U.S. investigators ask Boeing for battery history

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | 4:05 p.m. CST; updated 7:58 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

TOKYO — U.S. investigators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 Dreamliners as Japan's All Nippon Airways revealed it had repeatedly replaced the batteries even before overheating problems surfaced.

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