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Mark Bly, BP Group Head of Safety and Operations, testifies before the National Academy of Engineering committee In Washington Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Experts probing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill exposed holes in BP's internal investigation as the company was questioned for the first time in public about its findings. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Experts question... Mark Bly, BP Group Head of Safety and Operations, testifies before the National Academy of Engineering committee In Washington Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Experts probing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill exposed holes in BP's internal investigation as the company was questioned for the first time in public about its findings. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Nevada ranked in... Nevada's quarterback Colin Kaepernick, runs for a first down in a game against BYU during an NCAA college football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Nevada beat BYU 27-13. (AP Photo/George Frey)
Israeli settleme... Jewish settlers participate in a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly re-launched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
White House, Dem... House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., gestures during a news conference,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in support of the small business lending to struggling small businesses with easier credit and other incentives to expand and hire new workers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
New Muslim comic... In this artwork provided by Liquid Comics, LLC, the "Sliver Scorpion" is shown. The new superhero is Muslim, who loses his legs in a tragic landmine accident and must learn to come to terms with the reality of his disability while learning to use his newfound power to fight for social inclusion, equity and justice. The "Silver Scorpion" is the first cross-cultural superhero with disabilities created by bringing together Syrian and American youth with disabilities in Damascus, Syria as part of the Open Hands Initiatives inaugural Youth Ability Summit. (AP Photo/Liquid Comics, L.L.C.) NO SALES
$93,000 cancer d... In this Aug. 16, 2010 photo, patient Bob Svensson is hooked up to a blood infusion machine at the American Red Cross in Dedham, Mass., as he undergoes a $93,000 prostate cancer treatment. The Provenge therapy, approved in April, adds four months' survival, on average, for men with incurable prostate tumors. Bob Svensson is honest about why he got it: insurance paid. "I would not spend that money," because the benefit doesn't seem worth it, says Svensson, 80, a former corporate finance officer from Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
PROMISES, PROMIS... FILE - In this May 7, 2004 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld rubs his eyes while testifying about Abu Ghraib prison before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fending off demands that he resign over the ensuing scandal, Rumsfeld told Congress he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Ga. megachurch p... Bishop Eddie Long prepares to speak at a news conference, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. Bishop Eddie Long, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch accused of luring young men into sexual relationships, has told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)
Calif measure sh... FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1997 file photo, Denis Peron, founder of the Cannabis Cultivators Club, smells a northern lights marijuana plant in the club's growing room in San Francisco. Some medical marijuana supporters have said Proposition 19, the ballot measure to legalize pot, could undermine the credibility of the drug as a medical treatment, including Peron, the San Francisco activist who was the driving force behind the 1996 ballot measure that legalized medical marijuana in the state. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
House leader: Co... Comedian Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee hearing on Protecting America's Harvest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Chavez aiming to... Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during congressional elections outside a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Kashmir separati... Kashmiris look out from a broken windowpane of their home as an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Kashmir has been rocked by deadly civil unrest since early June, with more than 100 people killed in protests and clashes with government forces. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
'Bama rallies t... Alabama running back Mark Ingram (22) pushes over the goal line past Arkansas safety Rudell Crim (4) and Arkansas linebacker Freddy Burton (46) late the second half of an NCAA college football game in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Alabama defeated Arkansas 24-20. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
O'Donnell is fir... FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell delivers remarks at Values Voter Summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Seton Hall campu... The Essex County Prosecutors Office put up a mobile sign near the scene where five Seton Hall students were shot, one of whom has died, asking anyone with information to contact them today, Saturday Sept. 25,2010 in East Orange, NJ. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
Plane arrives in... Map shows intended route and actual route of a Pakistani International Airlines flight which was diverted by a bomb threat
Turkey: gallery ... Two women seen in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The motives for the brazen attack this week in central Istanbul have yet to be fully explained, though half a dozen suspects were detained. Whether an isolated incident or not, it renewed debate about fast-paced change in Turkey, a cauldron of jostling influences: rich and poor, modern and traditional, secular and Islamic, democratic and authoritarian.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
Japanese protest... Protesters march down Tokyo streets on Saturday Sept. 26, 2010. About 200 protesters banged drums and waved "No Nike" signs while marching Sunday in downtown Tokyo to oppose plans for a Nike-sponsored skateboarding park where construction has displaced dozens of homeless squatters. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
Diamondbacks swe... Colorado Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez tosses his bat aside after striking out to Arizona Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)
Some families wi... In this Sept. 20, 2010 photo, Scott Janis, left, gets some encouragement from his girlfriend Carrie Altergott as he undergoes an occupational therapy session at Alexian Rehabilitation Hospital in Elk Grove Village, Ill. Janis had his insurance coverage canceled because of an omission on his insurance application following a Nov. 12, 2009 stroke. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
Fox crowns J-Lo,... In this publicity image released by Fox, judges for season ten of American Idol are shown. From left, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Ryan Seacrest are shown in an undated photo. . (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)
Crawford, Longor... Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford hits a fifth-inning RBI single in front of New York Yankees catcher in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
North Dakota lak... In this Aug. 24, 2010, photo is a view looking east about a block from the tiny town of Minnewaukan, N.D.'s only school. Devils Lake, which was once 8 miles away, today is lapping at the community from three sides. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
Palestinian lead... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, greets Luxembourg's foreign minister Jean Asselborn, right, as Palestinian Observer to the U.N. Riyad Mansour looks on during a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Archaeologists f... Frescos discovered in the Herodium complex, in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish private box in a 400-seat theater located at King Herod's winter palace in the Judean desert. Head archaeologist Ehud Netzer says Herod commissioned Roman artists to decorate the theater walls with elaborate paintings and plaster moldings around 15 B.C. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
O'Reilly, Maher ... Comedian and television host Bill Maher pauses onstage during a ceremony to award him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FDA considering ... This undated handout photo provided by AquaBounty Technologies shows two same-age salmon, a genetically modified salmon, rear, and a non-genetically modified salmon, foreground. The Food and Drug Administration pondered Monday whether to say, for the first time, that it's OK to market a genetically engineered animal as safe for people to eat. (AP Photo/AquaBounty Technologies)
Thousands of Yem... Yemeni policemen guard the state security court in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, as the trial of four al-Qaida suspects takes place. The four, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, international institutions and security forces. (AP Photo)
Obama picks cons... President Barack Obama, accompanied by Elizabeth Warren, right, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, announces that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Heisman Trust: N... FILE- In this Dec. 10, 2005, file photo, Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush of the University of Southern California smiles while posing for photos after a news conference in New York. Bush said Tuesday, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, that he is forfeiting his Heisman Trophy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Bans on fake pot... FILE - This Feb. 15, 2010, file photo shows a package of K2 , a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals. Authorities in 13 states thought they were acting to curb a public health threat when they outlawed a form of synthetic marijuana known as K2: a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals. But even before the laws took effect, many stores that did a brisk business in fake pot had gotten around the laws by making slight changes to K2's chemical formula, creating knockoffs with names such as "K3," "Heaven Scent" and "Syn." (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, File)
Record level of ... FILE - In this July 8, 2010 file photo, a Pakistani soldier takes position on a hilltop post in Khajore Kut, an area of Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border. Drone aircraft unleashed two missile attacks in a lawless tribal region on the Afghan border Tuesday, making September the most intense period of U.S. strikes in Pakistan since they began in 2004, intelligence officials said. The Pakistan army has launched several offensives in the tribal regions over the last 2 1/2 years, but has not moved in force into North Waziristan. The U.S. is unable to send ground forces into Pakistani territory, and must rely on the drone strikes. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)
Laura Bush to sp... FILE - A Sept. 11, 2009 file photo shows a wooden cross with other mementos at the temporary memorial for United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Just $40 million of the $58 million needed for the memorial has been raised, and the first phase of the project is scheduled to be dedicated in time for the 10th anniversary of the attacks next year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster/file)
Chicago mayor ra... FILE - In this March 16, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is silhouetted against the Chicago skyline in Chicago. Daley, 68, announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he is not running for re-election. Daley was elected to the state Senate in 1972 and as Cook County state's attorney in 1980. He became Chicago mayor in 1989 when he won a special mayoral election after the death of Mayor Harold Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago police c... FILE - In this July 22, 2010 file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis speaks at a news conference at FBI offices in Chicago. Weis has come under fire recently for attending a meeting between reputed gang leaders, top police officials and federal prosecutors, to deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Mexico captures ... Federal police stand guard by Texas-born kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "the Barbie," center, during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Valdez, who was captured on Monday by federal police, faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Chavez likely to... People search for their names on a list before casting their votes during parliamentary elections in Caracas
Netanyahu urges ... A Palestinian labourer works at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yakir
U.S. set to be a... An employee counts Yuan banknotes at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei
India races to r... Workers fix a poster advertising the Commonwealth Games on a roadside in New Delhi
Republican Boehn... U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Boehner addresses his weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington
Japan PM refuses... Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference in New York
Britain's Labour... Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband walks to take part in television interviews during the party conference in Manchester
Republican econ ... U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a ministerial meeting on Sudan at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
Pakistan PM canc... Pakistan's Prime Minister Gilani addresses a news conference after meeting NATO Secretary Rasmussen at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels
No explosives fo... Passengers are evacuated from a Pakistan Airlines jet which landed at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm following a bomb threat
Russian-U.S. spa... The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen as it lands near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan
Lindsay Lohan fr... A vehicle believed to be carrying actress Lindsay Lohan leaves the Beverly Hills Courthouse in Beverly Hills
Tropical Storm M... Tropical Storm Matthew is pictured off the coast of Honduras and Nicragua in this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image
Suspected hitmen... Mayor-elect Ricardo Solis is taken into a hospital while lying on a stretcher after being critically wounded in Gran Morelos
Ahmadinejad meet... Sarah Shourd speaks during a news conference in New York
Facebook's Zucke... Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks among the crowd in Palo Alto
U.N. nuclear ass... IAEA Director General Amano attends a IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna
Obama slams Ahma... Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a news conference in New York
Pelosi hedges on... U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi takes part in a group photo during the G8 Speakers of the Lower House meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
House panel cran... Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing
U.S. troops figh... To match feature IRAQ-VIOLENCE/USA
NY voters suppor... Demonstrators who support and oppose the proposed Park51 stand with signs in front of the site in New York
Obama condemns A... Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York
No tax cut vote ... Senator Dick Durbin speaks in Chicago
Obama urges Arab... President Obama addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York
Clinton urges Ja... Shadow of Chinese protestors is reflected on a Chinese flag during an anti-Japan protest near the Japanese consulate in Shanghai
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