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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Taco Bell is being sued by two customers after they said a manager poured boiling hot water on them. The lawsuit was filed on July 13 in Dallas County for the incident that took place on June 17. Brittany Davis and C.T. (a minor) both suffered severe burns and trauma when a Dallas Taco Bell manager poured boiling water on them as they tried to resolve an issue with their order. According to the lawsuit, the $30 order was filled incompletely twice in the drive-thru. The lawsuit continues to say that when the two women went inside...

An Illinois woman allegedly recorded herself pouring a pot of boiling water on her sleeping boyfriend and then posted the disturbing aftermath on social media, prosecutors said Tuesday. Alexis Sykes is accused of the heartless crime that occurred in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend in Roselle, Illinois. on Jan. 2, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. Sykes’ boyfriend was sleeping on the couch when he was scalded with boiling water. Instead of helping, Sykes recorded the vile act and then posted it on Snapchat, prosecutors allege.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Chino Hills on Tuesday on suspicion of repeatedly pouring boiling hot water on his girlfriend's dog.

Boiling Water, Home-made Flame Throwers, and Union Goons Employees of a construction company, a subcontractor to a steel giant, POSCO, barricaded themselves at POSCO headquarter and have been battling riot police for several days. They poured boiling water to riot cops, and also fired home-made flame throwers (made out of garden hose and LPG in portable containers) at them. In the following video, you can see riot cops pinned at the stair well, their shields up to protect themselves from flames, while some others are busy putting out fire using fire hose. The pictures below show the "weapons" they kept(note:...

It is the ethical dilemma that for decades has troubled the rich and aspiring the world over: when you place a live lobster in a pot of boiling water, does it feel pain? Norwegian scientists were asked to investigate pain, discomfort and stress in invertebrates and claim now to have discovered that the answer is no. Their conclusion applies also to crabs and to live worms on a fish hook. None of these feel a thing. Which is good news for Norwegian fishermen at least. Their government was considering a ban on live worms as fish bait under revisions to...