Whether it's a small love story or a mad man with an ax, there are big scares going into this summer's blockbusters.

CNN: Putting the scare in summer movies

Renowned for his sharp wit and flamboyant clothes, Crisp became a gay icon with his 1968 book The Naked Civil Servant, the story of a young homosexual man in the less tolerant Britain of the 1930s.

BBC: Quentin Crisp dies

This is a story about a man with a walking problem, but it is also a larger tale about struggling with uncertainty.

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The story about the man with a bedridden wife made me think.

NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry

El Gato, a middle-aged man with a severe manner, asked Don Miguel, using a respectful form of address, for his side of the story.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

In the story, a young man is travelling alone with no particular destination in mind.

NEWYORKER: Town of Cats

Alex Ferguson a major success with Aberdeen, he joins Man Utd he continues his success story.

BBC: Bryan Robson is favourite for the Republic of Ireland job

Livingstone, who called Chavez a man with great tales, says the South American leader's "best story" was his version of events during the coup.

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Huntley chose, in this country ripped apart by war, a simple story that resonated with her students: Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

NPR: 'The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo'

When the Times broke the Casiano murder story, Carter at first denied it, saying the trial record concerned a different man with a similar name.

NEWYORKER: Battleground America

But with their lone riders and beacon-like Madonnas, they continue to tell the same story of a man who has travelled so far from home, never to return.

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