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The 2nd Corps of the Korean People's Army in North Korea conducts a live-fire exercise near North Korea's southwest coast on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo)
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The United Nations is sending two envoys to Syria to press the case to allow humanitarian relief workers unhindered access. These Syrian children fled with their families from Qusair, near Homs, to the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa. (Associated Press)
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Piles of debris are all that remain, right, at the site of the St. Louis Catholic church, which collapsed a day earlier following explosions at an adjacent munitions depot, in Brazzaville, Congo Monday, March 5, 2012. Unknown numbers of victims are believed to be trapped under the rubble as rescues wait for the area to be safe to enter. (AP Photo/Elie Mbena)
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United and Delta have become the latest airlines to replace or upgrade overhead bins so they hold more luggage. The percentage of passengers bringing bags on planes has hovered around 87 percent in recent years. (Associated Press)
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A woman walks March 5, 2012, amongst debris near buildings damaged by the previous day's explosions at a munitions depot, in Brazzaville, Congo. International experts fought to prevent a fire from reaching a second arms depot in the capital of the Republic of Congo, a day after a blaze set off a series of explosions so violent they flattened buildings, killing hundreds and trapping countless others under the falling debris. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** A worker scoops up a layer of radiation-contaminated soil and ice in the garden of a private home in Fukushima, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Volunteers look for residents in need of assistance Sunday as they attempt to recover possessions from their homes in Henryville, Ind., destroyed by Friday's tornadoes. With routines and communication disrupted, people have gone back to basics to learn about their loved ones and start rebuilding their lives. At St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (top), pews during Mass were filled not only with people but also with donated clothing and supplies. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Shrimp boats sit docked April 30, 2010, in Venice, La., near the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, 10 days after the oil-rig explosion that triggered a massive oil spill in the Gulf. BP will compensate claimants who can prove they got sick from the spill. (Associated Press)
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Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg struck out three Houston Astros during his 44-pitch outing at Space Coast Stadium. Washington dropped a 10-2 decision to Houston. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A rescue worker tries to enter a smashed rail car Sunday after two trains collided in Szczechociny, Poland. Two trains running on the same track collided head-on late Saturday, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 50 injured. "It's a very, very sad day and night in the history of Polish railways," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. (Associated Press)
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Neighbors comfort one another amid the debris that once was their homes along Highway 160 in Henryville, Ind., on Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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FILE - In this April 21, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The gargantuan legal bill for the 2010 catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is coming due for BP as a federal trial opens Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 to determine the company’s liability for the blowout of its Macondo well. On the cusp of trial, phalanxes of lawyers, company officials and state officials spent the final hours in high-stakes settlement talks that law experts believed could still yield a deal right before the courtroom doors open Monday morning. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)
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Downed power lines and debris caused by a reported tornado lie along Yarbrough Road, Friday, March 2, 2012, in Harvest, Ala. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Bob Gathany)
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Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in the East Limestone, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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A funnel cloud begins to form over the Canebrake Subdivision of Athens, Ala., Friday, March 2, 2012. Homes were damaged and utilities were interrupted when several suspected tornadoes struck Limestone County Friday morning. (AP Photo/Chris Simmons, Athens Fire and Rescue Dept.)
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Andrew Ridnour salvages items from his home in East Limestone County, Ala., on Friday. March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Robin Conn)
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A stop sign lays over in the KC Estates subdivision after severe weather passed Hodgenville, Ky. on Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire)
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Kendra McKinley pulls a flag from the debris of her grandparents river camp home in Henderson Ky. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley)
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Gene Byrd pauses for a moment while he and his son Devyn Byrd, 14, look over some of the damage sustained to a friends house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )
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This aerial photo shows a path of damage stretching west from the backside of a Wal-Mart Supercenter to the east in Harrisburg, Ill., after a severe storm hit Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern, Steve Jahnke)
