Cell Phone May Have Killed SKorean Man
November 28, 2007 By KWANG-TAE KIM, Associated Press Writer(AP) -- An exploding cell phone battery is suspected by police in the death of a South Korean worker Wednesday, though the phone's manufacturer said it was highly unlikely.
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