Upstate New York is full of incredible coffee shops that make you want to cancel your plans, pull up a chair and stay for the whole afternoon.

A student at Pacific Middle School in Des Moines, Wash., writes computer code as part of the international Hour of Code project. Credit: Ted S. Warren/AP/REX/Shutterstock Coding is for everyone. The ...

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