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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines is planning direct flights this summer between Anchorage, Alaska, and Spokane, Washington. The Seattle-based airline says the nonstop service will be once weekly on Saturdays through Aug. 27. The first flight from Spokane to Anchorage will depart at 7:40 p.m. Saturday and arrive in Anchorage at 10:20 p.m. The first Anchorage to Spokane flight will depart at 11:55 p.m. Saturday with scheduled arrival in Spokane at 4:26 a.m. Sunday. Flights will be on Boeing 737 aircraft.

The door-to-door salesman is part stereotype part annoyance. You don’t see too many of them around these days, as they have retreated to their offices in order to conduct their sales online. Despite the apparent death of this role, there are still a lot of things you can learn from them.

Blizzard Entertainment doesn’t make many games, but whenever it releases one, everybody takes notice. The California studio is behind some of the industry’s most legendary and enduring entries.

Gordie Howe was one of the best to ever lace up a pair of hockey skates, but as Tim Wharnsby writes, "Mr. Hockey" will be remembered as a humble, grounded, low-key superstar.

Ayez confiance en Arya.

Si vous avez regardé l'épisode de la semaine dernière de Game of Thrones, vous avez probablement eu le souffle coupé et crié «NOOOOOON!» quand ceci s'est passé:

Mais l'utilisateur de Reddit passingwisdom propose quelques paroles réconfortantes assurant qu'Arya va très bien s’en sortir:

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D'accord... nous pouvons donc tous supposer que la scène... Читать дальше...

I write this from my hotel room overseeing the Russian Foreign Ministry's iconic main building, a gigantic Stalinist-style skyscraper that was built as one of Moscow's famous "Seven Sisters" between 1947 and 1953. Having witnessed the rise and fall of the Soviet empire, the building has recently re-emerged as a global power broker, particularly when it comes to the Middle East.

However, for an outsider, Moscow's foreign policy seems intensely confusing to say the least. For instance, Russia... Читать дальше...

A Montenegrin military helicopter crashed on Friday on the outskirts of the capital, injuring two crew members, one seriously.

Marketing groups to exploit prime minister’s comments highlighting dire state of nation’s finances

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LOS ANGELES, June 10 (UPI) -- Usher is back dropping a new single Thursday entitled "No Limit" featuring rapper Young Thug.

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea did not stipulate itself as a nuclear-armed state in its recently revised set of ruling party bylaws, an analysis of the document showed Friday, spawning speculation that Pyongyang has left open the possibility of

Are you obsessive about disorder and want things in the same pattern as they always were?

– Sheik Yahya Al-Yolawi, Chief Imam of Area 10, Abuja has said during Ramadan, it is forbidden to kiss, hug or engage in acts that can provoke sexual desires – He warned that God despises those who sin while engaging in fasting throughout the period of Ramadan – He advised those fasting to avoid all kinds of […]

Donald Trump was at it again Friday morning, calling Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas":

President Barack Obama has decided the US military can more directly take on the Taliban, in tandem with Afghan forces, ratcheting up a conflict that he had vowed to end.

The attack took place in El Mirador, a mountain community in central Puebla state.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Friday for calm to resolve an angry row between Saudi Arabia and the United Nations over the blacklisting of the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen.

As yields on government bond across the globe march toward fresh record lows, bond guru Bill Gross continues to ring alarm bells.

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We're witnessing a "paradigm shift" between the Fed and the dollar, according to an HSBC FX Strategy team.

In the past, an initial rate hike would more or less imply that there would be a few more in the near future.

And so people would buy the US dollar in anticipation of more hikes.

So, effectively, the dollar was more or less a product of the Fed's decisions.

But now that the economy is trying to re-jigger itself after years of unconventional monetary policy... Читать дальше...

Emotions ran high this afternoon as Mauril Bélanger, the veteran Liberal MP whose health is rapidly deteriorating from ALS, returned to the Commons to ensure his private member's bill to change the English lyrics of O Canada advanced to its final vote.

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NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) -- "Hamilton" is expected to win big at the Tony Awards, but multiple mentions in some categories means it can't win all 16 prizes for which it is nominated.

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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Hikers and bicyclists can now use the road to Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park, but visitors won't be allowed to drive on the road until July 1. Crews are clearing snow from the road up to Sunrise. At 6,400 feet, it's the highest point that can be reached by car at the national park. Park officials say that bikers and hikers using the road should watch out for work vehicles, which will be sharing the roads starting Monday. The White River campground opens for the season on June 24.

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Why can't we sleep and how do we fix it?

A big part of the problem, media mogul Arianna Huffington writes in her new book, "Sleep Revolution," centers on and around our increased use of screens.

This is especially a problem at night, when our crisply-lit smartphones, tablets, and laptops keep our eyes and brains on high alert — making it tough to relax and robbing us of the long and peaceful slumber we need to be productive during the day.

Huffington's solution? Читать дальше...

The Lions expect running back Ameer Abdullah to be ready for the start of training camp after he had shoulder surgery earlier this offseason, something that should keep him in line to be the starter in their regular season opener. Abdullah was the team’s leading rusher last season, although that’s something of a hollow milestone…