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March 10, 2000: The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
On this day…
March 9, 1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Iditarod 2011: Leased teams and rookie mistakes
On yesterday’s episode of Mush! You Huskies we spoke about a little known fact about the Iditarod. Leased teams. While leasing a team to run The Last Great Race, is not new and has been around for years, it is something that the casual fan doesn’t know much about. According to our Iditarod expert on […]
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March 8, 1817: The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
Iditarod 2011: Some dreams are already over
We are only two and a half days into the 2011 Iditarod and we already have two scratches. Melissa Owens of Nome, and Zoya DeNure of Gakona. Both of the musher’s Iditarod dreams come to a screeching halt in a notorious portion of the trail, Rainy Pass. Owens, aggravated a leg injury that happened before […]