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In this July 26, 2010 photo, a 25-foot sculpture based on Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting towers over the Dow AgroSciences Celebration Park at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Titled "God Bless America," the public art sculpture was created by J. Seward Johnson who gave it to the Sculpture Foundation, a private California-based organization that has displayed it in several cities. It can be seen at this year's fair which is due to start August 6. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Kelly Wilkinson) MANDATORY CREDIT
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** FILE ** Bell, Calif., resident Byron Vides holds up a sign as he waits to enter a City Council meeting addressing city leaders' pay on Monday, July 26, 2010, in Bell, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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From left, Bell city councillor Teresa Jacobo, Mayor Oscar Hernandez, and city councillors George Mirabal and Luis Artiga are framed through a barrier as they listen to public comments at a city council meeting addressing city leaders' pay, Monday, July 26, 2010, in Bell, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Bell, Calif., resident Miguel Sanchez waves a dollar bill at city councillors during a city council meeting addressing city leaders' pay, Monday, July 26, 2010, in Bell, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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** FILE ** Michel Germaneau, a member of the French aid group Enmilal, is pictured in 2007. The leader of al Qaeda's North African branch said in a message broadcast Sunday that Mr. Germaneau, a 78-year-old engineer, was killed in retaliation for the killings of six al Qaeda members in a raid. Mr. Germaneau was abducted April 22 in Niger. (AP Photo/Mairie de Marcoussis/Enmilal)
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In this Dec. 13, 2009, file photo, Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. A U.S. audit has found that the Defense Department can't properly account for how it spent about 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding the war-ravaged country.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)
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The president "needs to do a better job of explaining why" we need to be in Afghanistan, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Monday. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Chiong (left) checks a newspaper with Guillermo Chiu, an editor in Havana. In a system where the state owns all media, some see the freedoms enjoyed by Havana's Chinese community as a hint at what's to come should communist authorities ever relent. (Associated Press)
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Men stand in front of Kwong Wah Po in Havana's Chinatown. The paper contains articles mostly translated from the state-run media, but does have a few freedoms. (Associated Press)
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A worker sorts Chinese characters at Kwong Wah Po. The paper is edited and produced independently, which reflects the small yet unprecedented freedoms the Cuban government has granted Cuba's Chinese community to help preserve its dwindling cultural heritage. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 12, 2009 photo released by the United Nations, Inga-Britt Ahlehius, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters during a Compact Signing Ceremony for UN senior managers' compacts for 2009. Ms. Ahlehius, the head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency, stepped down, heightening the fears of U.S. and some U.N. officials that the much-derided effort to curb corruption in the world body will suffer further blows. (AP Photo/United Nations, Eskinder Debebe)
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In this photo provided by the Navy Visual News Service, U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea ships transit the East Sea Monday, July 26, 2010, in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770). The Republic of Korea and the United States are conducting joint exercises in the seas east of the Korean Peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas)
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The U.S. Postal Service in 2010 issued a 44-cent first-class stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. (AP Photo/U.S. Postal Service)
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In this photo taken Sunday, July 25, 2010, Will Hamilton of Fairfield, Iowa checks out the cockpit of Spooky, a military AC-47 gunship, on display at the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. Nearly 40 DC-3s and C-47s descended on the airport in what is billed as "The Last Time" the iconic planes will be grouped together in such numbers. The fleet is scheduled to fly to the Oshkosh Airshow Monday, July 26. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, Alex T. Paschal)
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In this photo taken Sunday, July 25, 2010, a skydiver drops in on the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill., as DC-3 Duggy, the flying ambassador for the National Aviation Hall of Fame Educational Outreach program circles overhead. Nearly 40 DC-3s and C-47s descended on the airport in what is billed at "The Last Time" the iconic planes will be grouped together in such numbers. The fleet is scheduled to fly to the Oshkosh airshow Monday, July 26. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, Alex T. Paschal)
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In this photo taken Friday, July 23, 2010, Gracelyn Abell, 3, of Tampico, Ill., hides from the sound of approaching aircraft beneath the wing of an AC-47 "Spooky" gunship as the planes arrive for the weekend's "The Last Time" fly-in at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. The event is a celebration of the 75 anniversary of the DC3/C-47 aircraft. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, David Rauch)
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In this photo taken, Friday, July 23, 2010, lightning strikes near a DC-3 at the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. The aircraft was there for the weekend's "The Last Time" fly-in. Many of the DC-3/AC-47s to assemble have been in use for 75 years and played a pivotal in World War II. The event is a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the DC3/C-47 aircraft. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, David Rauch)
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This photo taken July 19, 2010 shows Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe responding to a question during an interview in Irving, Texas. Beebe is being hailed as "The Savior Of The Big 12" for keeping together his conference last month. But, who is this guy? And how the heck did he pull it off, especially after he seemed lost during the wild week of negotiations? (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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The gardener's home is part of a tour of the newly restored slave cabins at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens near Charleston, S.C. The state once had thousands of slave cabins, and historian Joe McGill is trying to encourage local efforts to save the ones that are left. (Associated Press)
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The pack -- including Alberto Contador of Spain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey -- cycles up the Champs-Elysees in Paris during the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race on Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
