Disaster_Accident

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** FILE ** Washington Capitals left wing Troy Brouwer had a hat trick in the Caps' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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The wreckage of a modified Black Hawk helicopter lies in the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces last May. (Associated Press)

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"Boss 302" in black trim on the front fender, the chin spoiler and a shaker hood makes a hot Mustang.

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Citizens respond to speakers Jan. 11, 2012, during a community forum Youngstown, Ohio, to discuss recent seismic activity related to deep wastewater injection wells. (Associated Press)

**FILE** This image made available by the American Red Cross shows earthquake damage to a shanty town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010. (Associated Press/American Red Cross)

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Lennar is building 250 single-family homes on 6,000-square-foot sites at the Preserve at Goose Creek in Ashburn. The Belmont model, with 3,148 square feet, is priced from $579,990.

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Wild hogs roam Vicksburg National Military Park, where they are causing damage around some monuments. Last year's record flooding of the Mississippi River sent the hogs and other animals to higher ground - and the hogs stayed.

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Members of the Alaska National Guard help dig out the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, after massive snowfalls that collapsed roofs, trapped some people in homes and triggered avalanches. (AP Photo/Alaska National Guard)

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** FILE ** Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward's souped-up World War II-era fighter plane, a P-51 Mustang, crashes into the edge of the grandstands, sending shrapnel into the crowd, at the Reno Air Show in Reno, Nev., in September. Eleven people died and about 70 more were badly injured. (Associated Press)

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Hocking County Sheriff Lanny North talks to reporters late Monday night, Jan. 9, 2012, after a family dispute ended when a man apparently shot and killed his wife's two sisters and his son before fatally shooting himself in Logan, Ohio. (AP Photo/The Eagle-Gazette, Jess Lanning)

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Debris litters the scene of explosions in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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A man stands on the porch roof of a house buried in snow Saturday in Cordova, Alaska. Massive snowfalls have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even trapped some people in their homes. (Associated Press)

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Using traditional techniques, Yasuhiro Ishiwata makes udon noodles by hand - and feet - at his new shop in the disaster zone of Kesennuma, Japan. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

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The David H. Koch Theater in New York's Lincoln Center is home to the City Opera and New York City Ballet. City Opera.

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Guard Anthony Marshall and UNLV upended North Carolina in Las Vegas, a victory that should hold up well when the calendar turns to March. (Associated Press)

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A man stands on the porch roof of a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Kim Weibl)

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In this Jan. 6, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean farmers hold a rally in support for the country's Worker's Party policies in Nampo, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Using traditional techniques, Yasuhiro Ishiwata makes udon noodles by hand — and feet — at his new shop in the disaster zone of Kesennuma, Japan. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

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"We've got to stop the culture of underage drinking," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said Thursday after the sentencing of Kevin Coffay, 20, of Rockville, who pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of fleeing the scene of an accident. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)