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The president tours Orion Energy Systems, which makes high-efficiency lighting and renewable solar technology for businesses, in Manitowoc, Wis., on Wednesday. He is joined by Orion founder and CEO Neal Verfuerth. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama receives an autographed Green Bay Packers Charles Woodson from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, and Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt, upon his arrival in Green Bay, Wis., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, en route to nearby Manitowoc, Wis., where he will a tour renewable-energy factories and talk about jobs and the economy. Obama, a Chicago native, predicted the Chicago Bears would beat Green Bay in the NFC Championship game. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Lilane Estine rests as her three sons are treated at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) cholera clinic in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Saturday Jan. 22, 2011. The cholera epidemic that killed nearly 4,000 people, is claiming fewer victims, with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere from the Artibonite Valley to the crowded urban slums. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Farmers clean rice fields covered in muddy water believed to be contaminated by the cholera bacteria in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Saturday Jan. 22, 2011. The cholera epidemic that killed nearly 4,000 people, is claiming fewer victims, with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere from the Artibonite Valley to the crowded urban slums. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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A woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to a local hospital in Limbe village near Cap Haitien, Haiti, in November. In 2010, crisis piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear. (Associated Press)
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A rice farmer eats his lunch while sitting in a field covered in muddy water thought to be contaminated by the cholera bacteria in Saint-Marc, Haiti, on Saturday. The cholera epidemic that killed nearly 4,000 people is claiming fewer victims with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere from the Artibonite Valley to the crowded urban slums. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces the Prius V midsize hybrid-electric vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Laura Brenner shares a laugh with her adopted daughter, Ketia, 9, at their home in Seattle. Ketia was one of 54 children rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake last year in Haiti. (Associated Press)
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Kansas Gov. elect Sam Brownback names former House speaker Robin Jennison to lead the Department of Wildlife and Parks during a news conference in Wichita, Kan. on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/ The Wichita Eagle, Mike Hutmacher)
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Venus Williams of the U.S. reacts during a press conference after she withdrew from her third round match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic injured at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
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Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, speaks at a news conference discussing the introduction of a bill that would ban federal funding of abortions. House Speaker John A. Boehner looks on. (Associated Press)
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A vendor walks past graffiti that reads in French "Welcome back J.C. Duvalier" in downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday. Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier chant pro-Duvalier slogans outside the hotel where Mr. Duvalier is staying in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, photo provided by the State Emergency Service and made available Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011, a levee is in place around a power substation in an attempt to hold back water from the swollen Loddon River at Kerang, Australia. Up to 1,500 homes in Kerang, in the north of Victoria state, could be affected if the Lodden River rises any further. (AP Photo/SES, Rodney Dekker)
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Toll Bros. is building 2,700 single-family homes on 6,900-square-foot sites at the Villages at Loudoun Valley in Ashburn. The homes have 3,196 to 3,366 finished square feet, with base prices from $509,995 to $527,995.
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The Putnam model at the Villages at Loudoun Valley in Ashburn has an open center-island kitchen, breakfast area and family room at the back of the home. The Putnam has 3,196 square feet and is priced from $509,995.
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Richmond American Homes is building 69 single-family homes on quarter-acre homesites at Saint Charles in St. Charles. The homes have 1,992 to 2,736 finished square feet, with base prices from $289,990 to $334,990.
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The Alison model at Saint Charles has an optional fireplace. The Alison has 2,168 square feet and is priced from $294,990.
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An Airtel billboard in Nairobi, Kenya, reflects the aggressiveness of the communications giant. Millions of mobile-phone subscribers in Africa saw the company icon on their phone screens change from Zain to Airtel last fall. (Associated Press)
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Researcher Samuel Belknap III displays the skull of a domesticated dog on Friday at the University of Maine in Orono. Mr. Belknap found a bone fragment of what he says is the oldest-known domesticated dog in North America while examining waste matter recovered from Hinds Cave. (Associated Press)
