Server Load: 6.72

Processes are NOT dieing, they are being left open until killed manually, heres the top 5 which are causing the load.

Any ideas?

5073 nobody 25 0 24480 23M 22976 R 17.8 4.8 2:10 httpd
5445 nobody 25 0 23116 22M 22720 R 17.8 4.5 2:22 httpd
5082 nobody 25 0 24940 24M 23076 R 16.2 4.9 2:09 httpd
5717 nobody 25 0 22376 21M 21252 R 16.0 4.4 1:52 httpd
5446 nobody 25 0 23216 22M 22772 R 14.8 4.5 2:08 httpd
5755 nobody 25 0 22880 22M 21176 R 14.8 4.5 1:53 httpd