Very carefully. No, I'm not being a smart aleck; fire eaters, from fakirs to sideshow performers, have very few secrets about their craft. Urban legend has it that fire eaters use "cold flames ...

"It's easy," he said. "I taught an 18-year-old girl once." The trick to fire-eating is that there is no trick. Saliva boils for a second or two, protecting against burns until the mouth can close ...

They were known, at least to their critics, as the Fire-Eaters. The times were different, of course. But the similarities are remarkable, all the more so viewed at a distance of more than 150 years.

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Cephalon (CEPH)'s knuckle-rapping from a U.K. watchdog after some of its drug sales reps took doctors barhopping in Portugal -- a trip which included fire-eaters -- shows just how cheaply doctors ...

Fire Eaters: Zero Bandits is a vividly colorful beat-em-up with ten cartoon characters battling in lush visual realms. According to the company, " It's our endeavour to create a beat 'em up game ...

A Van Nuys jury deadlocked Friday in the trial of a 32-year-old magician who claimed the chemicals he uses in his fire-eating act caused police to think he was driving drunk. Most of the jurors ...