BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut -- The mother of a Connecticut college student who choked to death on pancakes during an eating contest on campus last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The mother of a Connecticut college student who choked to death on pancakes during an eating contest on campus last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university.

Russia's annual Pancake Week (explained in this video) is supposed to be a festive occasion, sort of a Russian Mardi Gras. But this year it turned tragic when a man choked and died as he tried to ...

Contestants in the recent pancake eating contest take a few deep breaths and prepare for the eating to begin. The contest was sponsored by the Wagoner Rotary Club and held at the First Baptist Church ...