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No. 1 cell phone carrier Verizon Wireless is recalling 50,000 replacement cell phone batteries for LG phones that overheat and may burst. The problem appears most often when customers use after-market recharging cords. Verizon also blames a vendor that it says sold counterfeit batteries.

Nice move, trying to take out the after-market parts suppliers. From the recall notice, it looks like the "counterfeit" parts were incorporated into legit batteries which would make the problem a QC issue at LG. Never underestimate the power of companies to take advantage of situations like these. Remember when the airlines took advantage pre-9/11 of security concerns to match ID with ticket and kill off your ability to sell a ticket you couldn't use? And now you pay through the nose for even a minor flight change.

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