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Chris Paine is a filmmaker whose documentaries include "Who Killed the Electric Car?" ,"Charge" and "Revenge of the Electric Car. " The troubles of electric-car-maker Fisker Automotive have fueled another round of debate about whether plug-ins can live up to their promises. The California start-up, which had already halted production and laid off most of its employees, missed a federal loan payment Monday and told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that bankruptcy may be unavoidable . This is likely the end of the road...

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and launches a bid for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. "I've served on this committee since 2004. I saw the worst partisanship creep into what should be a...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is set to introduce legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain D.C. driver's licenses, following similar moves by Maryland and several other states. The legislation, according to a Facebook posting Tuesday night by the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Engagement, "would allow all eligible District residents the right to obtain a driver's license or DC identification card, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. " Gray, who is set to unveil the bill...

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will ask his colleagues Wednesday to repeal the city's 23.5 cent-a-gallon gasoline tax and replace it with an 8.3 percent tax on wholesale gas and diesel purchases. The proposed shift, inserted into Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2014 budget proposal, would shift the onus of paying fuel taxes from consumers to businesses. But fuel distributors would almost certainly pass those costs on to customers. In an interview, Mendelson (D) said the District needs to revise its fuels tax to better...

RICHMOND — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has pulled slightly ahead of Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II in the race for Virginia governor , according to a poll released Thursday. The Quinnipiac University poll shows the former Democratic National Committee chairman getting support from 43 percent of voters while Cuccinelli has 38 percent. A recent Washington Post survey had Cuccinelli up narrowly among registered voters, 46 to 41 percent, and ahead 51 to 41 percent among likely...

Some grandmothers pass down cameo necklaces. Katharine Cook Briggs passed down the world's most widely used personality test. Chances are you've taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator , or will. Roughly 2 million people a year do. It has become the gold standard of psychological assessments, used in businesses, government agencies and educational institutions. Along the way, it has spawned a multimillion-dollar business around its simple concept that everyone fits one of 16 personality types.

The chairman of the board of trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, J. Tomilson Hill, has resigned, the Hirshhorn announced this week. Hill, 63, president and chief executive of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management and a vice chairman of the Blackstone Group, joined the board in May 1999 and became chairman in 2004. "After eight years as chairman, I decided that it was the right time to step down," Hill said in a statement. "It is my great hope that the Hirshhorn will continue its commitment to...

Wilmer C. "Bud" Dutton Jr., 88, a retired urban planner who served as chairman of the Prince George's County Planning Board and chairman of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, died Feb. 28 of complications from a stroke at Collington Episcopal Life Care Community in Mitchellville, where he lived. During his two four-year terms as chairman of the Prince George's Planning Board, he served -- in the words of a 1970 Washington Post article -- as "public relations man, promoter, drum beater and...

Sam Rothman GWU department chairman Sam Rothman, 92, a retired Navy Department chemist who became chairman of George Washington University's engineering administration department, died Feb. 12 at Bedford Court retirement community in Silver Spring. He had pneumonia. The death was confirmed by his grandson, Justin Sosne. From 1946 to 1955, Dr. Rothman worked at the National Bureau of Standards's plastics division helping develop plasma expanders crucial during loss of blood and plasma.

With one of the most renowned names in Fairfax County politics, Supervisor Pat S. Herrity launched his campaign yesterday for board chairman two decades after his father held the same office. Herrity, 48, is one of just two Republicans on the 10-member board and faces Democrat Sharon S. Bulova, the board vice chairman, in a special election likely to be held in February. They are vying to replace Gerald E. Connolly, who was elected to Congress last week. Herrity said he will emphasize the need for change in what he views as the county's...

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox confirm a report that chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has recommended a family succession plan that includes selling its interest in the franchise. The team says in a statement released Tuesday that while he has recommended putting the club up for sale "once he is no longer with us," all plans are "fluid" and "ultimately will depend on timing and other circumstances. " The White Sox also say he has no plans to sell the team anytime soon. The 77-year-old...

Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of the nation's largest bank, keep both his jobs Tuesday. Dimon also received strong support to be re-elected to the bank's board. Three directors — James Crown, David Cote and Ellen Futter — received the backing of less than 60 percent of shareholders. Shareholder advisory firms had urged that shareholders withhold support for those three, who had served on the bank's risk policy...

TAMPA, Fla. — JPMorgan shareholders defeat campaign to split CEO and chairman role; Dimon prevails. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members. It was a mixed verdict in a closely watched test of corporate governance at U.S. companies. Dimon emerged in a stronger position after the proposal to split his roles won just...

CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. "There's a few chapters before we get to the last one. So it's up to us to connect the dots first," RNC...

HELENA, Mont. — Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board — but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run. The Democrat told The Associated Press in an interview that he has always been good at "keeping a couple of balls in the air. " Schweitzer was among four new board members elected earlier this month after...

TODAY: The candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee square off in Washington in a debate organized by Americans for Tax Reform. 23 DAYS: The 168-member RNC convenes in Washington to pick its new leader. With at least six candidates in the field -- and maybe more to come -- it could be a long day of voting.

It has been more than 20 years since Sharon S. Bulova took the first step in her political career. In some ways, she had John F. "Jack" Herrity, then the chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, to thank for the opportunity. A seat opened on the board when Herrity's increasingly unpopular, pro-development views invited a challenge from a Democratic supervisor in 1987. Bulova jumped in to run for the open seat. On Tuesday, Bulova will again pursue higher elected office.

FREEPORT, Maine — L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman of the outdoors retailer after more than a half-century as the company's chairman or CEO, but the privately held firm is keeping the position in the family. The Maine-based outdoors retailer informed its 5,000 full- and part-time workers Monday that Bean's great-grandson Shawn Gorman is the latest family member to serve as chairman, underscoring a commitment to family ownership in an era in which most large retailers are publicly...