Environment

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Black smoke rises from a burning U.S oil tank, set afire during a Japanese air raid on Midway Atoll on June 4, 1942. (Associated Press)

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This undated image shows a new attraction at SeaWorld Orlando featuring sea turtles. The exhibit, which includes live sea turtles as well as a 3-D movie about the endangered creatures, opened in April and is one of a number of new attractions at theme parks around the country this season. (AP Photo/SeaWorld Orlando)

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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in his capacity as head of the European Systemic Risk Board, reports to the European Parliament's Economic Committee in Brussels on Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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One of the two full baths on the upper level features a vanity with a granite top and gray ceramic tile surrounding the shower and soaking tub.

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The center-island kitchen in the Merlin model features 42-inch cabinets, laminate counters and recessed lighting. The model is priced from $309,990.

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Miller & Smith is building 36 town homes in the Magic Collection at Victory Lakes in Bristow. The homes have 2,463 to 2,686 finished square feet, with base prices from $309,990 to $324,990.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett fires up the crowd on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, during a campaign stop in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A plume of smoke rises from the Whitewater fire in the Gila National Forest east of Glenwood, N.M., on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/David Thornburg)

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Rescue teams use dogs as they look for three workers reported missing at a factory in Medolla, Italy, after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area shaken by a larger tremor nine days earlier. (Associated Press)

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Italian firefighters search the debris of a collapsed factory in Mirandola, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)

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Smog clouds the view most days from Beetle Rock in Sequoia National Park, Calif. The pollutants are making life tough for the iconic sequoias - the biggest and oldest living things on Earth - and various pines. Visitors are warned to be wary, too. (Associated Press)