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Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Clouds from the outer bands of Hurricane Earl appear over the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise in Nags Head, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, as Earl approaches the East Coast. The hurricane, with winds swirling at around 145 mph, continued to barrel toward the Eastern Seaboard, and forecasters were trying to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 50 single-family homes on half-acre sites at North Ridge in Culpeper. The homes have 2,169 to 2,766 finished square feet, with base prices from $234,990 to $264,990.
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Miller and Smith is building 36 town homes at Maple Lawn in Fulton. The homes have 2,978 to 3,279 finished square feet, with base prices from $511,990 to $551,990.
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Anti-dolphin hunt activist Ric O' Barry, center, stands outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo after handing out a scroll of petition against dolphin hunt to the Japanese government via the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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FILE - In a Nov. 21, 2009, file photo, Miami running back Damien Berry gestures as he walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Duke in Miami. Berry and A.J. Highsmith are doing more than trying to uphold Miami's long tradition when they play for the 13th-ranked Hurricanes. They're trying to uphold the legacy of their respective fathers--both former Hurricanes standouts--as well. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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New vehicle window sticker proposed by Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation
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A surfer rides the waves in Buxton, N.C., as Hurricane Earl approaches on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. A tourist evacuation of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island is under way as the storm heads toward North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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A Pakistani girl waits for relief goods along a road in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Pakistani flood survivors look into a tent to get relief in a camp set up for displaced people in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. (Associated Press)
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Floodwaters from a nearby river surround a house after heavy rains from Hurricane Earl hammered Potters Village, on the outskirts of St. John's, Antigua, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Venus Williams returns to Roberta Vinci of Italy during their tennis match at the U.S. Open in New York, Monday Aug. 30, 2010.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-il (left) and China's Hu Jintao embrace in Changchun, China, Friday. Kim's chosen successor apparently did not go. (China Central Television via Associated Press)
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Mount Sinabung, near Karo on North Sumatra in Indonesia, erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Mongolian Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar answers questions during a Cabinet meeting aimed at drawing attention to climate change held in Gashuunii Khooloi, a sandy valley in South Gobi province, Mongolia. Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading "Save our planet" and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for the Cabinet meeting held in scorching heat Friday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Asigang)
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years, causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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A villager rides a buffalo cart with a backdrop of Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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Pakistani flood survivors loot relief goods from a truck in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints.(AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Pakistani flood survivors who fled their villages live on an embankment in Sajawal near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
