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CRAIG MEDRED

600 miles back and struggling

As a smiling Lance Mackey rolled toward victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, an Eagle River musher far back down the trail was being helped to reach a spot where an airplane could land just so he could quit.

"Grueling" Iditarod taking its toll

A cold, hard-fought Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was finally beginning to sort itself out on Thursday with the leaders camped out at the long-deserted mining town from which the race took its name or on the trail headed there.

First to the Yukon River, Buser flashes speed

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race flashed through the rustic, log-cabin village of Shageluk today as four-time champion Martin Buser led a charge to the Yukon River. With racers required to take an eight-hour break somewhere along that frozen pathway through the Interior, nobody was pausing long to rest in the tiny village.

Burt Bomhoff discusses camaraderie in the Iditarod

Current Iditarod standings

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DAY 5

More tough sledding ahead for mushers

A cold, hard-fought Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was finally beginning to sort itself out on Thursday with the leaders either camped out at the long-deserted mining town from which the race took its name or on the trail headed there.

Libby Riddles on the Iditarod cold

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Iditarod Airforce finds missing musher safe, far off trail

A pilot with the volunteer Iditarod Airforce located missing Iditarod musher Deborah Bicknell about 18 miles from the Rohn checkpoint at the foot of the Alaska Range Thursday afternoon, ending a search by aircraft and snowmachines.

DAY 9

Mackey, Gebhardt duel for lead on home stretch

Twelve tough dogs and one irrepressible musher were Monday vying to do the impossible -- win the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Race and 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in the same year.

Eagle Island checkpoint blocks wind, has one key amenity

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Vern Halter talks about the age factor for mushers

Iditarod wants independent study of cruelty charge

The Iditarod Trail Committee wants an independent investigation to examine reported dog abuse by Healy musher Ramy Brooks during this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Brooks' treatment of his dogs

DAY 3

Mackey, Buser lead pack

Odds are that the eventual winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was stopped outside a one-room log cabin in the heart of the Alaska Range late Monday afternoon.

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Day 7

New gang of four leads the race

A Gang of Four was leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race up the windy and frozen Yukon River on Saturday, but it wasn't The Gang of Four that became the focus of so much pre-race attention in Anchorage a week ago.

The pain can wait until Nome

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Vern Halter talks about the age factor for mushers