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Dec 28, 2007 9:46 PM CST

Battery Ban Begins on Airlines

Most batteries in phones, laptops, will likely not violate rule

(Newser) - The Department of Transportation has banned certain kinds of lithium batteries from checked airline luggage, citing worries over short circuiting and fires. Lithium batteries installed inside of electronic devices will be permitted as carryon, but loose batteries, unless sealed inside a plastic bag, will no longer be permitted on board.

The Exploding Phone Was
A Hoax!

Nov 29, 2007 7:00 PM CST

The Exploding Phone Was A Hoax!

Co-worker admits to backing over victim by accident with excavator

(Newser) - A South Korean man thought to have been killed by an exploding cell phone was actually accidentally run over by a coworker. The quarry worker, found dead yesterday morning with a melted cell phone in his pocket, was not in fact slain by his mobile. "I lied that the...

iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket

Oct 6, 2007 2:38 PM CDT

iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket

Battery on 2-year-old device may have burst into flames

(Newser) - Apple may have another fire to put out—literally. Danny Williams says he was at work in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport when his 2-year-old iPod Nano caught fire in his pocket. “If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist,...

Scientists Roll Out Paper Batteries

Aug 14, 2007 5:50 PM CDT

Scientists Roll Out Paper Batteries

We're hoping for fold-able cell phones

(Newser) - Scientists have come up with a paper-like substance that can act as a power source, Scientific American reports. The thin, flexible substance—composed of cellulose, carbon nanotubes, and liquid salts—can be used as both a battery and a supercapacitor, which can deliver quick bursts of high power. What's more,...

States Accuse IPhone of Battery Gouging

Aug 2, 2007 7:24 AM CDT

States Accuse IPhone of Battery Gouging

NY says Apple can't charge $79 to replace device sealed in cell

(Newser) - New York state officials are demanding that Apple stop forcing consumers to pay a premium to exchange batteries on their new iPhones, days after an Illinois class-action lawsuit over the charge for a new charge. Apple asks $79 to replace the batteries, which are sealed inside the phone, making them...

Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids

Jul 26, 2007 5:20 PM CDT

Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids

(Newser) - Toyota will provide two experimental plug-in electric hybrid cars to the University of California for road testing, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The new vehicles can travel 100 miles on a single gallon of gas after a boost from a rechargeable battery that plugs in to a standard 110-volt current.

Cop in Katrina Brutality Case
Kills Himself

Jun 12, 2007 5:46 AM CDT

Cop in Katrina Brutality Case Kills Himself

Trial for beating of unarmed man was set for next month

(Newser) - Former New Orleans police officer Lance Schilling, set to be tried next month for the caught-on-camera beating of an unarmed man just after Hurricane Katrina, died yesterday of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face. He and his partner were charged with beating a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher who had...

Artest Could Face Jail Time in Domestic dispute

Mar 21, 2007 8:40 PM CDT

Artest Could Face Jail Time in Domestic dispute

Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged with four misdemeanors Tuesday.

(Newser) - Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged Tuesday, March 20, with four misdemeanors stemming from an altercation with his wife earlier this month. The famously temperamental NBA player could spend time behind bars if found guilty on any of the four charges, which include battery and corporal injury to a...