Bombay -- Snakes alive! A Hindu activist group in India has vowed to release live venomous snakes in the country's movie theaters in order to protest a Bollywood version of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs." The group, Shiv Sena, objects to the new film because it displays American cultural values, such as product placements.

BROOME, Australia -- A woman who lost her leg after hitting a cow on an Australian country road is suing the government for failing to warn her about the cow crossing.

SHORT GAP, W. Va. -- Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor emergency kidney removal shall stay West Virginia-based postman Paul Wagoner from the completion of his appointed rounds. Wagoner has won the Hero of the Year award from the National Association of Letter Carriers for donating a kidney to one of his customers.

DUARTE, Calif. -- Scientists working for the City of Hope Medical Center in California claim they've been able to turn straight male fruit flies gay through genetic manipulation. Observation of the flies' behavior showed them courting in "a kind of X-rated...line dance," curling their abdomens to achieve genital-genital contact, "tapping the partner's abdomen with the forelegs...and licking of the partner's genitalia."

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- You've heard of "Rock the Vote?" Coeds at one college in Indiana are trying to "Drive the Vote." The student association at Indiana University in Bloomington is offering fellow students a chance to win a new Corvette if they vote in November's election. The student group has just purchased the $50,000 sports car and hopes the giveaway will entice more coeds to vote, reports the "Indianapolis Star."

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