in 1984, ktvu's george watson introduced us to those who take part in this unusual sport. >> reporterame to alaska during something called the fur rendezvous. it's an alaskan party that lasts several days or sometimes weeks, depending upon the stamina of the participants. traditionally, alaskans held for a rendezvous to celebrate the end of winter. spring is still a ways away, but it's a good excuse to have a party and stage races. they are seemingly endless in number and hype. there's even an outhouse race, a mental image of which escapes me. the dog sled races are the big thing. this is a 12-mile race in the women's division. >> 3, 2, 1! go! >> reporter: but anchorage is also home to the grand daddy of all dog sled races. it's called the iditarod. the race is from anchorage to nome, most in wilderness country, 1200 miles long. the winners finish in a couple of weeks. others may take up to a month. but the real allure of the iditarod is to finish. it's a badge of honor that is typically alaskan. wanting to find more about dog sledding, i went to goose lake where dog sled tours are co

prince george's county police arrest 18- year- old melvyn watson junior and dikembe david-brandon after police say the men fired several gunshots into a crowd of people sunday morning.it happened while policeewere attempting to break apart a group of 2- hundred people at the mcdonald's on baltimore avenue near berwyn park road in college park.both have been charded with possession of a handgun and reckless enganderment. the man who abducted cal ripken's mother is still on the loose....but hopefully not for long.áamerica's most wantedá has joined in the fight to find the suspect. a profile picture of the suspect is now on a-m-w's website. cal ripken has also purchased billboards with a sketch of the kidnapper's face that tower over highways across maryland. ipken spoke publicly about the incident and said the moment he found out his mother had been kidnapped...he got in his car...drove around and looked for her. "it was the worst feeling you could imagine it was about nine o'clock at night my sister called me that a woman was tied up in the back seat of the car and um they wanted to know

prince george's county police arrest 18- year- old melvyn watson junior and dikembe david-brandon for possession of a handgun nd reckless enganderment after police say the men fired several gunshots into a crowd of people.it happened just after midnight. it happened at a mcdonald's on &pbaltimore avenue in college park, while police were trying to break up a group of 200 people.shoos were fired from a parked s-u-v.police rrested both men and recovered a handgun from the vehicle. investigators say they have determined the cause of a 2- alarm fire that damaged a denny's restaurant in harford county friday morning. police ssy the fire was the work of an arson and is looking for this man in the orange shirt who they believe is a person of interest. flames shot through the roof of the denny's on edgewood road. officials say damages total over 500-thousand dollars. no one was injured.any with information should call harford county police. and the anne arundel county fire depetment needs your help identifying the teens in these picture.police say the two are responsible for a fire that occur

prince george's county police arrest 18- year- old melvyn watson junior and dikembe david-brandon for possession of aahandgun and reckless enganderment after police say the men firrd several gunshots into a crowd of people.it happened early this morning just after midnight.while police were attempting to break apart a group of 200 people at the mcdonald's on baltimore avenue near berwyn park road... shots were fired from a parked s-u-v.police arrested both men and recovered a handgun from the vehicle. several people are dead tonight after a shootout at a sikh (seek) religious temple in wisconsin.police are treating it as a domestic terrorist crime. crime.it happened this morning just as sunday service was about to begin in the temple outside milwaukee.the shooter... a white male in his thirties... approached a religious leader outside the temple and shot him...then ran inside and continued to shoot. the first police officer who responded was also shot multiple times, but is expected to survive.another officer fired back and killed the suspect.at this hour... police say a total of seve

prince george's county police arrest 18- year- ood melvyn watson junior and dikembe david-brandon...ice say the men fired several gunshots into a crowd of people sunday morning.it happened while police were attempting to break apart a group of 2-hundred people at the mcdonald's on baltimore avenue near berwyn park road in college park.both have been charded with possession of a handgun and reckless enganderment. cell phone video shows the thick smoke billowing out of a reisterstown home this weekend. the fire claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman. woman.it happened saturday afternoon around 4 on main street.the woman was found dead in the back bedroom of the home.firefighters believe smoking was a factor in the fire. w bill harris, reisterstown: 1.07.54 "i never dreamed that there'd be someone actually inside.." bill harris, reisterstown: 1.08.55 "if any of us had known, we would have done something. we could've gotten in there, i bel" believe."investigators are not releasing the victim's name , right nowbut we've learned... smoke detectors were operational in the home. a fire on