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Exploding Cell Phone Kills Man

Chinese cops suspect counterfeit battery may have caused phone to blow up

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 3, 2009 4:57 AM CST

(Newser) – A man in Guangzhou, China, was killed last week when his cell phone blew up and severed an artery in his neck, the Times of London reports. The young shop clerk is believed to have put the phone in his breast pocket straight after charging...   Read full story »

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