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1. Meet the man who has been hiccupping for 15 months! ANI - Wed, May 7

   London, May 7 (ANI): A British musician is desperately looking forward to a cure for his hiccups - which have been going on for 15 months. 

2. 'IPL is cricket on cocaine' HT - Wed, May 7

   She predicts Bollywood's reigning superstar Shah Rukh Khan to make a shift to politics soon. The Indian Premier League is 'cricket on cocaine', she thinks. As for the controversy surrounding cheerleaders, her answer is short and simple - 'Fans are not complaining, only the politicians. 

3. Long live LSD! HT - Sat, May 3

   The father of the 'problem child' has left for a trip to the other world. 

4. Help, a scary bird HT - Fri, May 2

   At around four in the afternoon on April 26, Erik Kurzweil, counsellor in the German embassy, witnessed an incredible sight in the first-floor guestroom of his Malcha Marg bungalow - a huge bird sitting on the bed and flapping its giant wings. 

5. An Indian heiress HT - Fri, May 2

   She's the London-based heiress and philanthropist who paid Bill Clinton a whopping $4,50,000 to speak at the fund-raiser of her Fortune Forum in London. 

6. India should localise water resource management: expert IANS - Sat, Apr 26

   New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India has surplus water and one of the richest traditions of managing it, but still water crisis has reached a critical level in the country, says the author of a new book on the subject. 

7. Auto focus HT - Sat, Apr 26

   Delhi's always been famous for its 'parking' culture - young couples coochie-cooing unhindered in public gardens. But now there's another option for Delhiites - autos. 

8. Positive Matrimony HT - Fri, Apr 25

   Shiv, a 33-year-old engineer, advertised for a partner in the matrimonial column of a national daily. He is looking for a girl - widow, divorcee or single - of any caste and he won't ask for dowry. Shiv is HIV positive, and his only criteria is that anyone interested in him be HIV affected too. 

9. Kerala woman climbs dizzy heights to enter male domain PTI - Tue, Apr 22

   Kannur, Apr 22 (PTI) Powered by sheer self-confidence, a local woman has embarked upon the unusual task of plucking nuts from coconut trees, so far a male bastion. 

10. The long littleness of life HT - Fri, Apr 18

    English poet Rupert Brooke wrote: 'A young Apollo, golden-haired/Stands dreaming on the brink of strife/Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.' So 'What is the big dream in your life?' I asked my class of undergraduate second year students at IIT Madras.