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Brandy and Michael Moore look at their camera after taking pictures of cherry blossoms in Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. The couple live in Grand Prairie, Texas and traveled to Washington, D.C. for the the cherry blossoms. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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With the cherry blossoms in bloom, people walk along the Tidal Basin late in the afternoon, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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With the cherry blossoms in bloom, people walk along the Tidal Basin late in the afternoon, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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At dusk, people walk under the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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The Carpenter-Holmes family, from left, Kevin, 3, mom Amy, Nathan, 6, and dad Arthur, are bundled up as they walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. Arthur Carpenter-Holmes, whose family is from Alexandria, Va., said they had been coming to see the cherry blossoms for years and this is the coldest he can remember it being. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Bundled up with his hood on, Leal Abbatiello, 3, rides on his dad James' shoulders as they walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. The family is from Alexandria, Va. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Max Gerecht, 7, swings from a cherry blossom tree while his dad Reuel Gerecht looks on near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. The family is from Bethesda, Md. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Kim Trang, left, and Kolin Fischer share a kiss under the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. The couple are both from Arlington, Va. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Nikos Alexis loads fresh dough into an oven at the Rikers Island jail bakery earlier this month in New York. Alexis is part of a team of 20 inmates that bakes 36,000 loaves of bread weekly to feed the nation's largest jail complex.

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The crowds were rife with placards mocking the cuts to Britain's budget and the politicians who are making them. A small breakaway group smashed its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls.

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Citizens of Gutach, Germany, including (from right) Tanja Lauble, Christine Haas, Mike Lauble und Melanie Haas, who are dressed in traditional Black Forest clothing, queue to cast their ballots in Baden-Wuerttemberg state elections on Sunday, March 27, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd/Winfried Rothermel)

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A protester in protective mask holds a placard during an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo on Sunday, March 27, 2011. The placard reads, "Don't spread radioactive substance." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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** FILE ** A taxi driver picks up passengers outside Union Station in Washington. Beginning Monday, March 28, 2011, taxis will charge an extra $1 a ride to offset higher gas prices. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Coulson's News, where a Mega Millions lottery jackpot ticket worth $319 million was sold, is seen in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday, March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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A television news crew leaves the site of a proposed mega-mansion in the Benedict Canyon area of Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday March 22, 2011. Wealthy Los Angeles residents are banding together to fight plans for this mega-mansion that would create a compound roughly the size of the famed Hearst Castle. AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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This March 9, 2011 photo shows graffiti on the Prada Marfa art project located about 35 miles west of Marfa, Texas. The iconic sculpture intended to mimic a store of the Italian fashion house has come under repeated attack by vandals since it was finished in 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Graczyk)

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This March 9, 2011 photo shows the Prada Marfa art project located about 35 miles west of Marfa, Texas. The iconic sculpture intended to mimic a store of the Italian fashion house has come under repeated attack by vandals since it was finished in 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Graczyk)

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POWERED DOWN: The alternate engine for the F-35 jet has been halted by a 90-day stop-work order. (Associated Press)

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POWERED DOWN: The alternate engine for the F-35 jet has been halted by a 90-day stop-work order. (Associated Press)

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A house used as a maternity clinic is located in San Gabriel, Calif. Authorities shuttered it after discovering a makeshift maternity clinic tending to 10 newborns and a dozen Chinese women who paid as much as $35,000 to travel to Southern California to give birth to children who automatically qualify as U.S. citizens. (Associated Press)