West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says winning promotion back to the Premier League is one of the greatest achievements of his career.

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“Casablanca” is widely considered one of the greatest movies of all time, and now a whole new audience will have the chance to “like” it — Warner Brothers will stream the film on Facebook on Wednesday in honor of its 70th anniversary. Read full article > >

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Gustavo Arellano, a journalist and Orange County native, is perhaps the greatest (and only) living scholar of Mexican-American fast food.

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North of the Border, It’s Everyone’s Mexican Food

The Washington Redskins will meet their greatest need Thursday when they likely draft Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III with the No. 2 overall pick. The Heisman Trophy winner is expected to give the Redskins their first elite-level quarterback since the days of Joe Theismann. Read full article > >

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2012 NFL draft: Redskins’ offensive needs

The composer’s goal was to create the longest mad scene ever written for the greatest living American soprano. The resulting opera was, he says, his favorite out of his 14 — and his biggest flop. When it was revived in 2001, it was hailed as the hit of the season. Judge for yourself: It’s coming to the University of Maryland on Saturday night. Read full article > >

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Dominick Argento: A career filled with high notes

The discussion everywhere these days is about Iran’s strength. Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner, describes Iran as “ the greatest threat that the world faces over the next decade .” He and others are impressed by Iran’s recent declarations about its nuclear capacities and its missile tests. Newt Gingrich has compared the Iranian challenge to the rise of Hitler’s Germany. More measured commentators also see Iran’s rising influence and power across the Middle East. Read full article > >

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Iran’s growing state of desperation

As “The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011” at the Museum of the City of New York demonstrates, an 1811 map turned an island into a city that works and walks.

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Critic’s Notebook: Manhattan Street Grid at Museum of City of New York

The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, considered the greatest living pastor of the American black church, is still working to save souls at age 93.

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On Religion: Gardner C. Taylor Ministers to Generations to Come

The country’s athlete of the moment isn’t Aaron Rodgers , who has the Green Bay Packers chasing an undefeated season as he crafts one of the greatest years ever by an NFL quarterback. Nor is it Albert Pujols, whose skills at hitting a baseball are so rare that the Los Angeles Angels agreed Thursday to pay him $254 million over the next 10 years . Read full article > >

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Tim Tebow stands at crossroads of sports, religion and popular culture

The holiday season is a time for counting blessings. That’s why this seems like an appropriate time to give thanks for the greatest gift that the celebrity world has given us this year: Ryan Gosling. Gosling obviously was a celebrity long before 2011, but 2011 was the year that Ryan Gosling the Phenomenon truly came into being. Read full article > >

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The blessing of Ryan Gosling

CAIRO — Three Americans studying at the American University in Cairo have been arrested and accused of participating in the violent demonstrations that are sweeping this capital city. The protests, now in their fourth day, are posing the greatest threat to Egypt’s military leaders since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak last February, and could jeopardize parliamentary elections scheduled for Monday. Read full article > >

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Mr. Frazier, the former heavyweight champion, had an epic rivalry with Muhammad Ali that included the Thrilla in Manila, regarded as one of the greatest fights in boxing history.

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Joe Frazier, Ex-Heavyweight Champ, Dies at 67

Every week we gather a list of the best events for the weekend . Here are some things we’re excited about: A lot of people start the crossword or Sudoku puzzle and then forget about it. But if you’re the type of person who must finish, who must get every word and properly place every number, head to the Arlington Puzzle Festival , an all-day gathering looking for the greatest puzzle solver in the area. The event includes a tournaments, with grids designed by puzzle constructor Will Shortz and U.S. and World Sudoku Championship winner Thomas Snyder. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Arlington Puzzle Festival, Fotoweek

Every week we gather a list of the best events for the weekend . Here are some things we’re excited about: A lot of people start the crossword or Sudoku puzzle and then forget about it. But if you’re the type of person who must finish, who must get every word and properly place every number, head to the Arlington Puzzle Festival , an all-day gathering looking for the greatest puzzle solver in the area. The event includes a tournaments, with grids designed by puzzle constructor Will Shortz and U.S. and World Sudoku Championship winner Thomas Snyder. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Arlington Puzzle Festival, Fotoweek

The movie director and TV producer Gil Cates, who gained his greatest renown as self-declared “ringmaster” of the most hyped, exciting, wryly amusing, wincingly crass, maudlin and bloated circus in Hollywood — in other words, the Academy Awards — died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles. He was 77. Mr. Cates collapsed in a parking lot at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was founding dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television. Read full article > >

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