A FIRE swept through a hostess bar in Seoul, South Korea, late Wednesday, killing 14 people, police said. Ten clients and four women employees were suffocated by smoke and toxic gas, they said. . . . A JURY in Albuquerque, N.M., awarded $2.9 million in damages to a woman who suffered third-degree burns after spilling a cup of McDonald's coffee. Her lawyer, Reed Morgan, said there have been several lawsuits over McDonald's coffee, which is 180 to 190 degrees when served.