NFL Adopts Southern Accent // Jacksonville Joins Charlotte As New Entry

For the second time in five weeks the NFL has spoken with adrawl.

In late October it awarded an expansion franchise toCharlotte, N.C.; Tuesday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare itgranted another one to Jacksonville, Fla.

Y'all come down.

The Charlotte Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars willbegin play in 1995.

The NFL's joint expansion-finance committee met in themorning and voted 10-2 to recommend Jacksonville. PhiladelphiaEagles owner Norman Braman and New York Giants chairman Robert Tischwere the dissenters.

The committee then presented its recommendation to thefull ownership after a break for …

New Zealand, Zimbabwe scoreboard

NAPIER, New Zealand (AP) — Scoreboard at the completion of the one-off test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at McLean Park:

New Zealand, 1st Innings
(Overnight: 392-5)

Brendon McCullum lbw b Jarvis 83

Martin Guptill c Taibu b S. Masakadza 51

Kane Williamson run out 4

Ross Taylor retired hurt 122

Dean Brownlie c Taibu b H. Masakadza 0

Daniel Vettori st Taibu b Cremer 38

B.J. Watling not out 102

Doug Bracewell b Vitori 11

Tim Southee c Waller b Cremer 44

Trent Boult not out 5

Extras: (1b,21lb,2w,11nb) 35

TOTAL (for seven decl.) …

Calendar of major business events scheduled

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

WASHINGTON _ Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for January, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama meets with Greece's prime minister, George Papandreou.

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Trade Representative Ron …

Last call for 2 Wolves vets Larouche leaving; Young might retire

As the Wolves begin their bid for a third Turner Cup in fourseasons, two of the team's veteran stars could be facing their lasthurrahs in Chicago.

Center Steve Larouche, who tied for the International HockeyLeague scoring title this season, revealed this week that he signed aone-year contract to play for EHC Eisbaeren Berlin of the Germanleague next season. Goaltender Wendell Young, at 37 the IHL's oldestplayer, is strongly considering making this season his last.

Both players were key members of the 1998 and 2000 championshipteams, and their quest for another title starts tonight at AllstateArena against the Milwaukee Admirals (7:30, 105.9-FM). Game 2 of …

PATRICK FAULHABER

PATRICK FAULHABER

DANESE

The postcard-size oils on wood blocks that make up Patrick Faulhaber's "Texas Paintings" seem to know their limits as images, but they still intrude into space, demanding attention. What I like about these works is their arrogant modesty: Physical objects inscribed with deceptively pretty scenes, they resonate with an odd intimacy because of their size, even as their "sculptural" character ironically gives them a sense of monumentality. All are "handy," if hard to hold because of their bulk.

At first glance, these works look like American Scene pictures, neoregionalist images of small-town America. But unlike those of Thomas Hart Benton and …

Rhode Island art display to reflect on slavery

One of Rhode Island's most celebratory occasions next weekend will also have reminders of one of the ugliest chapters in its history.

WaterFire _ a nighttime public arts display that draws tens of thousands of people to downtown Providence on weekends in the summer and fall _ will reflect on Rhode Island's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Saturday.

Actors spread throughout the crowd and accompanied by torchbearers will read aloud the names of slaves sold on ships that departed from Rhode Island. Ceremonial paper chains will be burned. And 1,000 participants from the crowd will simultaneously pour water from bottles into the river in a mass libation …

Scenes of traffic chaos at 'not-so' magic roundabout

There were scenes of utter chaos at Cheddar's Magic Roundaboutduring rush hour on Tuesday night when an electricity pole wastoppled.

Traffic mounted up around the busy junction of the CrossroadsService Station from 5pm when a large transporter driving downShipham hill turned right onto the A371 - and part of a cementcrusher overhanging the rear destroyed a high-voltage pole.

Two people travelling in a van behind the transporter weretrapped in their vehicle when the live cables fell and …