US car designer Carroll Shelby, who gave his name to the famous Shelby Cobra sports car, dies in a Texas hospital aged 89.

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Car designer Carroll Shelby dies

Ms. Arnold captured both the famous and the little-known.

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Eve Arnold, Photographer, Dies at 99

A Derby clockmaker helps restore the famous Swiss Glockenspiel to London’s Leicester Square.

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Derby firm restores glockenspiel

Ex EMI director and author of Abbey Road Brian Southall looks back at the illustrious history of the famous recording studios.

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AUDIO: Abbey Road at 80

Boxing great Joe Frazier, who went toe to toe three times with Muhammad Ali, including the famous “Thrilla in Manila” fight, is seriously ill with liver cancer and is in hospice, his personal and business manager said Saturday.

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Ex-champ Joe Frazier has liver cancer

Author Ruth Rendell tells The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival that her famous creation, Ch Insp Inspector Reginald Wexford, is based on her.

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Wexford is me, Rendell confesses

RIO DE JANEIRO — The views were heart-stopping: the famous beaches of Ipanema, the imposing Sugar Loaf Mountain, the choppy blue Atlantic. The downside of the property that Andreas Wielend wanted was that it was in one of Rio’s notorious favelas, the violent slums clinging to the city’s picturesque hillsides. Read full article > >

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Rio’s slums get another look amid economic development

The Russian army says it is halting orders of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle until a newer model is developed by its manufacturer.

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Russia stops buying Kalashnikovs

Asterix creator Albert Uderzo is handing over the reins to a younger artist after 52 years drawing the famous comic book hero.

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Asterix creator retires aged 84

Kate Gosselin is unemployed now that her reality show, “ Kate Plus 8, ” has been canceled. She’s not handling it well. “I’m freaking out. Big time,” she told People . “I’ve never quit a job in my life without having something else lined up. I don’t know what’s next.” As you may or may not know, Gosselin can appear a tad harsh on the TLC show that made her famous. In addition to her personality, the 36-year-old’s willingness to place her children in the spotlight has made her an unsympathetic personality to many people. Read full article > >

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Kate Gosselin ‘freaking out’ about future: Can you blame her?

Jackie Chan appears to be alive and well, despite a second Internet death hoax surrounding the famous martial arts movie star. Chan — or his representatives — had to post on his Facebook wall in March that he hadn’t, in fact, died of a heart attack as had been reported on Twitter. Rumors of his demise rekindled Tuesday night after someone made an “RIP Jackie Chan” Facebook page. The page has more than 67,000 followers, and Twitter has been buzzing again. Read full article > >

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With Father’s Day approaching on June 19, here’s a look at a few stars and their famous dads. Read full article > >

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Superstar dads and their celebrity kids

Randy “Macho Man” Savage — the famous WWF and WCW wrestler known for his antics in the ring, his flashy bandanna and his “Oooooh yeahhhhh” catch phrase — has died in a car accident in Tampa. Lanny Poffo, the wrestler’s brother, told TMZ that Savage — real name Randy Mario Poffo — suffered a heart attack this morning while driving and subsequently lost control of the vehicle. His car reportedly collided with a tree. Lanny Poffo’s Web site is currently set up as a tribute to the WWF legend. Savage was 58. Read full article > >

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Not just for Photoshopping anymore: Princess Beatrice will auction her famous royal wedding hat on eBay. The wacky hat, by designer Philip Treacy, became an Internet meme after people began copying and pasting it onto other images. Proceeds will go to…

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Princess Beatrice to Auction Hat

Only two years later, the famous “miracle on the Hudson” is getting the historical treatment: The U.S. Airways jet that made an astonishing crash landing on the Hudson River two years ago is now due to be installed in a North Carolina museum. The…

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Sully’s ‘Miracle’ Plane Heads to Museum