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A Hungarian soldier and a volunteer, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by flooded toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Hungary's prime ministers says police have taken into custody the managing director of the company which owns the metals plant where a broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge and water.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Hungarian soldiers, wearing protective gears, wash each others after cleaning streets covered by flooded toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Hungarian soldiers, wearing protective gears, wash each others after cleaning streets covered by flooded toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry intercepts a pass intended for Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, left, during overtime in an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Washington won 16-13.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry forces a fumble from Green Bay Packers tight end Donald Lee during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Washington recovered the fumble.
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The first residents evacuated from Kolontar, Hungary, which was inundated by toxic red sludge from an alumina plant on Monday, arrive at a temporary shelter set up in the Sports Hall of Ajka on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Police and army officials evacuated the residents on Saturday because of new signs of damage that have appeared on the dam of the red-sludge reservoir at the nearby Ajka aluminium plant. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)
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A relative reacts after it was announced that a drill reached the trapped miners at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. A drill reached the miners at a point 2,041 feet (622 meters) below the surface at 8:05 a.m., after 33 days of drilling. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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In this photo made available on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, police and army officials are helping during the evacuation of western Hungary's village of Kolontar, which is being cleared due to new signs of damage that have appeared on the dam of the red sludge reservoir at the nearby Ajka aluminium plant on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Balint Juhasz)
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Local residents look to burning oil tankers after a militant attack in Mithri, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) east of Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Gunmen armed with a rocket torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan before dawn Saturday, the latest attack on the supply line for international troops in Afghanistan since Pakistani authorities closed a key border crossing amid a dispute with the United States. (AP Photo)
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Workers involved in the operations to rescue 33 trapped miners are seen taking pictures in the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Sixty-six agonizing days after their gold and copper mine collapsed above them, 33 miners anxiously awaited a way out early Saturday as a drill carved into the last layers of rock above their underground purgatory. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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A man walks across a bridge over the River Marcal containing the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container near Mersevat, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. "Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished," Rescue official Tibor Dobson told the Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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This photo from Sept. 11, 2010, shows Nebraska safety Rickey Thenarse (3) celebrating after scoring a touchdown on an interception against Idaho in an NCAA college football game in Lincoln. The senior safety is making the most of an extra year of eligibility he received after tearing a major ligament in his right knee early last season. He's now one of the leaders in the Cornhuskers' strong secondary. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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In this June 10, 2010 photo, Carrie Underwood performs during the CMA Music Festival at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. The Country Music Association is donating more than $2.9 million to Nashville-area flood relief and music education programs. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Whoopi Goldberg responds during an interview in her dressing room in New York, July 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) ** FILE **
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Tunde Erdelyi, left, saves her cat while Janos Kis, right, walks into their yard flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Logs carried in by the flooding toxic mud cover a yard in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Children stand on a bridge over the River Marcal containing the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container near Mersevat, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. "Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished," Rescue official Tibor Dobson told The Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Dead fish, victims of the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container, in the River Marcal near Boba, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. "Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished," Rescue official Tibor Dobson told The Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A Hungarian soldier, wearing protective gear, cleans a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A wrecked car, washed away by a flood of toxic mud, stands in a field in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
