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Katrina. Ike was the third most



                                                                                                            ationa                                                                                                                                      Devastation and chaos reigned                                               destructive hurricane to make


                                                                                                                                       <?                                                                                                               after destructive Hurricane Ike                                             landfall in the United States.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        finally came to land in Texas                                               Landing in Baytown, Texas, it


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        after terrifying the residents of                                           destroyed many of the coastal



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        New Orleans by threatening                                                  areas around Galveston.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        them so soon after Hurricane                                                  (Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA)


















                                            A makeshift memorial  marks


                                            the spot where, after a long


                                            and tedious search, rescuers


                                            discovered the body of missing


                                            toddler Caylee Anthony near


                                            the Anthony family home in


                                            Orange County, Florida, on



                                            December  I  I. Caylee's mother,


                                            22-year-old Casey Anthony,


                                            was charged with Caylee's


                                            murder in October. (Red Huder/


                                            Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

























































































































































                                                                                                                                                                                                      In an election that made                                                    Presidency. His campaign mot­


                                                                                                                                                                                                      history, Democrat Barack                                                    to,  "Change We Can Believe In


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Obama, senator from Illinois,                                               prompted many non-voters



                                                                                                                                                                                                      defeated Republican gover­                                                  to register for the first time.


                                                                                                                                                                                                      nor of Arizona, John McCain.                                                Obama received 52.6% of the


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Barack Obama, born in Hawaii,                                               vote; McCain received 46.3%.


                                                                                                                                                                                                      in  19 6 1, was declared the first                                          (AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards)


                                                                                                                                                                                                      African American to win the
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