Disaster_Accident

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** FILE ** Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez (right) speaks before county supervisors at their weekly meeting in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Brian van der Brug)

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Leroy Thorpe walks around the Shaw neighborhood in NW, DC, Saturday, July 17,2004 pointing out former crack houses he, along with his Red Hat group, helped to shut down, turning the once crime ridden area into an area with homes going for a quarter of a million dollars. ( Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times )

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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, photo, new homes are constructed in Edmond, Okla. U.S. builders started construction on single-family homes and apartments in September at the fastest rate since July 2008, a further indication that the housing recovery is strengthening. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki,)

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, people view housing models on display during the China Property and Investment Show in Beijing, China. People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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**FILE** A Chinese submarine rescue ship sails in waters off the island of Yonaguni in Japan's Okinawa prefecture on Oct. 16, 2012. Japanese aircraft spotted seven Chinese warships in waters off the southern Japan island and about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the uninhabited isles at the center of a territorial dispute between the two countries. (Associated Press/Joint Staff Office of Japan)

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Richard Lee Norris, shown after his accident and before reconstructive surgery, was injured in a 1997 gun accident, losing much of his upper and lower jaws as well as his lips and nose. (University of Maryland Medical System)

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A Libyan civilian watches cars burn in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. (Associated Press)

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Brown marmorated stink bugs will be looking for warmth inside homes as the weather cools. Besides being household pests, the bugs attack fruit crops and could cause considerable damage to mid-Atlantic farms next spring. They also have shown up in Oregon orchard areas, where they could threaten the wine crop. (Associated Press)

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Francesco Schettino (left, rear), the captain of the Costa Concordia, was fired after the ship hit a reef and tipped over. A hearing is reviewing his actions before the accident and the evacuation of passengers. (Associated Press)

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The Costa Concordia cruise ship remains partially sunk near the Tuscan island of Giglio. The ship hit a reef in passing too first close to the island and 32 people died. A hearing on the tragedy has begun. (Associated Press)

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A view of the partially sunk Costa Concordia wreckage next to the Giglio Island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. The first hearing of the trial for the Jan. 13, 2012 tragedy, where 32 people died after the luxury cruise Costa Concordia was forced to evacuate some 4,200 passengers after it hit a rock while passing too close to the Giglio Island, is taking place in Grosseto Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Captain Schettino, who was blamed for both the accident and for leaving the ship before the passengers, is scheduled to attend the hearing. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A view of the Costa Concordia wreckage next to the Giglio Island, Italy, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Works have begun to remove the tons of rocky reef embedded into the Concordia cruise ship's hull, a first step in plans to eventually tow the wreck away from the island, where it ran aground last January. The whole removal process could take as long as a year. In a broadcast interview Tuesday, Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino described the collision as a "banal accident" in which "destiny" played a role. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A view of the partially sunk Costa Concordia wreckage next to the Giglio Island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. The first hearing of the trial for the Jan. 13, 2012 tragedy, where 32 people died after the luxury cruise Costa Concordia was forced to evacuate some 4,200 passengers after it hit a rock while passing too close to the Giglio Island, is taking place in Grosseto Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Captain Schettino, who was blamed for both the accident and for leaving the ship before the passengers, is scheduled to attend the hearing. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Lawyer John Arthur Eaves, representing a group of Costa Concordia survivors, is interviewed outside Teatro Moderno theater where the first hearing of the trial for the Jan. 13, 2012 tragedy, where 32 people died after the luxury cruise Costa Concordia was forced to evacuate some 4,200 passengers after it hit a rock while passing too close to the Giglio Island, is taking place, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)