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The cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., are blooming just in time for the city's annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Photo by: BARBARA L. SALISBURY
Painter Justin Pyles, of Washington, D.C., leans back to get some perspective on his painting of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in D.C., on March 19, 2012, while two passers-by stop to admire his work. Pyles came out to paint before going in to work at the Smithsonian. He says he has painted the cherry blossoms every year for about the past 12 years. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., are blooming just in time for the city's annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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This week's warm weather seems to have accelerated the grand opening of the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C.
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Across Japan on Sunday people stood and prayed in silence remembering the earthquake and tsunami that killed 19,000 people and unleashed one of the world's worst nuclear crisis in recent memory.
Wounded soldiers and Army veterans gathered in Fort Meade, Md., to compete in the Army Warrior Games. They were competing for berths in the 2012 Warrior Games, held April 30th - May 5th in Colorado Springs, Colo., which will feature representatives from Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Special Operations.
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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) begins in Washington, D.C., featuring a who's who of conservative politics.
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