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Norwegian firefighter Robert Sorlie won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, fighting wind and cold toward the finish of a more than nine-day trek.The 45-year-old musher waved to hundreds of cheering spectators early Thursday as he led his eight-dog team to victory at 1:47 a.m. He finished ahead of Ramy Brooks and three-time Iditarod champion Jeff King. I m
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