People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Actor Nick Nolte is shown in a scene from the HBO series "Luck.” (HBO - REUTERS) When HBO killed its racetrack drama “Luck” after the death of a third horse used in the series’ production made headlines, the cost to parent company Time Warner was $35 mil Full Article at The Washington Post

OTTAWA, April 26 (UPI) -- Canada's Supreme Court announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal by animal-rights groups to move a lone, ailing elephant out of a zoo in Edmonton, Alberta. The court upheld an Alberta appellate court ruling from 2010 that sa Full Article at United Press International

A customer holds a coffee drink in front of a Starbucks coffee shop at the company's corporate headquarters in Seattle as another patron walks out the door. A customer holds a coffee drink in front of a Starbucks coffee shop at the company's corporate he Full Article at USA Today

Does Hollywood have a new power couple on its hands? Kimye? K-squared? Kanye West, 34, proclaimed his love for Kim Kardashian, 30, in a song released last week. And shortly thereafter, Khloe Kardashian told Ellen DeGeneres: "They're cute together." So do Full Article at USA Today

Facts are facts. (RICHARD DREW - AP) Fox News chief Roger Ailes last night gave a talk at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. One of the things he said was this: “ [In] 15 years we have never taken a story down because it was wrong. You can’ Full Article at The Washington Post

Singer Sarah McLachlan arrives on the red carpet for the 2012 Juno Awards in Ottawa, Ontario on April 1, 2012. UPI Photo /Heinz Ruckemann License photo TORONTO, April 11 (UPI) -- Canadian singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan has asked Prime Minister Ste Full Article at United Press International

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dresses as seals hold a protest in front of the Canadian Embassy calling for an end to Canada's annual seal hunt, in Washington on September 16, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo ST. JOHN' Full Article at United Press International

People in the thoroughbred racing industry woke up on Sunday morning to find their sport under siege. The New York Times published a photo on Page 1 that depicted a horse dead on the track; it accompanied a lengthy investigative report blaming “drugs and Full Article at The Washington Post

The Obama re-election campaign is putting great stock in a 17-minute online documentary narrated by Tom Hanks that the campaign hopes will spread across the Internet via social networks. The documentary goes live Thursday night on YouTube, Jeremy Peters Full Article at The New York Times

HBO has canceled its racetrack drama “Luck” after a third horse died during production of the show. “It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series ‘ Full Article at The Washington Post

March 14, 2012, 7:56 pm By DAVE ITZKOFF Gusmano Cesaretti/HBO A scene from the HBO series “Luck,” which is set in the world of gambling and horse racing. HBO said on Wednesday that it is ending further production on its high-profile drama “Luck,” one day Full Article at The New York Times

Kerry Condon on HBO’s “Luck.” Full Article at The Washington Post

Ringling Bros. elephants at a 2010 D.C. show. (Sarah L. Voisin - WASHINGTON POST) The circus is in town , and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is looking to create a circus around Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s treatment of its animals — Full Article at The Washington Post

Published: March. 9, 2012 at 8:47 AM CHICAGO, March 9 (UPI) -- A YouTube video showing puppies and small dogs being tortured led to the arrest of a Chicago man and a juvenile, Chicago police said. Joshua Moore, 22, was charged with multiple counts of fel Full Article at United Press International

Published: March. 3, 2012 at 12:29 PM NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) -- Actress Anjelica Huston wrote a letter to New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn in support of legislation to phase out horse-drawn carriages in the city. The letter, dated Thursday, su Full Article at United Press International