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A branch remains impaled in a car in Bethesda three days after the June 29 derecho. More thunderstorms since then have brought down even more trees. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Karen O'Connor of the United States rides Mr Medicott as she competes in the equestrian eventing cross-country stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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FILE - This Feb. 27, 2011 file photo shows Fort Hays State wide receiver O.J. Murdock running a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Police say a Tennessee Titans player has died of an apparent suicide. Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis says officers found 25-year-old O.J. Murdock inside his car Monday morning, July 30, 2012, with what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The car was parked in front of Middleton High School, where Murdock attended school. Murdock started his college career at South Carolina but left the school and played for two years at Fort Hays State. He was signed by the Titans as an undrafted free agent a year ago, and spent the entire 2011 season on injured reserve. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, FIle)

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An Indian passenger waits for the power to return as others sleep inside the compartment of a stationary train in New Delhi on Monday after a power outage. The outage struck northern India, plunging cities into darkness, stranding commuters and leaving 370 million sweltering in the summer heat. (Associated Press)

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Commuters wait for a train in New Delhi on Monday. Northern India’s power grid crashed, halting hundreds of trains, and forcing hospitals and airports to use backup generators. Some businesses closed for the day. (Associated Press)

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Photographs show 44,856- to 41,010-year-old ostrich eggshell beads produced with techniques similar to those used by Kalahari San women: shaping, drilling perforations, stringing with vegetal twine and smoothing with a grooved stone. (University of the Witwatersrand via Associated Pres)

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Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — 2012.” The first of what is now planned to be a trilogy will be released on Dec. 14 with the second following a year later and the third in 2014. (Rex Features via Associated Press)

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**FILE** The Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Ill., is seen here Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press/The Southern Illinoisan)

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Passengers sit in a train and wait for power to get restored July 30, 2012, at a railway station in New Delhi. A major power outage struck northern India, plunging cities into darkness and stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters. (Associated Press)