Thirteen months ago, Patrick Case was laid off from his job as a used car lot manager in Florida.

(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)

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(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)

(AP) - Members of NYC Medical Examiner remove bodies from the apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York where three bodies of a woman and two men were found in the afternoon hours Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)

(AP) - A unidentified woman who is believed to be a relative left the apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York where three bodies of a woman and two men were found in the afternoon hours Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)

(AP) - A man who said he is a relative left the apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York where three bodies of a woman and two men were found in the afternoon hours Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 (AP Photo/David Karp)

(AP) - A man who said he is a relative consoled his wife outside the apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York where three bodies of a woman and two men were found in the afternoon hours Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 (AP Photo/David Karp)

(AP) - Members of NYC Medical Examiner remove one of the bodies from the apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York where three bodies of a woman and two men were found in the afternoon hours Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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(AP) - U.S. Coast Guard crewmen walk across frozen Lake Erie near Crane Creek State Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio, as they attempt to reach about 100 fishermen Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 100 fishermen, some for as long as four hours. One person fell into the water and later died. (AP Photo/Port Clinton News Herald, Jonathon Bird)

(AP) - This undated file photo provided by the Multnomah County, Wash. Sherrif's Department shows Dr. Jayant Patel. Patel an American doctor authorities say is linked to the deaths of at least 13 patients will appear in an Australian court this week on charges including manslaughter. (AP Photo/Multnomah County, Wash. Sherrif's Department, file)

(AP) - A Special Olympics athlete from Belgium waves his scarf in the air as athletes celebrate the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, at the Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Greg Kreller)

(AP) - State Sen. and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, gestures during the Jefferson/Jackson Democratic fundraising event in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

(AP) - The car of a suspect is seen Saturday morning feb. 7, 2009 surrounded by police cars on U.S. 395 at the 'Spaghetti Bowl' in Reno, Nev. A police standoff that ended in the apparent suicide of a motorist shut down a ramp at a busy freeway intersection for more than 12 hours Saturday, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Gazette Journal, Andy Barron) OUT

(AP) - Two men and a woman were killed in an apartment building on West 93rd St. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The bodies were found, with a gun nearby, in an upscale building Saturday evening, police Sgt. Kevin Hayes said. It was unclear when they died (AP Photo/David Karp)

(AP) - Police are seen at an apartment building on West 93rd St. where two men and a woman were killed, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The bodies were found, with a gun nearby, in an upscale building Saturday evening, police Sgt. Kevin Hayes said. It was unclear when they died (AP Photo/David Karp)