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Small fires continue to burn near homes in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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Local villagers look through a damaged gate of a house that was allegedly raided by international security forces at Matun district of Khost province in Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. One person was allegedly killed and two were taken away after the operation. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)
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A Silver City hotshot walks up Roger's Canyon Road to battle a wildfire Sunday Sept. 19, 2010, 10 miles northeast of Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
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The sun illuminates heavy smoke billowing out of Roger's Canyon Sunday Sept. 19, 2010 10 miles northeast of Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
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A helicopter drops water on a fire in Roger's Canyon Sunday Sept. 19, 2010 10 miles northeast of Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
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Washington Redskins running back Mike Sellers leaps over Houston Texans safety Bernard Pollard (31), safety Eugene Wilson (26) and defensive back Kareem Jackson (25) during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept.. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Houston Texans' Andre Johnson brings in a 34-yard game tying touchdown reception over Washington Redskins' safety Reed Doughty at FedEx Field in Washington on September 19, 2010. The Texans defeated the Redskins 30-27. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Houston Texans' Andre Johnson brings in a 34-yard touchdown reception over Washington Redskins' safety Reed Doughty at FedEx Field in Washington on September 19, 2010. The Texans defeated the Redskins 30-27. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Indian villagers move through floodwaters in Bareily in India's Uttar Pradesh state on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of the northern part of the country over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Manjusha Verma)
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Soldiers take part in rescue operations after a freight train on the wrong track slammed into a stationary passenger locomotive at Bhaderwah rail station in Madhya Pradesh state, 235 miles south of New Delhi, India, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Although changes won't be noticed immediately, United and Continental airlines will combine their unionized work forces, merge reservation systems and repaint their planes with the United name and Continental globe logo.
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State police investigate a fatal accident on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in Woodbury, N.Y., in which a passenger van carrying members of a church flipped over on the New York State Thruway. The bishop of the small church and five other members died in the crash, and eight others were injured. (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Michele Haskell)
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A worker on the drilling floor is seen from the window of the drilling cage as the drilling pipe is removed on the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Traffic is backed up on the New York State Thruway in Harriman, N.Y., on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, due to a fatal crash on the northbound side of Interstate 87 in Woodbury between exits 16 and 17. A minivan carrying members of a church crashed on the thruway on Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring eight others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Workers remove the drill pipe on the drilling floor of Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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** FILE ** The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Workers operate a drill in the rescue effort for 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. On Friday, rescuers managed to drill a hole to where the miners were trapped, opening a way to pull them to freedom. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)
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The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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This photo illustraion made available on Aug. 11, 2010 by United Airlines and Continental Airlines shows changes to the visual branding for the new global airline. Shareholders of United's parent company and Continental Airlines are voting on a deal that would create the world's biggest airline. Results of the voting will be announced Friday Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Tammy Bryngelson)
