Best in snow: Sled dogs hitting stride
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The first and most striking sensation is the howling - a primal cacophony reverberating across frozen Lake Chocorua in the morning chill.
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TAKOTNA, Alaska -- Lance Mackey is chasing his dream. The other mushers are chasing him at the halfway point of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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It looks like it's Lance Mackey's race to lose. Mackey was leading the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and closing in on the finish line in Nome, perhaps reaching the end of the Iditarod trail sometime late Tuesday.
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NOME, Alaska -- Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the first musher to win major long-distance North American sled dog races back-to-back.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 23--All of a sudden, it's starting to feel a lot like winter.   Sacramento got a half-inch of rain on Thursday, and ski resorts near Lake Tahoe were on track to get at least a foot of fresh snow by this morning.
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Lance Mackey's team surged ahead of a tight pack of front-runners Monday during the final leg of the world's longest sled dog race.
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By RACHEL D'ORO ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage, but the snow piling up in town this winter is a bit much even for the stilt-legged animals.
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There's not a reindeer in sight, but out here in Interior Alaska, six dogs hitched to a sled will do when the jolly round man in a red suit comes to call Santa descended from the C-130 transport plane and away they mushed, down a winding trail to the Venetie village school, where children and their parents sat on bleachers, whispering and watching the gymnasium door.
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ORCHARD PARK, New York  - Outdoor games could become a regular fixture on the NHL calendar following another stunning success at the Winter Classic on Tuesday despite freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions.
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A rampaging wallaroo. A unlicensed goat. Vanilla Ice.
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Men have been responding with enthusiasm to this winterâs influx of fur.
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Mother nature is fickle. Just two weeks ago, freezing ice and snow blanketed the region. Last week, she teased us with mild weather. Dare we say it? Spring is just around the corner.
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Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the first musher to win major long-distance North American sled dog races back-to-back.
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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Water striders do what few other animals can: They walk on water. How the freshwater insects pull it off has baffled scientists&#151;until now.
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INDIANAPOLIS Dec 3, 2004 - Dogs with paralyzed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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Satellite data confirms glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula have picked up speed in recent years.