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Tommy Phillips, right, of Cookeville, Tenn., shows Malachi Reynolds, 5, of Fairfax, Va., how to hold his 1853 Enfield Gun at an encampment near the Manassas Museum, in Manassas, Va., Thursday, July 21, 2011. "I just love talking to people about all this history," said Phillips. "That's what it's all about." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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William Dyer, Jr., of Gortham, Maine stays cool seated on his beach chair waist-deep in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, Thursday, July 21, 2011. The heat that has gripped much of the nation arrived in Maine on Friday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Rashawn West, 17, shakes water off his head while carrying his 1-year-old son Al-Shameir West while trying to beat the heat at Pennington Court apartments, Thursday, July 21, 2011, in Newark, N.J. Residents of the 223-unit public housing complex gathered at the court yard near a water sprinkler as temperature neared the 100-degree mark. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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As temperatures reached the high nineties and the heat index went above 100 degrees, lifeguard Breanna Adams,18, watches as kids jump from the diving board into the cool water at the Anacostia Pool and Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 21, 2011. The kids were not allowed to be identified. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Chief Warden Nur Achmad Santosa granted two days of unfettered access to journalists last month to show that changes were being made to limit the influence of jihadist inmates.

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Kenny Fisher (right) takes a photograph as his sister, Ashley (left), looks over his shoulder as they wait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to watch space shuttle Atlantis land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The landing of the spacecraft brings the shuttle program to an end. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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"[Nationals general manager Mike] Rizzo ought to focus on doing his job, which could probably use some improvement. He's talking out of his rear end. He doesn't know what's happening because he didn't bother to check." -Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors

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The four-day 2011 Comic-Con International opens Thursday in San Diego. More than 130,000 are expected to attend.

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A vehicle drives along the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Yuma, Ariz., as seen from San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. Arizona launched a website Wednesday to accept donations to pay for fencing along the Mexico border. (Associated Press)

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An existing home is on the market in Springfield, Ill., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Fewer people bought previously occupied homes in June, a grim sign that the worst of the housing crisis might not be over. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Cyprus Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou resigned Tuesday, another casulaty of the explosion of gunpowder-filled containers at a naval base. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals outfielder Laynce Nix was reunited with his platoon partner from last season with the Cincinnati Reds when the Nats acquired Jonny Gomes on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Winemaker and General Manager of Elk Run Vineyards Fred Wilson poses for a portrait in the vineyard, in Mt. Airy, Md., Sunday, July 17, 2011. Wilson and his wife Katherine Wilson started the vineyard in 1980. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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"I do regret my previous involvement in dogfighting," Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick said on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** James Murdoch (left) and his father, Rupert Murdoch, testify on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, before the British Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee about the now-shuttered News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Ramy Issam gestures as he recalls his ordeal at the courtyard of the Egyptian museum while visiting it for the first time since his detention, in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, July 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Actors Matthew Perry (left) and Martin Sheen (right) wait to speak to an early morning crowd during a rally sponsored by The National Association of Drug Court Professionals in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Committee members react after a protestor, left checked shirt, named on Twitter as Jonnie Marbles, tries to throw a paper plate covered in shaving foam over Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to a House of Commons Committee in London, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, on the News of the World phone hacking scandal. (AP Photo/pa)

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Photographers and cameramen surround the Range Rover carrying media mogul Rupert Murdoch along Whitehall in London on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, ahead of his and his son James' appearance before a House of Commons committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)