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D.C. Police Chief Cathy L Lanier, with Mayor Vincent C. Gray, discusses an initiative for phone-service carriers to disable stolen smartphones as soon as the theft is reported. Chief Lanier is a leading advocate of the FCC-coordinated program. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Smartphone thieves lose connection

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FCC: Fresh fuel critical for storm-hit cell towers

By PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

Sandy takes out 25 pct of cell towers

By PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

FCC clears way for AT&T to use airwaves

By PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

FCC lets cable cos encrypt signals to foil theft

By PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

**FILE** FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (Associated Press)

Lawmakers say FCC squandered U.S. stimulus funds in U.K.

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

New FCC rules on closed captioning fall short, deaf say

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

**FILE** FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s Internet tax

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC sent more than $1M in stimulus funds to London

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

FCC approves Verizon-cable deal for spectrum

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (Associated Press)

Obama team sued for failure of Bush loan

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

AT&T to buy NextWave, holder of unused spectrum

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

AT&T to goes on spectrum shopping binge

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Verizon settles FCC probe into ‘tethering’ block

By PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

Comcast FCC appeal denied over Tennis Channel

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Court won’t hear `wardrobe malfunction’ appeal

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Comcast agrees to pay $800K in settlement with FCC

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Hedge-fund manager charged with asset misappropriation

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC’s policy on obscenity on TV ‘vague’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Court throws out FCC penalties for cursing, nudity

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press