follow.
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A former restaurant manager featured  on a new U.S. reality show with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is  suing the hot-tempered British television star to stop the  program from being broadcast.
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A look at the legal issues in the battle between Missy Chase Lapine and Jessica Seinfeld over their rival cookbooks on how to hide pureed vegetables in children's food.
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A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.
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People who handle rats in labs or keep  them as pets are at risk of contracting a rare but potentially  deadly disease called rat-bite fever, U.S. health officials  said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK - A dozen rats were caught on video scurrying around the floor of a New York City KFC/Taco Bell restaurant early Friday, running between counters and tables and climbing on children's high chairs.
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A lawyer for Phil Spector said on  Wednesday he has been asked to bring the rock producer to court  next week and fears his client has been indicted by a secret  grand jury for the 2003 murder of a B-movie actress.
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - An Ocean County woman who police say tried to poison her live-in sister and her sister's boyfriend by putting rat poison in their sandwiches has been charged with two counts of attempted murder.