He managed the Indians from 1951-56 and the White Sox from 1957-65 and 1968-69. . The fifth consecutive rise in the European Commission's economic sentiment index suggested the eurozone economy had largely shrugged off high oil prices.

- Four more bodies have been found in debris from Hurricane Katrina, pushing Mississippi's death toll to 228, a Gulf Coast coroner reported. . Air Force plane measured top sustained winds of 175 mph (280 kph) early on Wednesday and logged a minimum pressure of 882 millibars, the lowest ever observed in the Atlantic basin.

News had become intensely politicized. . " Those very environmentalists he demeans have been trying for years to get global warming factors brought under control, to no avail.