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A Bering Air flight with 10 people onboard went missing near Nome, Alaska, while en route from Unalakleet. Search efforts are underway.

UNALAKLEET -- In a display of dominance not seen since the dynasties of Doug Swingley and the late Susan Butcher ruled the Iditarod Trail, the dog team of Lance Mackey powered down off the frozen Kaltag Portage into a warm welcome in this coastal Bering Sea village Sunday afternoon. - SNIP - He is in control here the way another cancer survivor named Lance -- the one named Armstrong -- used to always be in control as the final days of the Tour de France moved toward Paris. Mackey alluded to as much in a chat with a reporter in...