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In this June 23, 2010 photo, giant whirligigs designed by handyman Vollis Simpson are shown in Lucama, N.C. Mr. Simpson is letting go of the 29 masterpiece whirligigs that have stood in this field in eastern North Carolina since the early 1980s. The city of Wilson, with the help of the North Carolina Arts Council, hopes to buy, move and conserve the whirligigs, relocating them to a park in downtown Wilson by November 2012. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner lands at Farnborough Airport near London ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow on Sunday, July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A group of Santas interact with visitors in the Dyrehavsbakken amusement park, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, July 19, 2010 for the World Santa Claus Congress, which has been held 52 times now at the amusement park. Every summer, Santas from the entire world get together at Bakken to spread some Christmas cheer, have fun, and enjoy a get-together. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Nanna Kreutzmann)
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A lone Santa sits on Monday, July 19, 2010, in the Dyrehavsbakken amusement park, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, where many have gathered for the World Santa Claus Congress, which has been held 52 times now at the amusement park. Every summer, Santas from the entire world get together at Bakken to spread some Christmas cheer and have some fun. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Nanna Kreutzmann)
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A forensic police officer collects evidence outside the house of a Greek journalist who had been gunned down in the Athens' neighborhood of Ilioupoli,on Monday, July 19, 2010. Sokratis Giolias, 37, died after being shot more than 15 times before dawn Monday. (AP Photo/Alkis
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Construction worker Brian Stocks unloads doors for a new home under construction in Springfield, Ill., on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Homebuilders' confidence in the housing market has sunk to the lowest level in more than a year, more evidence that the economic recovery is slowing. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Associated Press The St. Peters Neighborhood Monitoring Group captures an image of a man who appears to be carrying a knife. The group of women, ages 67 to 92, uses hidden cameras, night-vision equipment and a Twitter account to try to drive out troublemakers.
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Associated Press Gil Riegler of Oasis Camel Dairy works quickly to milk of one of his camels in Ramona, Calif. Mr. Riegler and his wife, Nancy, own the nation's largest camel dairy and say camel milk is more beneficial than cow milk.
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Police block off the area around Sammamish State Park on Sammamish Lake near Seattle late on Saturday, July 17, 2010, looking for a gunman involved in a shooting in the park. The Washington State Patrol says two people are dead and four others wounded in the shooting. (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Seattle Times)
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** FILE ** Yahya Wehelie of Burke, Va., displays his U.S. passport in Cairo on June 16, 2010. Mr. Wehelie, whose travels to Yemen landed him on the U.S. no-fly list and left him stuck in the Middle East for months, arrived in New York on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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The Boa Sub C work boat, top, operates near the Q4000 drilling rig at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, July 16, 2010. The wellhead has been capped and BP is continuing to test the integrity of the well before resuming production. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Workboats operate near the Transocean Development Drilling Rig II at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, July 16, 2010. The wellhead has been capped and BP is continuing to test the integrity of the well before resuming production. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Workboats operate near the Transocean Development Drilling Rig II at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, July 16, 2010. The wellhead has been capped and BP is continuing to test the integrity of the well before resuming production. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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This Tuesday, July 5, 2009, file photo shows Carte Goodwin, who was West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's General Council, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Mr. Goodwin will be the governor's temporary appointee to the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd's seat. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)
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A munson boat pulling boom passes a transrec machine as it is lifted back onto the deck of the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana Thursday, July 15, 2010. The machine vacuums oily water contained by the booms into tanks on the vessel, where it can then be separated. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Workers continue to construct a berm system on the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands, La., Thursday, July 15, 2010. A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Contractor Wade Falany removes a chain securing a munson boat to the deck of the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel as boom trails behind on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Workers continue to construct a berm system on the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands, La., Thursday, July 15, 2010. A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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A worker walks through the water as a berm system is constructed on the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands, La., Thursday, July 15, 2010. A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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In this photograph take July 8, 2010, a computer for less is dispalyed at a Staples in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, July 8, 2010. Consumer prices fell for the third straight month, providing some bargains to American shoppers.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
