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Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start

By Rachel D'oro
Published March 2, 2013 5:00am ET
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Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start
Jamaican musher Newton Marshall is interviewed by international media before the ceremonial start of the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, March 2, 2013. The race, which will take mushers about a thousand miles across the Alaska wilderness, starts Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) | Mark Thiessen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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