(AP) - The Statue Of Liberty, right, stands in the Hudson River as old New York subway cars sit on a barge at a pier, Jan. 20, 2009, in Jersey City, N.J. New Jersey has suspended a program to create an artificial fishing reef off Atlantic City by sinking old New York City subway cars underwater. State officials say an initial batch of about 100 cars that have been sunk so far are showing 'unusual damage.' (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

(AP) - This Sept. 15, 2008 file photo shows a worker carrying boxes from the offices of Lehman Brothers in Canary Wharf in London. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth,File)

(AP) - This Jan. 27, 2009 file photo shows Thomas Russo, former Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers listening to question at a press conference during the 3rd Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar,File)

(AP) - This Sept. 15, 2008 file photo shows Robin Radaetz holding a sign in front of the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer,File)

(AP) - This undated file photo provided by Bear Stearns Cos. shows chief executive James E. 'Jimmy' Cayne. Bear Stearns Cos. said Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 that its profit plunged 62 percent in the third quarter, as turbulence in the debt market rocked the investment bank's credit portfolio. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Bear Stearns Cos., file)

(AP) - In this March 16, 2006 file photo, the headquarters for securities firm Bear Stearns is shown in New York. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

(AP) - This Dec. 1, 2008 file photo shows demonstrators crowding into the reception of the Central Bank of Iceland. 'The banks are at a terrible junction,' says Robert Reich, a labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. 'The bottom is falling out. Almost every area of the credit markets, we're finding people unable to repay their loans. That means many banks are basically insolvent.' (AP Photo/Brynjar Gunnarsson,File)

(AP) - Elizabeth Leone smiles at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Across the country, community colleges report unprecedented enrollment increases driven by students looking for a bigger, or quicker, bang for their buck and by laid-off older workers. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

(AP) - Students at New Hampshire Technical Institute walk top class in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Across the country, community colleges report unprecedented enrollment increases driven by students looking for a bigger, or quicker, bang for their buck and by laid-off older workers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

(AP) - In the February 16 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands February 9), 'We Are All Socialists Now,' Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas observe that the America of 2009 has become a more socialist country, and the shift began not under a Democrat but a Republican. Plus: how the United States is turning European; the draw of gangs in L.A.; the blackberry president; why Americans don't hate the rich; and an interview with the Prime Minister of Pakistan. (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK)

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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at 1:45 a.m. EST shows areas of clouds in the Plains, but no precipitation is notied through the East. A few showers are possible in the Ohio Valley on Sunday. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

(AP) - With his wife Lorrie, left, and actress Loretta Ables Sayre, right, looking on, Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III hugs dancer Wendi Bergamini, who shares Sullenberger's hometown of Danville, Calif., as Sullenberger and his family tour backstage after seeing the musical 'South Pacific' at Lincoln Center Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

(AP) - Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III, center, poses with his wife Lorrie and their two daughters, Kate, 16, left and Kelly, 14 as they tour backstage after seeing the musical 'South Pacific' at Lincoln Center Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

(AP) - Members of the Mardi Gras parade Krewe du Vieux march through the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. The Krewe du Vieux is one of the early Mardi Gras parades that help start the Carnival season. This years theme is the economy.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)

(AP) - Members of the Mardi Gras parade Krewe du Vieux ride a float through the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. The Krewe du Vieux is one of the early Mardi Gras parades that help start the Carnival season. This years theme was the economy.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)

(AP) - Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III, center, has his picture taken with actors Kelli O'Hara, left, and Paulo Szot as Sullenberger and his family tour backstage after seeing the musical 'South Pacific' at Lincoln Center Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

(AP) - Attendees at this year's North American Prospect Expo, or NAPE, make their way across the convention floor Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 in Houston. The annual marketplace to pitch and ponder prospective oil and gas deals is expected to attract more than last year's record 15,700 participants, even though oil is about $50 a barrel cheaper these days. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

(AP) - Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III, center, pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 that crashed into the Hudson River on Jan. 15, acknowledges the audience as they give him a standing ovation after he was introduced during the curtain call for the musical 'South Pacific' at Lincoln Center Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)