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Jim McElhatton

Jim McElhatton no longer works for The Washington Times.

Articles by Jim McElhatton

"Technology produced by A123 and funded by U.S. taxpayers should not simply be shipped off to China so that the military applications" can be reproduced abroad, said Sen. Chuck Grassley. (Associated Press)

Foreign bids called critical to A123 sale

The prospect of Massachusetts-based high-tech battery-maker A123 Systems landing in the hands of a Chinese competitor has angered some lawmakers, but a group of highly paid lawyers — including a former Senate staffer who earned more than $1,000 per-hour — kept the sale from falling apart amid mounting criticism on Capitol Hill. Published January 30, 2013

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, said he traveled on a plane owned by Dr. Melgen but denied that he engaged with prostitutes. (Associated Press)

Florida doctor pays politicians, not taxes

A Florida eye doctor who owes millions of dollars in back taxes to the federal government but who managed to shower Sen. Robert Menendez and other politicians in Washington with campaign donations had his offices raided by the FBI on Wednesday. Published January 30, 2013

**FILE** A store receipt with a food recall notice on it sits June 27, 2011, near a check-out lane at a Cincinnati Kroger grocery store. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. recalled Sept. 28, 2011, about 131,300 pounds of ground beef was possibly contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (Associated Press)

Food inspectors see problems with computer system

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has hailed its new automated inspection system as a "data-driven" approach to protecting the nation's food supply, but inspectors say systematic failures keep them stuck in front of office computers while potential public health hazards go unchecked. Published January 28, 2013

Before a crowd stretching down the Mall, President Obama takes the oath of office and gives a relatively brief inaugural address. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Mapping a picture of Earth’s minute particles from the sky

In a little conference room in an airplane hangar in Northern Virginia, about a half a dozen government scientists spent much of this past weekend analyzing the air around and above the nation's capital as hundreds of thousands of people arrived to celebrate President Obama's inauguration. Published January 21, 2013

**FILE** The Google logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Associated Press)

D.C. tax lien on Google simply a $300,000 goof

While Google makes billions of dollars per year in profits, the company — for a few days anyway — found itself among a list of local scofflaws hit with tax liens filed by the D.C. government. Published January 17, 2013

Jason Forcier (right), vice president and general manager of A123 Systems Inc., shows off a lithium-ion battery at a plant in Romulus, Mich., in 2011 to (from left) A123 President and CEO David Vieau, Rep. John D. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Now in bankruptcy, the pending sale of A123 to a China-based company has vendors and stockholders trying to recoup some of they money they have lost. (Associated Press)

Lobbyists work both sides on A123 sale

Lobbyists are swarming on both sides of the pending sale of a U.S. battery-maker backed by more than $100 million in federal grants that soon could be in the hands of a Chinese competitor. Published January 15, 2013

**FILE** People wait in line at the U.S. Postal Service Airport station in Los Angeles on Dec. 19, 2011. (Assocaited Press)

Watchdog looks at cost of ‘flat rate’ ads for USPS

A recent audit into Postal Service advertising expenditures for fiscal 2011 has uncovered millions of dollars in questionable costs as postal officials pushed hard to publicize shipping products in the face of sharply declining first-class mail volume. Published January 14, 2013

**FILE** Solyndra headquarters in Fremont, Calif. (Associated Press)

Solyndra consultants pursue pay for tax work

With its bankruptcy case ended and its failure faded from headlines, solar panel maker Solyndra LLC appears set to receive a big reduction in years worth of overdue property tax bills, potentially setting up tax consultants with a hefty seven-figure payday. Published January 9, 2013

**FILE** White House Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (Associated Press)

Citigroup tenure lucrative for Lew

Jack Lew, President Obama's presumed choice to lead the Treasury Department, has close ties to Wall Street, receiving more than $900,000 in bonus cash from a division of Citigroup Inc. just as the company was getting bailed out by U.S. taxpayers. Published January 9, 2013

**FILE** An A123 Systems Inc. logo is seen here in Livonia, Mich., on Aug. 6, 2010. (Associated Press)

Money-back guarantee eyed on Energy Department loans

A House Republican announced plans Tuesday to introduce a bill to make sure that companies backed by federal Energy Department loans or grants pay the money back if they're going to be taken over by a "non-allied foreign nation." Published January 8, 2013

**FILE** President Obama pauses during a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Dec. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Dormant liberties agency awakens to tasks

A presidentially appointed panel charged with ensuring federal laws don't impede Americans' civil liberties has nothing to show for itself in recent years, failing to meet even once during a five-year span because vacancies had left the board dormant for so long. Published January 7, 2013

** FILE ** An A123 Systems Inc. logo is shown in Livonia, Mich., in 2009. (Associated Press)

Creditors want help with A123 sale to Chinese

Creditors of a bankrupt U.S. battery maker that went broke after winning a multimillion-dollar federal grant want permission to hire a lobbying firm to keep the proposed sale of the company to a Chinese competitor on track. Published January 2, 2013

Securities industry ban asked for executive

A Washington-area executive accused in a lawsuitof bilking millions of dollars from a charity founded more than 200 years ago by Dolley Madison is facing a lifetime ban from the securities industry. Published December 25, 2012

FEC pressed to probe Dish TV chief

A watchdog group wants federal election regulators to investigate whether the head of a major satellite-television company forced company executives to donate to prominent Democratic campaigns in recent years. Published December 20, 2012

Cars are parked in the lot outside the Dick's Sporting Goods store in Cranberry, Pa., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut. They also say it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **

Dick’s pulls some guns; investing firm sells stock in arms

Even amid reports of many Americans scrambling to buy guns, a major sporting goods chain suspended sales of some of its semi-automatic guns Tuesday while an investment firm moved to sell off a company whose rifle was reportedly used in last week’s attack at a Connecticut elementary school. Published December 18, 2012