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In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 photo, the surface of a beach is covered by the spilled crude oil in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province. The oil had spread over water since a pipeline at the busy northeastern port exploded, hurting oil shipments from part of China's strategic oil reserves to the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 21, 2010, workers move a bag on the beach polluted by crude oil after a pipeline explosion in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday a vital pipeline has resumed operations after the explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill. (AP Photo)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 21, 2010, workers clean and collect crude oil near a polluted beach after a pipeline explosion in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday the vital pipeline has resumed operations after an explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill. (AP Photo)
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, released by Greenpeace, mollusks are seen coated in crude oil, at the Guotai Water Products Farm, less than a mile away from the site of an oil spill, at Xingang Port in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday the vital pipeline has resumed operations after an explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill. Cleanup efforts, marred by the drowning death of a worker, continued over 165 square mile stretch of water blanketed in thick, dark oil Thursday, after an official warned the spill posed a severe threat to sea life and water quality. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 21, 2010, and released by Greenpeace on July 22, 2010, an employee scoops up dead snails at the Guotai Water Products Farm, less than a mile away from the site of the oil spill at Xingang Port in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday a vital pipeline has resumed operations after an explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill. Cleanup efforts, marred by the drowning death of a worker, continued over 165 square mile stretch of water blanketed in thick, dark oil Thursday, after an official warned the spill posed a severe threat to sea life and water quality. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He)
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California Highway Patrol officers investigate the crash of a Greyhound bus on Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif., that killed at least six people and injured many others on Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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Buyers can customize their homes with a fireplace with a marble surround or a floor-to-ceiling stone surround.
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Ryland Homes is building 875 single-family homes at the Village of Idlewild in the city of Fredericksburg. The homes have approximately 2,200 to 3,540 finished square feet, with base prices from $241,990 to $344,990.
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Toll Bros. is building 90 single-family homes at Cheltenham Estates in Clinton. The homes have 3,408 to 4,937 finished square feet, with base prices from $638,995 to $806,995.
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In this image released by the White House, President Obama receives a briefing in the Situation Room of the White House on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Taking part in the meeting are, clockwise from top; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. Cost Guard Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Pete Souza)
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Chinese firefighters work to clean up the oil spill near the coast of Dalian, China, on Tuesday. Crude oil began pouring into the Yellow Sea after a pipeline exploded last week, and officials say the spill poses a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality. (Associated Press)
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Vessels gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Luna Campos (center) of Copenhagen, along with her husband, Albert Campos (right), is happily greeted by sister-in-law Ana Campos (left) as passengers from diverted United Flight 967 arrive at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the British Embassy in Washington on Tuesday. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism. I've been absolutely clear about that," Mr. Cameron said.
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FILE - In this May 26, 2010 publicity image released by CNN, CNN's Anderson Cooper, right, inspects the oil spill during a tour with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, background left, of the contaminated areas in Blind Bay, La. (AP Photo/CNN, Shaul Schwarz)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, oil covered the hand of a firefighter who was overwhelmed by the thick oil spill while attempting to fix an underwater pump is seen after he is pulled ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
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Workers clean up oil deposits from the beach on Monday, July 19, 2010, in Grand Isle, La., where petroleum from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to wash ashore. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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In this Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, workers load coal into a truck outside a coal mine in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, July 20, 2010. China immediately questioned the calculation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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Associated Press "I'm not prepared to say the well is shut in until the relief well is done," says retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron's first visit to the White House will include discussions on the war in Afghanistan and whether BP, the company responsible for the Gulf oil spill, played a part in the release of the Lockerbie bomber, who killed 270 people, mostly Americans. (Associated Press)
