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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, a man steadies himself as he and others work on framing new houses, in Odessa, Texas. America’s energy boom is fueling population growth west of the Mississippi River. New 2013 census information released Thursday, March 27, 2014, showed that six of the 10 fastest-growing metropolitan areas and eight of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the country are located in or near the oil- and gas-rich fields of the Great Plains and Mountain West. More and more oil and gas drilling is being done in those regions, drawing people from around the nation looking for work, the Census Bureau said. Neighboring cities Odessa and Midland, Texas, show up as the second and third fastest-growing metro areas in the country. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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FILE - This Feb. 16, 2012, file photo, shows singer Mick Jagger, right, with designer L’Wren Scott after her Fall 2012 collection was modeled during Fashion Week, in New York. Scott has left her entire estate to longtime boyfriend and Rolling Stones frontman Jagger. Scott committed suicide on March 17, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Members of a coalition of Latino groups rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles Wednesday, March. 26, 2014. The rally is part of the "Obama Legacy Project," a new campaign looking to hold President Obama accountable for record deportations, and a public petition calling on the president to end deportations by taking executive action on a comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Phil Mickelson takes part in a pro-am at the Valero Texas Open, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in San Antonio. Mickelson is straying from his usual schedule and playing in the Valero Texas Open for the first time in 22 years. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
