Environment

CATHEDRAL_11725

Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso shows a large crack still in need of repair on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CATHEDRAL_11724

The profile of Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso is visible through a large crack in the exterior still in need of repair on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CATHEDRAL_11723

Cathedral Stone Mason/Stone Carver Sean Callahan works on repairing a section of the North east corner of the Apse, the eastern most point of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Repairs continue on the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CATHEDRAL_11722

Cathedral Stone Mason/Stone Carver Sean Callahan works on repairing a section of the North east corner of the Apse, the eastern most point of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Repairs continue on the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

riptide-island-640

I can think of worse places to battle zombies than in the tropical paradise of the video game Dead Island: Riptide.

Mississippi Daily Lif_Lea.jpg

** FILE ** A river motor vessel and its barges pass underneath the Mississippi River Bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. River flow navigation is back to stages above last year's extreme low-water period along the Mississippi-Louisiana borders. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

China Earthquake_Lea.jpg

Chinese paramilitary policemen stand watch on Sunday, April 21, 2013, while rescuers operate backhoes to clear a road damaged by a landslide that was triggered by a strong earthquake in Baosheng township of Lushan County in southwest China's Sichuan province. Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan province killed more than 186 people, China's Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo)

China earthquake.jpg

Buildings are destroyed by a powerful earthquake at Gucheng village of Longmen Township of Lushan County in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013, after a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hai Mingwei) NO SALES

CHECHNYA.jpg

** FILE ** In this Sept. 9, 1999, file photo, fire and smoke rise from a destroyed apartment building in Moscow during an attack blamed on Chechen militants, as Russian Emergency Situations Ministry officers and firefighters try to save people. (AP Photo/Tatiana Makeyeva, file)