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Safety Madieu Williams, shown with the Minnesota Vikings in 2010, breaks up a pass intended for Washington Redskins wide receiver Anthony Armstrong. Williams agreed to a one-year deal with the Redskins on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Volunteers and firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire at the site of a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. A Russian cargo plane crashed into a housing complex in Pakistan's largest city soon after takeoff Sunday, setting off a huge blaze. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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In this image made from TV, rescuers are seen at the scene after a cargo plane crashed into a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, soon after takeoff on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, setting off a huge blaze. The aircraft had eight crew on board, the civil aviation authority said. (AP Photo/APTN)
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A Qantas A380 superjumbo takes off past the fire department building at Mascot Airport in Sydney on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. The superjumbo took off from Sydney on Saturday on the first A380 passenger flight for the airline since a midair engine explosion earlier this month triggered a global safety review. (AP Photo/John Donegan)
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Beazer Homes is building 141 town homes at Greenfield at Collegiate Acres in Hagerstown. The Morgan model home has 1,804 finished square feet, with base prices from $165,990.
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Residents of Merry Go Round Farm can enjoy an equestrian center and miles of walking paths and horse trails.
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FILE - This May 23, 2010 file photo provided by NASA shows the International Space Station photographed by an STS-132 crew member on space shuttle Atlantis after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. NASA's effort to farm out astronaut trips to the International Space Station to private companies over the next decade is under fire again, this time by federal deficit hit men. (AP Photo/NASA, File)
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Destroyed houses are evident from the air Wednesday on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. Officials say they found the burned bodies of two islanders killed in the North Korean artillery attack, marking the first two civilian deaths in the crisis. (Associated Press/Yonhap)
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A signboard of the road closure stands Saturday near the Pike River mine where miners were trapped underground in Greymouth, New Zealand. (Associated Press)
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BRINK OF WAR: South Koreans watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. The North fired artillery barrages onto the island. South Korea returned fire and launched fighter jets. (Associated Press)
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A Cambodian woman looks for her missing relative at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The prime minister called the disaster the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (Associated Press)
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The bodies and belongings of Cambodians, who died in a stampede, lie on a bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital Monday night, leaving more than 330 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (AP Photo/Philip Heijmans)
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The shoes and belongings of Cambodians, who died in a stampede, cover a bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing over three hundred people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Philip Heijmans)
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An injured Cambodian is carried by police and other visitors after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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The bridge where an accident took place during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Injured visitors seek help after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Injured Cambodian visitors are helped after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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An injured Cambodian is helped by a police officer after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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An injured visitor is carried by Cambodian police and another visitor after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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An injured Cambodian is carried by a another visitor after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
