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U.S. cargo planes land at Sendai airport Sunday with supplies of fresh water for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. American divers are helping clear underwater debris off Hachinohe to permit ships to pass. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is counting on Georgia to play a big part in his probable presidential bid. A base in Georgia will also allow him to reach out to neighboring states such as South Carolina. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. cargo planes land at Sendai airport Sunday with supplies of fresh water for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. American divers are helping clear underwater debris off Hachinohe to permit ships to pass.
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Cherry blossoms are seen against an overcast sky near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Seagulls fly near cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 1999 file photo, workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida watch as the Stardust spacecraft is lowered. NASA on Thursday, March 24, 2011 ordered its comet-hunting Stardust probe to burn its remaining fuel, setting off a series of events that will shut down the spacecraft after a 12-year career (AP Photo/NASA, File)
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Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama, right, huddles with his aide during a press conference on the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, in Tokyo on Friday March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, officials stand in front of a building destroyed by an earthquake in Tarlay, Shan state, Myanmar, Friday, March 25, 2011. The Thursday night quake, measured at a magnitude 6.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey, toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar and killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/DVB, Alinyaung)
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Burial is held in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed city of Higashimatsushima, northern Japan, on Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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The Samsarians (seen here) and other RVA artists appreciate the booming acoustics of the live room at Samis Grotto. The space "was built, shaped and modeled for voice amplification, RVA's Mr. Reinhard says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The house at 2947 Upton St. N.W. in the Forest Hills community of the District is on the market for $999,000. The four-bedroom home was built in 1922.
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A biogas power plant and wind turbines are seen after sunset in Nauen, Germany. Germany stands alone among the world's leading industrialized nations in its determination to abandon nuclear energy for good because of the technology's inherent risk. (Associated Press)
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The crew of the USS Ronald Reagan swabs the aircraft carrier's deck to remove radiation fallout after 10 days of delivering supplies to survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)
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Fire crews established a containment line along Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon, Colo. Strong wind and warm, dry weather hampered efforts by firefighters to stop a wildfire burning across more than 700 acres in the foothills west of Golden. (Associated Press)
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Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell and Charlie Sheen (from left) battled Soviet invaders in their hometown in the original "Red Dawn" released in 1984. The remake was set to have China invading U.S. soil but the invaders will now be North Koreans.
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In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), gray smoke rises from Unit 3 of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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A woman is screened Monday at an evacuee center for radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear facilities in northeastern Japan. Despite living in close proximity to six nuclear reactors, evacuees at this shelter never practiced an emergency drill to prepare them for a disaster. (Associated Press)
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An elderly Japanese woman searches for her belongings Monday in the quake- and tsunami-destroyed town of Rikuzentakata in northeastern Japan. (Associated Press)
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In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gray smoke rises from Unit 3 of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, March 21, 2011. Officials said that TEPCO temporarily evacuated its workers from the site. At left is Unit 2 and at right is Unit 4. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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FILE - In this Saturday, March 12, 2011 file photo, a runway at Sendai airport is covered with washed out cars and sand and earth after the March 11 strong earthquake slammed into Japan's eastern coast. Geologists say a powerful earthquake could strike near Tokyo because the recent monster that hit northeastern Japan altered the earth's surface, loading stress onto a segment of the fault line near the capital. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
