Illinois Drought

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The sun rises Sunday, July 15, 2012, in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Corn stalks are struggling in the heat and continuing drought that has overcome most of the country. All of Illinois is officially in a drought, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn plans a trip to southern Illinois to discuss the state's plans for responding to dry conditions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Pakistan Daily L... A butterfly collects nectar from a Jasmine flower in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Space Station So... In this image provided by NASA the Expedition 32 crew onboard the International Space Station, flying an altitude of approximately 240 miles, recorded a series of images of Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, on July 15, 2012. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, flight engineer, recorded the series of images from the Tranquility node. The Canadarm2 robot arm is in the foreground. (AP Photo/NASA, Joe Acaba)
Night of Dresden... In this picture taken Saturday, July 14, 2012, Albrechtsberg palace near Dresden is illuminated by laser lights during the Night of Dresden Palaces Festival. Banner reads in German, 'Night of Dresden Palaces'. (AP Photo/dapd/Matthias Rietschel)
Japan Sumida Aqu... Visitors snap photos of jellyfish at Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Belarus Wild Lif... Storks sit on their nest at sun rise in the foggy morning, near the village of Chereshlya, 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, early Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Britain Olympic ... Dancers perform on the London Eye in London as part of London 2012 Olympic Festival, Sunday, July 15, 2012. The performances "Surprises : Streb" choreographed by New Yorker Elizabeth Streb take place on various London's landmarks. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Spain Run with F... Revelers hold torches as they take part in 'Correfoc' (Run with fire) party in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Correfocs or "fire-runs" are among the most striking features present in Catalan festivals. In the correfoc, a group of individuals will dress as devils and light fireworks. While dancing to the drums of a traditional gralla, they will set off their fireworks among crowds of spectators. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Illinois Drought... The sun rises Sunday, July 15, 2012, in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Corn stalks are struggling in the heat and continuing drought that has overcome most of the country. All of Illinois is officially in a drought, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn plans a trip to southern Illinois to discuss the state's plans for responding to dry conditions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Southern Lights This image provided by the European Space Agency shows the Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights glowing over Concordia station in the Antarctic, one of the remotest places on Earth, on Wednesday July 18, 2012. It was taken by ESA-sponsored scientist Alexander Kumar and his colleague Erick Bondoux from about 1 km (.6 miles) from the station, located in the Antarctic at 75°S latitude. (AP Photo/Alexander Kumar and Erick Bondoux, ESA)
South Korea Mud ... Tourists play with the mud during the 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Sunrday, July 15, 2012. The festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and mud king contest. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Haiti Voodoo Cel... Pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Saturday, July 14, 2012. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Legend has it that she appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palms Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love, Ezili Danto. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Lawn Chair Ballo... Oregon gas station owner Kent Couch and Iraqi adventurer Fareed Lafta lift off Saturday, July 14, 2012, from Couch's gas station in Bend, Ore., as they attempt to fly some 360 miles to Montana. The flight is a warm-up for a future flight planned in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
Poland Tornado In this picture taken Sunday July 15, 2012, people inspect the damage caused by a tornado in the village of Wycinki, northern Poland, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tornadoes ripped through northern Poland, wrecking over 100 houses and 550 hectares of forest in the Bory Tucholskie national park, leaving one person dead and 10 injured. (AP Photo/Krzysztof Mania)
Macedonia Galicn... In this picture taken Saturday, July 14, 2012, people with torches participate in a wedding procession a night before the Galicnik Wedding, in Macedonia's western village of Galicnik. Traditionally, the two-day Galicnik Wedding is held every year on Orthodox St. Peter's day. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Germany Zoo Two Grey Crowned Cranes look at each other in their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
India Hindu Fest... An Indian worker prepares idols of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesh at a workshop in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The idols will be immersed in the Arabian Sea at the end of a festival. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Afghanistan Poli... Police officers listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's speech during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. President Hamid Karzai is trying to negotiate a peace settlement with the Taliban, but he warned insurgents on Tuesday that their attacks on civilians would not be forgotten by the Afghan people. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
Taiwan's Paper W... Dancers in Taiwan's Paper Windmill Cultural Foundation perform during a dress rehearsal of Paper Windmill Fantasia in, Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 ahead of their performances in Beijing, China, July 20-22. With integration of familiar nursery rhymes, passionate dance, literary meaning and sophisticated art forms, this drama claims an unprecedented performance demonstrating the unique innovations of the modern theater in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
South Korea Wate... A man splashes a bucket of water on participants of a water festival in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The event promotes tourism of local county offices ahead of summer vacation season. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Wide Drought A dry field of corn is seen near Fremont, Neb., Monday, July 16, 2012. The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
New York Sunflow... Sunflowers grow in a field in Schodack, N.Y., on Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Hot Weather NJ Surfers enjoy waves as temperatures hovered in the 90's in Manasquan, N.J., Monday, July 16, 2012. The National Weather Service says high pressure off the mid-Atlantic region will pump hot and humid air into the state through the middle of the week. Forecasters say temperatures will combine with humidity to make it feel close to 100 degrees on Tuesday. It's expected to feel hotter on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New Hatched Gree... Three of eight new hatched Green Iguanas ( Iguana iguana) sit in their terrarium at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. After seven years it was the first breeding success of green iguanas at the Zoo. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Magic Art Specia... A man poses for a photograph near a 3D painting at the 2012 Magic Art Special Exhibition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province July 16, 2012. The event will run till August 6 in Hangzhou. Picture taken July 16, 2012. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Japan Emperor Shinto priests pray as Japan's Emperor Akihito, unseen, visits Meiji Shrine where his great-grandfather Emperor Mutsuhito's spirit is dedicated, in Tokyo Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Akihito visited the Shinto shrine to mark the centennial of Mutsuhito's death on July 30. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Nicaragua Protes... Members of Broad Opposition Front, FAO, civil organization, set on fire a vehicle belonging to Managua's town council during a protest in front of the Supreme Electoral Council, CSE, in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Demonstrators protested against members of the Supreme Electoral Council and demanded fairness and transparency in the upcoming November 7 municipal elections. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Brazil Plane Cra... Relatives of victims attend a memorial ceremony marking the five-year anniversary of a plane crash at the site of the tragedy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. An aircraft of Brazil's TAM airline crashed and burst into flames in Sao Paulo, July 17, 2007, after skidding off a runway that had been criticized as being too short, in a driving rain, killing at least 199 people. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Greece Wildfire An helicopter drops water over during an wild fire near Patras, Greece, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Regional authorities declared an emergency in southwestern Greece as wildfires threatened village homes outside the city of Patras. Nine planes and one helicopter were involved in the firefighting effort Wednesday at Argyra, some 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) east of Patras, amid high winds and temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Giannis Androutsopoulos)
Italy Colosseum ... Technicians drop stones from the top of Rome's ancient Colosseum to evaluate possible risks to visitors, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Colosseum director Rossella Rea said the test are being done to evaluate the eventual need of new safety measures in case of an accidental fall of rocks from the monument. She also said that the recent climate changes, with unusually heavy rains, snowfalls and extreme temperatures are causing micro deterioration that could ease the release of stone fragments. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
South Africa Man... A traditional performer shouts out during celebrations for former South African President, Nelson Mandela's birthday in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Across the country, and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country's most famous statesman on his 94th birthday Wednesday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Low Mississippi ... In this July 13, 2012, photo, the Memphis Queen riverboat uses the deep center of the Mississippi River to go under the I-40 bridge while heading upriver, in Memphis, Tenn. A year after nearly record floods, the Mississippi River level has dropped so low that it's beginning to affect commercial operations. Port managers worry that their passages to the river could fill up with silt, and barge operators may have to lighten their loads. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)
India Weather A school boy looks out from the window of a bus as it rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Sculpture Scorne... In this Tuesday, July 10, 2012 photo, "Unchained Mass," a sculpture by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad, is seen in Santa Monica, Calif. After years of erosion by the ocean's salt air, "Unchained Mass" is not in danger of exploding but of falling down. With repairs estimated to cost $300,000, city officials say the work by the late Conrad is a work of art that Santa Monica can no longer afford. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Portugal Forest ... Forest fires rage on the hills above the city of Funchal in the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira Wednesday night, July 18, 2012. Residents living near wooded areas at the edge of the island's largest city fled in panic after one blaze engulfed an unspecified number of houses and threatened others. (AP Photo/Joana Sousa)
Wide Drought Neb... The sun rises over a corn field in rural Springfield, Neb., Thursday, July 19, 2012. The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Saratoga Horse R... An exercise rider rides a horse during morning workouts at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on Thursday, July 19, 2012. The 144th Saratoga horse racing season starts on Friday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Hungary Snow Leo... Three six-week old male snow leopard (Uncia uncia) cubs are held by keepers prior to their medical examination in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, 170 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/MTI, Zoltan Gergely Kelemen)
54th Massachuset... Re-enactors on Morris Island in Charleston, S.C., fire a salute on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, in memory of the troops of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the black Union unit that stormed Confederate Battery Wagner in an 1863 attack recounted in the film "Glory." Fort Sumter, where the war began, can be seen in the distance. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
Maine Secret Gar... In this July 12, 2012 photo, visitors sit on a rock bench to view the scenery at the Asticou Azalea Garden pond in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The garden includes plants from the collection of renowned landscape designer Beatrix Farrand, who has connections to several gardens in the area, including the nearby Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, a private garden that’s only open to the public a few days a year. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)
Myanmar Martyr's... Myanmar soldiers play during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the 1947 assassination of Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Gen. Aung San, at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, July 19, 2012. For the first time in decades, Myanmar state television broadcast the memorial ceremony for the country's independence hero, the latest sign of change in the former pariah nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Cycling Tour de ... Cadel Evans of Australia, 2011 Tour de France winner, right with number 1, rides at the back of the pack as it climbs Mente pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 143.5 kilometers (89.2 miles) with start in Bagneres-de-Luchon and finish in Peyragudes, Pyrenees region, France, Thursday July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Olympics Bolt Ar... Australian street artist James Cochran spray paints a portrait of Usain Bolt, Jamaica's world record holder in the 100 and 200 meter sprints, on the wall of a building beside a car park in east London, Friday, July 20, 2012. Cochran, who has been a street painter for 20 years, has been working on the piece for four days and is due to finish it later today. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
India Train Coll... Indian people walk next to wrecked rail cars in Kasara, India, Friday, July 20, 2012. A fast moving express train collided with some derailed coaches of a commuter train that were lying on the tracks Thursday, according to Press Trust of India. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Chorus Line Performers dance during a dress rehearsal of "A Chorus Line" in Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 20, 2012. The original production opened in 1975. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Belarus Weather Young people stand together to support themselves in anticipation of the coming bow wave from the oncoming bus, in deep water following heavy rain in Minsk, Belarus, in the evening of Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Ramadan in Amman A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan,Thursday, July 19, 2012. Religious authorities in Jordan declared that Friday will be the start of the holy month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection. Ramadan begins around 11 days earlier each year. Its start is calculated based on the sighting of the new moon, which marks the beginning of the Muslim lunar month that varies between 29 or 30 days. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
Rare Albino Seal A few weeks old rare albino South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) sits next to its mother "Harimee", whose fur has the normal color, at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland)
Anniversary of t... Turkish soldiers shout as they take part in a military parade in the Turkish occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 20, 2012. The parade was part of the celebrations marking the 38th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and occupation of the northern area of the island. Cyprus was split into Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Germany July 20 ... German soldiers stand guard next to a wreath at the courtyard of the Bendler Block during a commemoration ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 20, 2012. On July 20 Germany honors Colonel Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and other high-ranking aristocratic soldiers, executed in Berlin after the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler survived the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt. Stauffenberg and other officers were executed in the courtyard of the Bendler Block, the former Nazi army headquarters in Berlin. Scores of others were executed in Berlin's Ploetzensee prison. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Baby Cuban Croco... In this photo taken Thursday, July 19, 2012, Barbara Watkins, an animal keeper in the Reptile Discovery Center of the National Zoo, holds a five-day-old Cuban crocodile hatchling in Washington. Two hatchlings were born from surprise eggs laid by a 50-something-year old Cuban crocodile at the National Zoo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)