Former Louisville center Derrick Caracter has transferred to Texas-El Paso, the El Paso Times reported. The 6-foot-8 Caracter, a scholastic phenom in Farwood, N.J., was asked not to return to the Cardinals by head coach Rick Pitino after he was suspended multiple times in his two seasons for academic reasons. UTEP Coach Tony Barbee recruited Caracter while he was an assistant at Memphis and confirmed Caracter's enrollment at the Conference USA school to the newspaper Wednesday. He started classes Monday, Barbee said.

By Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times, Texas Aug. 6--EL PASO -- Hamburger and hot dog grills were busy Tuesday evening as thousands of El Pasoans gathered to socialize at block parties in recognition of National Night Out.

By Doug Pullen, El Paso Times, Texas Aug. 5--Like a lot of kids around here, I grew up in the Coliseum. It was the only place to see a relatively big-name artist in the '70s. It's where I saw my first rodeo, my first circus and my first Ice Capades spectacle.

By Gustavo Reveles Acosta, El Paso Times, Texas Aug. 5--EL PASO -- An inactive advisory board should investigate whether federal grant money could be used to clean up the old Farah building, even if the city wants to dismantled the advisory board in two weeks, East Side city Rep.

By Doug Pullen, El Paso Times, Texas Aug. 4--Some people don't know what they'd do without their cell phone. Terri Rutter is one of them. "That would be awful," said the Upper Valley homemaker and graduate student. "It would be very hard to function." Theresa L. Byrd manages.