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This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows the still picture of Osama bin Laden shown on the video released on jihadist forums on Oct. 1, 2010. Al Qaeda released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)
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Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash in central Indonesia killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A buggy and car drive through high water on South Farmersville Road at Groff's Creek Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in Ephrata, Pa, Much of eastern Pennsylvania is under flood warnings as storms could bring as much as six inches of rain before leaving the area on Friday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Thursday for counties stretching from Philadelphia west to York and north to Allentown. (AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal, Blaine Shahan)
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East Petersburg Fire Company firefighters walk a motorist through high water after his car became stranded in the Little Conestoga Creek, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in Lancaster, Pa, Much of eastern Pennsylvania is under flood warnings as storms could bring as much as six inches of rain before leaving the area on Friday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Thursday for counties stretching from Philadelphia west to York and north to Allentown. (AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal, Blaine Shahan)
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A stranded motorist waits for the fire company ladder to be lowered to him off Pleasure Road near the Deerford development, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in Lancaster, Pa. A series of storms moving through Pennsylvania brought flooding that closed some roadways and prompted many schools to dismiss classes early. Much of eastern Pennsylvania is under flood warnings as storms could bring as much as six inches of rain before leaving the area on Friday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Thursday for counties stretching from Philadelphia west to York and north to Allentown. (AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal, Richard Hertzler)
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A vehicle is stranded on a flooded road in Guilderland, N.Y., Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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A man sits in a police vehicle after walking from his car that was stranded on a flooded road in Guilderland, N.Y., Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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A woman's umbrella is turned inside out by a gust of wind in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. A series of storms moving through Pennsylvania brought flooding that closed some roadways and prompted many schools to dismiss classes early. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A snapped tree lies on top a home on Buffalo Avenue in Norfolk, Va., on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Much of Virginia remains under flash flood warnings after a storm dumped up to 7 inches of rain, closing roads and knocking out power for thousands of residents. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Preston Gannaway)
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The outline of the Washington Monument can barely be seen from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, during a heavy rain storm. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Joshua Pattel, 6, of Brisbane, Australia, plays in water flowing down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, during a heavy rain storm. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Fisher-Price, announced a voluntary recall of the Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles because a child can strike, sit or fall on the protruding plastic ignition key, resulting in serious injury, including genital bleeding. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
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In this undated photo released on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center in front, poses with senior Workers' Party officials in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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The home at 17607 Claggett Landing Road in Upper Marlboro is on the market for $779,000. The 10-year-old home has more than 4,000 square feet and sits on 3.66 acres.
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M/I Homes is building 47 town homes on 2,178-square-foot sites at Station View in Ashburn. The three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath Ballston model homes have approximately 2,350 finished square feet and are base-priced from the upper $300,000s.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Emergency vehicles can be seen at the top left as traffic backs up at the scene of a commuter bus crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A crane lifts a wrecked commuter bus at the scene of a crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md. The bus plunged off the highway outside the nation's capital, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, including children, authorities said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A crane lifts a wrecked commuter bus at the scene of a crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md. The bus plunged off the highway outside the nation's capital, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, including children, authorities said.
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A protesting truck driver argues with policeman, left, after officers inspected vehicles during a demonstration at a highway toll station, in Elefsina , near Athens, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Greece has already endured two weeks of protests by truck drivers who have made it difficult for businesses to get supplies. Bus and trolley drivers walked off the job for several hours while Athens' metro system and tram were to shut down at noon. National railway workers walked off the job at noon, disrupting rail connections across the country, while doctors at state hospitals went on a 24-hour strike.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
