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A person waves a Mexican flag during bicentennial celebrations at the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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People dressed as horned skeletons cycle during the bicentennial parade in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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Women wearing dresses in the colors of Mexico's flag dance on stilts during bicentennial celebrations at the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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The Zocalo plaza and Metropolitan Cathedral are illuminated during bicentennial celebrations in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A woman portraying the Angel of Independence hangs from a hot air balloon during bicentennial celebrations in Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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Fireworks explode over the Metropolitan Cathedral during bicentennial celebrations at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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City workers start cleaning up behind the bicentennial parade in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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Performers embrace during bicentennial celebrations in Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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Men wearing Aztec costumes perform during the bicentennial parade in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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Fireworks explode over the Zocalo plaza and Metropolitan Cathedral during bicentennial celebrations in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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People attend bicentennial celebrations in the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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People form the word "Mexico" during bicentennial celebrations in Mexico City's downtown Zocalo plaza, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. After two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Mrs. Clinton traveled Thursday to the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank to confer with Mr. Abbas. On the wall are portraits of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (left) and Mr. Abbas. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool)
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In this July 21, 2010, file photo, Elizabeth Warren, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing to examine the Troubled Asset Relief Program in Washington. Mr. Obama will appoint Ms. Warren as a special adviser to oversee the creation of a new consumer protection bureau, a Democratic official said Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, speaks to reporters in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Mr. Bosworth is in China for talks with Chinese officials on restarting stalled negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an audience in the Morning Drawing Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pope is on a four-day visit to Britian. (AP Photo David Cheskin/Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a meeting at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)
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Kelly Ayotte, celebrates with her husband, Joe Daley, after learning she won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Concord, N.H. The former state attorney general defeated tea-party-backed conservative Ovide Lamontagne in the GOP primary on Tuesday.
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Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, his wife, Alma, and supporters toast his victory in the congressional primary Tuesday in New York. Mr. Rangel, a 20-term congressman facing 13 ethics charges, was challenged by four other Democrats, most notably Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV.
