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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano watches as President Barack Obama signs the Southwest Border Security Bill on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this photo taken on Friday Aug. 27, 2010, a shopkeeper displays BlackBerry mobile phones in his shop in Ahmadabad, India. Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening, Aug. 30, to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, an official said, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data or face a ban. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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Kashmiri protesters look on as they burn an effigy representing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri protestors shout slogans during a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Kashmiri protestors shout slogans during a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A masked Kashmiri protester holds a brick and rocks before throwing it at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Indian paramilitary soldiers throw stones at Kashmiri protestors in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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A Kashmiri protester, in foreground, shouts slogans as Indian paramilitary soldiers throw stones and bricks at him during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers chase them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri protestors run to participate in a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A Kashmiri protestor jumps over a shattered windshield as a pro-freedom procession marches through a street in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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A Kashmiri Jannat Begum, 67, injured by a bullet, is carried on a stretcher inside a hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Begum was reportedly hit by a bullet in her leg inside her home during a clash between protestors and Indian policemen in Trehgam, some 110 Kilometers (70 miles) north of Srinagar. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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FILE - In a Tuesday, May 18, 2010 photo, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lautenberg will hold a fundraiser at the pop singer's Monster Ball Tour at the Verizon Center in Washington on Sept 7, according to The Washington Post. The Washington Post reports the 86-year-old New Jersey Democrat is offering seats in a private suite for $2,500 a person for political action committees and $2,400 for individuals. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
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** FILE ** Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is shown in this June 24, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)
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**FILE** In this photo from Nov. 30, 2009, released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen just outside the port city of Bushehr, 750 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, just outside the port city of Bushehr 750 miles (1245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, in this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo. Russia's nuclear agency spokesman Sergei Novikov said Friday Aug. 13, 2010 it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, marking the start of its launch. (AP Photo/ISNA, Mehdi Ghasemi) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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PROVIDED BY THE 2012 TAMPA BAY HOST COMMITTEE An apparent minaret in the logo of the 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee for the Republican National Committee is part of a famous 1891 hotel.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters off the Senate floor Thursday. He said he hopes a $600 million border-security measure approved Thursday clears the way for consideration of comprehensive immigration-reform legislation.
