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Top StorynnCommunications Daily* –- Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is seeking to overthrow John Dingell, D-Mich., as Commerce Committee chairman (p1; Washington Internet Daily, p1). nnnAmong OthersnnWashington Post –- Obama chose Julius Genachowski, who was an aide to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, for his transition team (News.com).nnKansas City Star –- Sprint Nextel complained to the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division about a pulled commercial showing a construction worker with a hard hat in Verizon Wireless’ trademark red coming to the rescue of a co-worker in Sprint’s yellow with a worthless push-to-talk phone.nnWSJ –- FairPoint seeks a new CEO.nn –- Sprint Nextel will broadcast to handsets an NFL Network-exclusive game each of eight Thursdays starting this one.nn –- Leap Wireless reported a wider loss Q3.nn –- Vodafone said Thursday it will buy a partner’s stake in South Africa’s Vodacom, giving it 65 percent ownership.nn –- Precautions can be taken to avoid bad cellphone reception.nnNew York Times –- Cisco beat projections for its earnings Q3, through October but warned that revenue this period may drop 10 percent (Wall Street Journal*).nn –- A few people do give up their cellphones.nnNews.com –- Loopt will announce Thursday a deal with a Qualcomm unit to help cut the cost of location-based services.nnGlobe and Mail –- Spring electronic-wallet research by Rogers, Visa and a bank will test the technology less than how subscribers deal with instant credit purchases.nnFinancial Times –- Minority shareholders are chafing at the takeover bid for Hong Kong’s PCCW by Chairman Richard Li and China Unicom.nn –- Deutsche Telekom said Thursday its cautious strategy will pay off with a profit next year that match its targets for this one (WSJ).n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available