
Sunspots could be seen in 2001 (left), but not this year (right)
The sun is the least active it's been in decades and the dimmest in a hundred years. The lull is causing some scientists to recall the Little Ice Age, an unusual cold spell in Europe and North America, which lasted from about 1300 to 1850.
A group of college students said they are lucky to be alive and they’re thanking the quick-thinking of one of their own. Police said a fellow student shot and killed one of two masked men who burst into an apartment.
5/3/09 – 2:20 p.m. no location given.
Dennis Lee Roscum, 55, Danville; simple assault.
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