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Iditarod loses support of hotel that was race headquarters
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,02/09/22-4:35PM , 55 Reads
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The hotel that has served for nearly three decades as the Anchorage-based headquarters for the world’s most famous sled dog race will end its association with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race next year.
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A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for Benny Benson, the teenager who won a design contest for the flag in 1927, meaning he was 14 and not 13 when came up with the design of the Big Dipper and the North Star on a simple field of blue. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Review finds Alaska state flag designer was 14, not 13
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,03/11/22-10:22AM , 55 Reads
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records indicating he was born more than a year earlier than previously believed.
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Britain's Prince Harry, escorted by Haruhisa Handa, CEO of the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS), attends an event organized by the ISPS Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Tokyo. The program included topics such as the power of sport, community and philanthropy. Harry will travel to Singapore to play in the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Prince Harry lauds the healing power of sports as he kicks off a promotional tour of Asia in Tokyo
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Wed,08/09/23-8:13AM , 55 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Prince Harry lauded the virtue of sports and its healing powers on Wednesday as he kicked off a trip to promote sports in Tokyo, the first stop on his tour of Asia.
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Hundreds of dogs, cats and other pets are injured, missing or dead after wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, according to the Maui Humane Society. (AP Video/Haven Daley)

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As people fled the fires, pets did too. Some emerged with marks of escape, but many remain lost
By ED KOMENDA AND HAVEN DALEY - Associated Press
Tue,08/15/23-2:32PM , 55 Reads
PUUNENE, Hawaii (AP) — A dog with hind legs bandaged tightly from paw to hip whimpered in pain through a plastic medical cone, chest rising and falling quickly in shallow breaths.
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