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The Michigan State Police Underwater Recovery Team gets ready to search for missing passengers and a crewman from a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Ludington, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Romain Blanquart)
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Residents of New York's Lower East Side neighborhood escape the heat in one of the city's designated cooling centers in New York, Saturday, July 24, 2010. More than 190,000 New Yorkers have visited cooling centers since the summer's first heat wave on June 28, the city said in a statement. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Katy Dunn and Ben Clark, both of Richmond, make their way back over to pick up Alexander Vandenesse from the fountain in Boat Lake in Byrd Park, Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Richmond, Va. The three said they hadn't been to the lake since they were children and that it brought back memories for them. Record highs are expected both Saturday and Sunday. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Eva Russo)
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A bomb disposal robot brings a carton for inspection by U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Staff Sgt. Craig Cohen, of Gracey, Ky., during clearance operations by the 723rd Explosives Ordinance Disposal unit near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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A U.S. medical evacuation Blackhawk helicopter takes off carrying soldiers wounded by a hidden bomb during a patrol by the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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A resident of Bell, Calif,. holds up a placard calling for the ouster of city officials during a special city council meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Mayor Oscar Hernandez, far left, greets people waiting in line for food at Bell Food Station in Bell, Calif., Thursday, July 22, 2010. The City Council in this small Los Angeles suburb is meeting Thursday to consider firing the police chief and two top administrators over their huge salaries, including Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo who makes more than $787,000 a year, nearly twice the salary of President Barack Obama. Revelations about the pay in Bell has sparked anger in this blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. The council also will consider firing Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, who makes $376,288 a year, and Police Chief Randy Adams, whose annual salary of $457,000 is 50 percent more than that of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. City officials, including Hernandez, have defended the salaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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People wheel shopping carts after receiving food from Bell Food Distribution Station in Bell, Calif. on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The City Council, facing a public outcry and a criminal investigation, will meet Thursday to consider firing the police chief and two top administrators who are making huge salaries for governing a city of fewer than 40,000 people. Revelations about their leaders' pay has sparked anger in a blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Lorenzo Velez, right, a Bell city counselor, argues with city attorney Ed Lee during a special city council meeting in Bell, Calif., Thursday, July 22, 2010. Velez was arguing for an open-to-the-public session, while Lee called for a closed session. Revelations about Bell city leaders' pay has sparked anger in a blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Pedro Carrillo, left, interim city manager of Bell, Calif., announces the resignations of three of Bell's top administrators during a special city council meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Oscar Hernandez, left, mayor of Bell, Calif., and city councillor George Mirabal prepare to exit a special city council meeting as residents call for their ouster, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mayor Oscar Hernandez (left), greets people lining up for food in Bell, Calif., where the poverty rate is 17 percent. Mr. Hernandez defended the six-figure salaries of some city officials.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mayor Oscar Hernandez (left), greets people lining up for food in Bell, Calif., where the poverty rate is 17 percent. Mr. Hernandez defended the six-figure salaries of some city officials.
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Eloise Spooner, 82, poses with her husband, George, 88, at their farm near Iron City, Ga., on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA official, was fired when she said in a speech that she had failed to give Spooner her full support when he faced the loss of his family farm in the 1980s, long before she went to work for the USDA. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)
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Kenyatta Sherrod, left, and Russia Sherrod, the children of Shirley Sherrod, speak to a reporter after a rally in support for their mother on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Albany, Ga. The White House did a sudden about-face Wednesday and begged for forgiveness from the black Agriculture Department employee whose ouster ignited an embarrassing political firestorm over race. (AP Photo/The Albany Herald, Terry Lewis)
