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TOP - 50 RELEVANT BREAKING NEWS

1. ArtsBeat: Sher Named Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater

   Bartlett Sher will receive an office at Lincoln Center and direct one production there per year.

2. Our Ukraine officially refused to team up with United Center

   For the snap poll

3. Arts, Briefly: Lincoln Center Theater Names a New Director

   Bartlett Sher has been named the resident director of Lincoln Center Theater.

4. Lincoln and the myth of 'Team of Rivals'

   President Lincoln's Cabinet was far more dysfunctional than Doris Kearns Goodwin's book would have us believe. People love Doris Kearns Goodwin's book on the Lincoln presidency, "Team of Rivals." More important, for this moment in American history, Barack Obama loves it. The book is certainly fun to read, but its claim that Abraham Lincoln revealed his "political genius" through the management of his wartime Cabinet deserves a harder look, especially now that it seems to be offering a template for the new administration.

5. Will Obama's Team of Rivals Fare Better Than Lincoln's?

   If President-elect Obama indeed appoints Bill Richardson Secretary of Commerce and Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, combined with Vice President-elect Joe Biden, that will be three former primary rivals in his Cabinet. And as pending White House senior adviser David...

6. Music Review | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Reveries and Rhapsodies From the Dark Side

   Night Fantasies, a four-concert series by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center over the weekend, featured nocturnally inspired music from the 19th and 20th centuries.

7. Maryland's Men's Basketball Team Seeks a Connection at Verizon Center Against George Washington

   Maryland looks to exorcise some demons as it faces its BB&T Classic nemesis, George Washington on Sunday afternoon.

8. The New Lincoln Center, Act I

   In New York earlier this week I got a preview of the nearly complete renovation of Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, which re-opens in February. My guides were Liz Diller and Charles Renfro, two thirds of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architects remaking large parts of Lincoln Center, the Manhattan performing arts complex [...]

9. The New Lincoln Center, Act I, Part 2

   So what can I tell you about the Diller, Scofidio + Renfro refashioning of Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center? It's still a construction site — the official re-opening isn't until February — but I previewed some substantially completed portions last week with Liz Diller and Charles Renfro. As I mentioned in an earlier post, [...]

10. Lions center Raiola has no regrets over obscene gesture

    Detroit center Dominic Raiola says he has no remorse for making an obscene gesture toward Lions fans because their heckling went too far.

11. Team-by-team breakdown: Detroit is still No. 1

    Red Wings are still the class of the conference The rich got richer, as the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings signed prized free-agent forward Marian Hossa and signed goaltender Ty Conklin as a backup to Chris Osgood.

12. Team by team breakdown: How about those Habs?

    Canadiens are celebrating their 100th anniversary and just might be the team to beat. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin -- the East is home to some of the NHL's brightest young stars, the faces it promotes as its future.

13. UCLA's basketball team is already dealing with injuries

    Coach Ben Howland says freshman guard Jerime Anderson and junior forward Nicola Dragovic are ailing. He adds that swingman Michael Roll has no pain from foot injury that plagued him last season. While other local college basketball coaches were telling jokes and ribbing each other, UCLA's Ben Howland spoke seriously about his team during his time at the lectern Wednesday at the College Basketball Tip-Off luncheon at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

14. Rec Center wants to honor coaches, athletes

    The staff members at the Anderson Recreation Center are looking for nominations for the Recreation Department Hall of Fame

15. Deaf reserve center Allred released by Cavs

    Read full story for latest details.

16. Jon Heyman: Baseball's final four: Which team has the right stuff?

    What's strange about baseball's final four is that there's one surprise entrant, and it's definitely not the previously perennially pathetic Tampa Bay Rays. No, the Rays played all year like they belonged with the best. And they do.

17. Bomb Hits Police Center in Islamabad

    A car bomb at police headquarters in the Pakistani capital wounded several people, according to local news reports.

18. Manufacturer team 'could quit F1'

    Williams chief executive Adam Parr tells the BBC that one of Formula One's major teams could quit the sport.

19. Hope rides high at 'Surf Team GB'

    Team GB did the country proud at the Olympics - and now it is the turn of the nation's surfing team at the World Surfing Games.

20. Blaming the press is just an excuse for the England football team

    The Media have nothing to do with the poor performance of the national team over the past few decades.

21. Bush sets up transition team to help next president

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday established a transition team to help the new president elected in November and his administration as they prepare to enter the White House.

22. Alberta, GE team up to improve water use at oilsands

    The Alberta government is partnering with multinational conglomerate General Electric to improve water treatment and reuse in the province's oilsands projects, which consume enormous volumes of fresh water to produce oil.

23. King's Lou Randall takes on former team in North

    When the Riverside schools clash this week, it figures to be emotional for a coach who led North to two section titles but was fired. City bragging rights could be upstaged by a more personal issue Friday when Riverside King plays host to Riverside North in a Big VIII League game.

24. Royston center helps children

    Harmony House serves five counties

25. Baker to manage son's youth team

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball....

26. Elita Center fraudster extradited from Switzerland to Kyiv

27. Sarah Kwak: Original Six take center stage

    However archaic it may be, it's true. The NHL's Original Six -- Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York (Rangers) and Toronto -- make up the backbone of the league, and it's been said time and again: The success of those six teams is integral to the overall well-being of the league.

28. Team GB heroes eventually marry

    Golden sailor Sarah Ayton and her Team GB windsurfing partner Nick Dempsey tie the knot.

29. Rumors: San Antonio in line for NFL team?

    NBCSports.com takes the pulse on the latest rumors from around the sports world

30. Regehr leaves team before opener

    Flames defenseman Robyn Regehr left the team before its season-opening game in Vancouver on Thursday night after his wife went into labor back in Calgary. Regehr and his wife, Christina, are expecting their first child.

31. Coyotes trade center Zigomanis to Penguins

    The Phoenix Coyotes traded center Mike Zigomanis to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday for future considerations.

32. Little big league: Reds' Baker to manage son's team

    This weekend, Dusty Baker will be the fill-in coach for 9-year-old son Darren's 10-and-under traveling tournament team, Hard 90 Pastime out of Roseville, Calif., near the Bakers' Northern California home.

33. Another test for St. Bonaventure High's football team

    School faces another tough opponent this week: Long Beach Poly. Shortly after lunchtime today, a group of determined players and coaches will leave St. Bonaventure High in Ventura and travel south down the 101 and 405 Freeways, headed for a 7 p.m. date at Long Beach Veterans Memorial Stadium.

34. An endless supply of defense for Long Beach Poly's football team

    Speed, chemistry and depth -- lots of depth -- help the Jackrabbits dominate on defense year after year. When it comes to causing havoc during a football game, Long Beach Poly defensive end Iuta Tepa never lets his coaches down.

35. Law-enforcement bodies expect information on other organizers of Elita-Center fraud from Shakhov, says Lutsenko

36. New team of Ukrainian peacekeepers deployed in Kosovo

37. Scots looking for team continuity

    Scotland manager George Burley hints that there will be few changes to his side for the game against Norway.

38. Edwards ready for 'pub team'

    David Edwards warns Wales not to slip up against 'pub team' Liechtenstein on Saturday.

39. Spice warning to Blues team-mates

    Jason Spice has warned his Blues team-mates are "not good enough" to take victory in their Heineken Cup opener at Calvisano for granted.

40. Mitsubishi Team Mitsubishi Ralliart (TMR) Triton concept in Australia

    Triton concept, a high-performance utility from Team Mitsubishi Ralliart, is making its torque heard at the Australian International Motor Show.

41. South Africa: Plan to Assist Team Preparation Ahead of Major Sport Events

    The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Makhenkesi Stofile has called for the development of a ten-year-plan that will assist in giving some focused attention to team preparation ahead of major international sport events.

42. USA - WHITE HOUSE: Bush sets up team to aid successor

    Bush signed an executive order creating a "Presidential Transition Coordinating Council" comprising key national security and economic policy aides to help whomever succeeds him "hit the ground running."

43. Creating an IT strategy: Presenting to the executive team

    This is part 2 in how to create your IT strategy. In this part, Jay Rollins talks about how to present IT information to the executive team.

44. Bell and Telus team up to overhaul wireless network

    Telecom giants BCE and Telus announced they will work together to upgrade to a cellular technology more popular around the world, a move that will allow both Canadian companies to take on Rogers Communications.

45. Medical Center in Galveston Faces $710 Million in Ike Damage

    University of Texas and hospital officials expect "significant" layoffs at the 12,000-person facility.