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A tree fallen by Sunday's storm blocks a street in Silver Spring, Md., near Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. It could take days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people in and around Washington after a storm downed power lines and trees and left four people dead, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 before government rebates when it goes on sale - about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the all-electric Nissan Leaf. (Associated Press)
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A tree fallen by Sunday's storm blocks a street in Silver Spring, Md., near Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. It could take days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people in and around Washington after a storm downed power lines and trees and left four people dead, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A tree, downed by Sunday's storm, blocks a street in Silver Spring on Monday. The storm left hundreds of thousands without power. (Associated Press)
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A group of Boy Scouts shield themselves from heavy rain in Washington on July 25, 2010. A set of powerful, fast-moving storms passed through the D.C. region Sunday, uprooting large trees and causing thousands of power outages across the area. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)
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A volunteer holds a Kemp's ridley turtle hatchling before releasing it into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with federal biologists hoping that by the time the tiny critters get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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Hundreds of Kemp's ridley turtle hatchlings make their way through the surf after being released into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with federal biologists hoping that by the time the tiny critters get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A trio of Kemp's ridley turtle hatchlings make their way through the surf after being released into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with federal biologists hoping that by the time the tiny critters get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A Kemp's ridley turtle hatchling makes its way through the surf after being released into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with federal biologists hoping that by the time the tiny critters get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A Kemp's ridley turtle hatchling makes its way through the surf after being released into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with federal biologists hoping that by the time the tiny critters get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A technician (below) controls an unmanned electric-powered vehicle in Parma by a remote device. The vehicles, equipped with four laser scanners and seven video cameras that work in concert to detect and help avoid obstacles. (Associated Press)
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Water from Iowa's Maquoketa River surges over the bridge of the Delhi Dam as areas surrounding the river continue to flood on Saturday, July 24, 2010. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Julie Koehn)
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bird rehabilitation specialists Shannon Landry and Courtney Brooks carry a cage containing a bird rescued from the oil of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to a waiting trailer at the Ft. Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La.Friday, July 23, 2010.About 280 pelicans, laughing gulls, herons, egrets, spoonbills, gannets and oyster catchers were being moved from the projected path of Tropical Storm Bonnie to a new facility in Hammond, La., more than 100 miles north. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook, Pool)
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Neil Redford of La. State Animal Response Team and Adam Ribota of the International Bird Rescue Research Center carry a cage containing a bird rescued from the oil of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to a waiting trailer at the Ft. Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. Friday, July 23, 2010. About 280 pelicans, laughing gulls, herons, egrets, spoonbills, gannets and oyster catchers were being moved from the projected path of Tropical Storm Bonnie to a new facility in Hammond, La., more than 100 miles north. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook, Pool)
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Bird rehab specialist David Lane carries a brown pelican rescued from the oil of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to a cage at the Ft. Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. Friday, July 23, 2010. About 280 pelicans, laughing gulls, herons, egrets, spoonbills, gannets and oyster catchers were being moved from the projected path of Tropical Storm Bonnie to a new facility in Hammond, La., more than 100 miles north. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook, Pool)
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United States Marine Cpl. Jesse Hopkins from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines fires a machine gun during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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In this July 5, 2009, image released by un-named local citizen, protesters gather in Urumqi, in China's western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/File)
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An Uzbek woman walks with her children in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. According to rights groups, victims and health officials, hundreds of Uzbek women have been surgically sterilized without their knowledge in a program looking to curb overpopulation. (Associated Press)
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tells reporters that he acted in haste in firing Shirley Sherrod, a black U.S. Agriculture Department official, after it appeared she had made racist remarks in unfair and heavily edited video posted on a conservative website, during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Mr. Vilsack said he is taking personal responsibility for what happened. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
