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Sep 2 2008, Danielle

The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.

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A worker sweeps off the roof of a Crystal Beach, Texas beach house Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to begin repairs of damage cause by Hurricane Ike one month ago. Most of the homes on Bolivar Peninsula were flattened or sustained catastrophic damage in the huge...