Augustus scores 22 points as Lynx beat Mercury (AP)
Seimone Augustus scored 22 points to lead four players in double-figures as the undefeated Minnesota Lynx beat the winless defending champion Phoenix Mercury 94-83 Saturday night. Charde Houston had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Candice Wiggins had 17 points and 12 assists -- the first career double-doubles for both Lynx rookies.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
Reuters - Hurricane Ike barreled toward Cuba as an
extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast
to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and
powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav.
