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People try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed homes in their neighborhood Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Family members and friends try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed their neighborhood homes Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Judy Hudnall sift through the debris left from Wednesday morning's storm 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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A prosthetic leg found among the debris caused by a tornado that ripped through Harrisburg, Ill. leans against a damaged home Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
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Fred Beaty, left, wipes away tears as his brother Gary Beaty looks at the home near Crossville, Tenn. where a deadly tornado on Wednesday killed their sister-in-law, Melissa Evans and sent their brother Ricky Beaty to the hospital, Thursday, March 1, 2012. National Weather Service survey teams were set Thursday to evaluate damage from powerful storms that swept across the state, killing three people and damaging dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Brooke Hill, right, of Carrier Mills, Ill., looks around some of the damage caused by a tornado on Wednesday, as she and friend Cera Wise help clean up the what's left of a house, in Harrisburg, Ill., Thursday, March 1, 2012. Damaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather, mindful of one meteorologist's warning that by Friday, both regions would again be "right in the bull's eye." (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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Volunteers and state officials work to cleaning up debris Thurday March 1, 2012 that was deposited in the area by Wednesday's flooding in the Winfield Community near Fairmont in Marion County W. Va. According to officials on sence there were at least two out buildings a fifth wheeler camper, a car and a truck buried in the debris. W.Va Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin issued a state of emergency proclamation for Marion County, W.Va. (AP Photo/Times West Virginian, Tammy Shriver)
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Volunteer firefighters place a tarp on the roof of a home after an apparent tornado damaged a few homes in the area just south of Slocomb, Ala., on Thursday afternoon, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)
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A passenger of the Costa Concordia told Capitol Hill lawmakers that the crew of the ship did not conduct a muster drill, but only showed a safety video followed by a sales pitch. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV called for the cruise industry to improve safety regulations. "You are a world unto yourself," he said. (Associated Press)
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andrew harnik/the washington times Nationals relief pitcher Sean Burnett plays catch with his son Sebastian, 3, on Thursday at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Fla.
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A man walks March 1, 2012, next to a damaged building due to clashes between the Free Syrian Army and government forces on the outskirts of Idlib in north Syria. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Homes is building condominiums at Legacy at Cherry Tree, base-priced from $199,990. The two-bedroom, two-bath homes have approximately 1,400 square feet.
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Miller & Smith is building 51 single-family homes at the Fells Point Collection at Maple Lawn in Fulton. The homes, which have four or five bedrooms, are priced from $559,990. Homeowner association fees are $183 per month.
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**FILE** Dogs taken off the streets of Khayelitsha township aren't all strays. Some owners aren't aware that they should confine their animals for safety, clinic workers say.
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Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province after Syrian government shelling. A photojournalist and a war correspondent were killed last week as Syrian forces intensely shelled Homs. (Associated Press)
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Actress Reese Witherspoon is a global ambassador for Avon's efforts to help victims of domestic violence, a commitment that brought her to the Washington area on behalf of women's shelters. (Associated Press)
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Damage from an apparent tornado is pictured early on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. (AP Photo/Matthew Fowler, Gazette)
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Emergency workers try to extinguish a fire on a jet dryer during the Daytona 500 on Monday. Juan Pablo Montoya's car struck the dryer during a caution period after something on his car broke, igniting the fuel on the truck. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Investigators examine the driver's area of the bus at the scene of a fatal double-decker Megabus accident just outside Syracuse, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2010. The bus hit the Onondaga Lake Parkway railroad bridge abutment and rolled onto its side, killing four passengers. (Associated Press/The Post-Standard)
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Water tanks are pictured at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kimimasa Mayama, Pool)
