ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 18 (UPI) -- Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska race for the third straight time Wednesday, paced by his lead dog Larry.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 17 (UPI) -- Lance Mackey appeared to be headed for a third Iditarod win Tuesday as the leaders in the Alaska sled dog race inched towards Nome in difficult weather.

NOME, Alaska, March 12 (UPI) -- Lance Mackey overcame the odds to steal rival Jeff King's fifth victory and win his second consecutive Iditarod dog sled race Wednesday in Alaska.

NOME, Alaska, March 10 (UPI) -- Just eight minutes separated the first two dog teams in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News reported Monday.

RUBY, Alaska, March 7 (UPI) -- Defending champion Lance Mackey mushed his team into the Yukon River checkpoint at Ruby, Alaska, Friday, leading the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

TAKONTA, Alaska, March 5 (UPI) -- The sun rose in Alaska Wednesday with defending champion Lance Mackey leading the 2008 Iditarod dog sled race at the Takonta checkpoint.

NOME, Alaska, March 14 (UPI) -- Musher Lance Mackey has won his first Iditarod victory in Nome, Alaska, with a curious numerological twist to his family's sled dog racing history. Mackey was greeted by a throng of cheering fans Tuesday night after he and his dogs spent 9 days, 5 hours,

WILLOW, Alaska, March 6 (UPI) -- The first of 83 teams of mushers and their dogs were bounding through the frozen Alaska landscape Monday in the annual 1,100-mile Iditarod sled dog race.