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Alaska Airlines is starting new seasonal service between Bellingham and Maui and offering some discount tickets for the launch. Flights will run from late fall through the spring - the peak times when Northwesterners want to escape the rain. Alaska plans four round trips a week, starting Nov. 8.

Microsoft unveiled much more than just two striking new gadgets on Monday. The software giant, at a media event in Los Angeles, delivered what may be the largest update in its history, a system reset that could change the course of the personal-computer industry, which touches more than a billion people around the world.

There aren't many vacation spots you can reach by air for under $300 this summer, but if you live in Seattle, California is one of them. A few hours and you're there - walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, riding the new rollercoaster at Sea World or cruising Venice Beach.

LOS ANGELES _ Here are quick takes on some of the games I've seen and tried this week at E3. Star Wars 1313: Last year I questioned how many more Star Wars video games the world needs, but I spoke too soon.

LOS ANGELES _ Sony may have lost $5.6 billion last year but it's still got enough jingle to put on a huge party at the E3 conference. The company still held its annual food truck rodeo to grease up the audience before its press event in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's arena.

As a child, I preferred to be alone with my imagination. I could even turn team sports into a solo act. Let's hope you don't play one-on-one baseball, son. I was nuts. With a glove, bat, tennis ball, chain-link fence and three trees in our backyard, I figured out how to play the game by myself.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- Did Tim Cook really say that? I couldn't believe my ears at the All Things D conference, the annual powwow of tech and media tycoons. Maybe I had too much sparkling water and shaved prosciutto at the oceanfront reception.

I had a chance to catch up with Sounders FC goalkeeper coach Tom Dutra earlier this week. This came on the heels of Andrew Weber's signing and the news that the team will carry four goalkeepers at the start of the season.

The matchup against Santos Laguna was going to be difficult enough. Then, leading into Wednesday night's kickoff, the Sounders faced another problem: Fredy Montero, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Osvaldo Alonso and Michael Gspurning were all stuck in traffic on I-90 stemming from an accident further up the highway.

Originally published Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:31 AM Hahn-Bin, the genre-bending violinist, a protégé of Itzhak Perlman's, will join guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen and the Seattle Symphony in the annual "Celebrate Asia" program on Feb. 24. With Mei-Ann Chen, conductor, and Hahn-Bin, violin, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert performances 6:30 p.m.

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Friday was an emotional day for many Sounders fans -- that's no secret. Impassioned reaction came swiftly once the news became official that Sounders FC had traded fan favorites Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle to Montreal in exchange for forward Eddie Johnson, who recently signed with MLS.

February 18, 2012 at 7:32 AM Photo credit: Seattle Sounders FC Here's how things stand following Friday's big trade. Interesting to note that five former Sounders are with the Montreal Impact now: Mike Fucito, Lamar Neagle, Tyson Wahl, Sanna Nyassi and Miguel Montano.

February 18, 2012 at 7:32 AM Photo credit: Seattle Sounders FC Here's how things stand following Friday's big trade. Interesting to note that five former Sounders are with the Montreal Impact now: Mike Fucito, Lamar Neagle, Tyson Wahl, Sanna Nyassi and Miguel Montano.

Originally published Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM The Sounders made a bold move Friday, trading fan favorites Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle to Montreal for 27-year-old forward Eddie Johnson. Height, weight: 6 feet, 179 pounds. Age: 27, born March 31, 1984. National team experience: 41 games, 12 goals.

Tickets for Santos on sale Monday Tickets to Sounders' CONCACAF Champ... Sounders Topple US U17s Goals by David Estrada, Sammy Ochoa... Single Match Tickets on Sale Monday A limited number of season tickets ...

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