...burled arch, his sled tipping over. ``This was fun,'' a breathless King said minutes later. King left the Safety checkpoint, 22 miles from Nome, 50 minutes behind Baker. Nobody - not even King - expected he would make up the time...

...show that all of his dogs were healthy at the Iditarod finish in Nome, except for one that died on the way into the Safety checkpoint. Iditarod veterinarians still don't know why that dog fell dead about 25 miles short of Nome, but they have said...

...burled arch, his sled tipping over. ``This was fun,'' a breathless King said minutes later. King left the Safety checkpoint, 22 miles from Nome, 50 minutes behind Baker. Nobody - not even King - expected he would make up the time...

...underneath and Zorro was trapped in the sled bag," Mackey said. The accident happened several miles west of the Safety checkpoint. The driver who hit Mackey and his partner on the other machine helped Mackey right the mess, then left as Mackey...

...leg of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. As of about 12:30 p.m. today, neither musher had made it to the Safety checkpoint, about 22 miles from Nome, the end of the 1,100-mile race. Earlier, King took an hour-and-a-half lead...