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NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Longtime New York restaurant mascot George the Lobster is back in his natural element -- the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, an animal rights group says.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still taking shots from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA officials said Wednesday.

NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says U.S. TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey is the group's 2008 Person of the Year.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama, in front of millions of witnesses in Chicago and watching their televisions, promised his daughters they'd get a dog.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals targeted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for submitting chimps to biological agents.

WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the U.S. Congress should give vegetarians a tax cut.

NORFOLK, Va., May 28 (UPI) -- "Heroes" star Milo Ventimiglia and "Spider-Man 3" actress Dallas Howard had the early lead in Virginia-based PETA's World's Sexiest Vegetarian poll.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is launching an ad campaign featuring former President Reagan to push vegetarianism as an anti-Alzheimer's diet.