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Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary (right) arrives Dec 16, 2011, for a preliminary hearing related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case at Dauphin County Court in Harrisburg, Pa., surrounded by heavy security. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** The bottom of the blowout preventer stack, from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, which is being examined as evidence for federal investigations, is seen Sept. 13, 2010, at the NASA Michaud Assembly facility in New Orleans. (Associated Press)
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'WHIPPING BOY': Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio calls the Justice Department report a politically motivated assault by the Obama administration. (Associated Press)
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Men hooked up to saline IVs crowd a hospital hallway in Diamond Harbor, India, on Thursday after drinking methanol-laced alcohol Tuesday night. The bootleg liquor has killed scores and sent scores more to hospitals. At least seven bootleggers have been arrested, and police were searching for two others suspected of supplying the spirits to poor villagers. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the campus in Washington on Dec. 15, 2011, where he announced action to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for in-home care workers. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011, file photo, Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd waits for a pass before an NFL preseason football game in Chicago. Hurd was in jail Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, after authorities accused him of trying to set up a drug distribution network in the Chicago area and arrested him after he allegedly agreed to buy a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover agent. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at a Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety subcommittee hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Maryland forward Ashton Pankey after drawing a foul shot attempt in the second half against Florida International University in College Park, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Pankey had 13 points in Maryland's 65-61 win. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A building at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, was blasted by a car bomb in June 1996, killing 19 U.S. airmen and injuring hundreds more. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Marion Barry, who owes the federal government more than $277,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties, answers questions of reporters after leaving the federal court house where he testified in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 16, 2009. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)
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Matthew Knopp, owner of Tattoo Paradise, listens to testimony at the hearing. Several tattoo artists told committee members that reputable businesses already adhere to standards incorporated in the regulations being considered. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, after waiving his preliminary hearing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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** FILE ** A driver in Brunswick, Maine, holds a cellphone on Sept. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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A New York judge said in ruling on a petition seeking to relax FDA rules on the morning-after pill that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could be added as a defendant. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) walks to his vehicle after being greeted by Ryan Crocker (right), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen upon his arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec., 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks to his vehicle after being greeted by Ryan Crocker (right), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen (left) upon arriving in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky (left), the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, arrives with his wife, Dottie, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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News trucks line the street in front of the Centre County Courthouse on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, charged with more than 50 counts of child sex abuse, is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing at the courthouse on Tuesday. An order posted Monday says reporters will be allowed to email, send text messages and tweet from their laptop computers and handheld devices from inside the courtroom in Centre County during the hearing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse. Medical professionals say the pattern appears typical; former players say they can't believe it. (Centre Daily Times via Associated Press)
