■MEXICO
Hernan becomes hurricane
Hurricane Hernan formed far off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and continued to pick up steam, but forecasters predicted it will not threaten land. The former tropical storm is the fifth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, the US National Hurricane Center said. Hernan had maximum sustained wind near 150kph on Friday night. The hurricane center said the storm could strengthen slightly over the next two days before moving over cooler waters and weakening. Hernan was centered about 1,515km southwest of the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
■UNITED STATES
Babies born 8/8/08 at 8:08
Meet Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker, both born at 8:08am on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces (3.8kg), in neighboring states. Xander, born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the eighth grandchild for his mother’s parents. Lindsey Hauer thought staff at Lake Region Hospital in Minnesota were joking when they told her the time of her daughter’s birth. And then she got a call from the birthing suite noting Hailey’s weight. Nurse Jenny Harstad joked that she tried to shrink the baby to 18 inches (45cm) from her actual 49cm.
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