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Trader Fred Demarco (right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A date to go scuba diving with former NASA astronaut and famed moon walker Buzz Aldrin is up for bid in an online auction organized by astronauts to raise money for student science scholarships. (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation)
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Eddie Sanders III, right, a sanitation supervisor with the Depatment of Public Works, wipes his brow after spending a couple of hours loading sandbags into District resdients' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Alexandria resident Kelly DeMaso (right) waits with her daughter Julianna, 11, as they and others wait in line for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Boris Bulatovic an employee at Decorium on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011, writes a message on a sheet of protective plastic on the storefront. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Federal Reserve chairman Paul Bernanke (right) and Jean-Claude Trichet, of France, president of the European Central Bank, take a stroll Aug. 26, 2011, on the veranda of the Jackson Lake Lodge before the morning session of the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran, Wyo. (Associated Press)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Eddie Sanders III, right, a sanitation supervisor with the Depatment of Public Works, wipes his brow after spending a couple of hours loading sandbags into District resdients' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. In preparation for Hurricane Irene. Each District resident is entitled to five sandbags. The Department of Public Works says they have 75,000 bags today and more coming tomorrow. They'll be distributing sandbags until midnight Friday and will start again at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Boris Bulatovic an employee at Decorium on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011, writes a message on a sheet of protective plastic on the storefront. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Dante Barnes of the Washington Redskins (39) scores a touchdown while being defended against by Tom Zbikowski (28) of the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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DeAngelo Hall of the Washington Redskins (23) celebrates his touchdown from an interception in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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DeAngelo Hall of the Washington Redskins (23) runs back an interception for a touchdown in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Dante Barnes of the Washington Redskins (39) carries the ball for a run in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Evan Royster, left, and Darrel Young of the Washington Redskins tackle Brandon Banks of the Baltimore Ravens in in the first quarter of preseason football at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Seawright Homes is building 104 single-family homes on sites of 7,500 to 10,000 square feet at the Orchard at New Market in New Market. The York model, with 2,384 square feet, is priced from $417,690 to $437,030.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new iPad during a product announcement Jan. 27, 2010, in San Francisco. Apple Inc. on Wednesday announced Mr. Jobs has resigned as CEO. He is expected to be replaced by Tim Cook, who has been the company's chief operating officer. Mr. Jobs has been elected as Apple's chairman.
