Milestones

DIED

Horst Faas, 79, Pulitzer Prize--winning war photographer, who as an editor for AP published two of the most brutal yet iconic photos of the Vietnam War.

AWARDED

The Medal of Honor, posthumously, to Leslie Sabo Jr., who saved his platoon and was killed blowing up an enemy bunker during a May 1970 battle in Cambodia.

DIED

Carroll Shelby, 89, race-car driver and famed muscle-car designer, who put a high-power V-8 engine in a sporty British roadster to make the Shelby Cobra; he also created the Mustang Shelby GT.

AWARDED

The Mark Twain Prize for Humor, to Ellen DeGeneres, who accepted...

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