Companies report that many employees are reluctant to relocate because of the depressed housing market. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

Kristin Kimball leads her team of horses at Essex Farm. Deborah Feingold hide caption

Transportation Security Administration officers give a demonstration of the first Advanced Imaging Technology unit at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The new backscatter X-ray full-body scanners, which are optional, can see through clothing and will screen passengers for metallic and nonmetallic threats including explosives. Michael Nagle/Getty Images hide caption

Larry Jacobson sold most of his corn and soybean crop before he harvested it to take advantage of higher prices. Kathleen Masterson/Harvest Public Media hide caption

This photo, provided by a resident of Ciudad Mier who did not want to be identified, shows a burned-out police station in the town. A brutal turf war between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas drug gang has led to an evacuation of the Mexican border town. hide caption