Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury
Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers ...
3 feared dead as Alaska Troopers copter crashes
An Alaska State Trooper helicopter carrying a trooper, a pilot for the agency and a rescued snowmobiler crashed in the south-central part of the ...
Alaska lawmaker apologizes for racial slur
Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for referring to Hispanic migrant workers ...
Senate panel endorses Jewell for Interior chief
The Senate Energy Committee on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior secretary, moving her nomination ...
US clergy victims make demands of new pope
Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold ...
Iditarod won but Alaska town honors every finisher
The winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come under the burled arch in this western Alaska outpost, but that's just the beginning for this ...
Is mushing limited by age? Only if you have 4 legs
Last year, the youngest musher ever to win Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said his 25-year-old stamina gave him the advantage to get his dogs ...
53-year-old musher becomes oldest Iditarod champ
A 53-year-old former champion won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaska's grueling test of endurance. Mitch Seavey ...
New center offers help for dogs consumed by fear
People want their dog to be a friend, not afraid. But sometimes, fear grips dogs so tightly they shake, cower, bite, growl or pee. It can be constant, ...
Former champion reclaims lead in Iditarod
Alaska's famous 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come down to a furiously contested sprint among veterans, with one seasoned musher ...
Woman who finished 2nd in 2012 takes Iditarod lead
An Alaska woman who finished second in last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race grabbed the lead in the 1,000-mile race Saturday evening. Aliy Zirkle ...
2 years after Japan tsunami, debris spreads in US
Two years ago, the yellow buoy was hanging as part of a restaurant sign in the coastal community of Minamisanriku in northern Japan when an earthquake ...
Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and ...
Iditarod fatigue: Seeing elephants in the snow
There comes a time during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race when fatigue can turn Alaska's frozen landscape into an unlikely habitat for an elephant ...
Musher in 1st will get fancy dinner at checkpoint
After days of heating up meals in boiling water used to make gravy for the dogs and snacking on energy bars or chunks of meat, the first musher to ...
Jewell pledges balanced approach on energy
President Barack Obama's nominee for interior secretary pledged Thursday to take a balanced approach to energy that would expand and diversify ...
Menu served at checkpoint to 1st place musher
The lucky musher to collect the First to the Yukon award will be served the following meal prepared by Executive Chef Bobby Sidro. The meal would cost ...
Love of sport, not money, draws Iditarod mushers
No one who races sled dogs is going to get filthy rich any time soon, even if they win Alaska's 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The prize for ...
3 bodies found in wreckage along Iditarod route
The bodies of two adults and a 10-year-old girl were found in the wreckage of a small airplane that crashed Monday near the route of the Iditarod ...
Mushers welcome rest at Alaska wilderness villages
Imagine standing on a sled behind a team of 16 dogs, traveling mile after desolate mile in the Alaska wilderness without any sign of other human life.
Arduous Iditarod demands mushers' tactics, tricks
Here's one proven way to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: Let others take the early lead in the 1,000-mile trek to Alaska's wind-scoured western ...
Sleds off as 41st Iditarod race begins in Alaska
Dogs aching to run bolted out of the chute Sunday to launch the 41st running of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Now 65 teams will be making ...
Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start
Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
AP PHOTOS: A look at past Iditarod sled dog races
The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. The race ...
Mushers, dogs line up for Alaska's Iditarod race
The world's most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Alaska's largest city. Think of the short jaunt in ...
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