Index: modules/comment/comment.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/comment/comment.module,v
retrieving revision 1.888
diff -u -p -F '^f' -r1.888 comment.module
--- modules/comment/comment.module	10 Aug 2010 00:55:38 -0000	1.888
+++ modules/comment/comment.module	10 Aug 2010 18:30:39 -0000
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ function theme_comment_block() {
   $items = array();
   $number = variable_get('comment_block_count', 10);
   foreach (comment_get_recent($number) as $comment) {
-    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) .'<span>'. t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) .'</span>';
+    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) .'&nbsp;<span>'. t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) .'</span>';
   }
 
   if ($items) {