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The Illinois General Assembly is looking at a cellphone "lemon law" that would allow consumers to break their contract with a service provider without financial penalty if their phone develops a problem on three or more occasions. "When someone buys a cellphone that turns out to be defective, they have to go back to the provider for a repair or replacement," says Representative Susana Mendoza. "When this happens repeatedly, it burdens customers...