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New George Mason men's basketball coach Paul Hewitt is interviewed during the Colonial Athletic Association NCAA college basketball media day on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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On Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, Philadelphia police Sgt. Joseph Green investigates the dank basement room where four weak and malnourished mentally disabled adults, one chained to the boiler, were found on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ron Cortes, Pool)

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** FILE ** Presiding Disciplinary Judge William O'Neil (right) swears in David Hendershott, former chief deputy in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, during a disciplinary hearing against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz)

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A child hugs a released Palestinian prisoner at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Seized weapons are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix in January. Weapons like these, which were walked into Mexico, are at the heart of the Fast and Furious investigation under way on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi leaves a tribunal in Milan, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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A polar bear rests with her cubs on pack ice in northern Alaska. A federal judge in 2011 said the Bush administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to conduct an environmental impact review before issuing its ruling on the status of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. (Associated Press)

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Darren Gill, ex-ATF attache to Mexico, said he wasn't informed of the operation. (The Washington Times)

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Seized weapons are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix in January. Weapons like these, which were walked into Mexico, are at the heart of the Fast and Furious investigation under way on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, said the "ATF made it easier for alleged cartel middlemen to get weapons from U.S. gun dealers." (Associated Press)

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Police forensic experts check a car containing the bodies of three ministerial police officers killed by unknown assailants the same day. Such violence complicates attempts by the city to market itself to visitors. (Associated Press)

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Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since Oct. 4. (AP Photo/Kansas City [Mo.] Police Department)

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Washington Redskins London Fletcher (59) pulls Philadelphia Eagles Dion Lewis down before he could break the plane of the endzone during the first quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Oregon's Bryan Bennett eludes Arizona State defenders during the second half of the Ducks' 41-27 win over the No. 18 Sun Devils. Oregon improved to 51. (Associated Press)

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Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown threw for 177 yards, three touchdowns and an interception against Clemson on Saturday. He also rushed rushed for a touchdown on 162 yards. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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**FILE** A woman with a child loads purchases from a Target store into her car Sept. 29, 2011, in Culver City, Calif. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Oct. 22, 2010, file photo shows Syracuse fans cheering during NCAA college basketball Midnight Madness at the Carrier Dome, in Syracuse, N.Y. Midnight Madness began with Lefty Driesell at Maryland 41 years ago. He wanted to get an advantage over other schools so he set practice for 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 15, the earliest date any team could practice. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli, File)

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"We must stop looking at the drug cartels today solely from a law-enforcement perspective," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

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Raj Rajaratnam, co-founder of Galleon Group LLC, leaves federal court in New York after being sentenced. (Associated Press)

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The June robbery of this bank in Dera Ismail Khan was part of a Taliban shift to crime inside Pakistan to pay for militant activities. (Associated Press)