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When the federal health exchange marketplace opened Oct. 1, we visited jazz musician Suzanne Cloud in Philadelphia. She tried to start an account early in the morning, but technology thwarted her plans.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced a tightening of Justice Department guidelines for dealing with the sensitive issue of subpoenas of journalists' communications, weeks after embarrassing disclosures that his office had secretly obtained phone records and emails from reporters as part of a probe of unauthorized leaks.

A Google search for "Carnival Splendor" returns more than 6,000 articles from news organizations around the world. The phrase "cholera in Haiti" turns up fewer than 900 articles. Even some of the people aboard the stranded ship this week wondered if their story merited all the attention.

For every revolutionary idea in Silicon Valley, there are a lot more flops. But many tech entrepreneurs and investors say failure is accepted, even welcomed, as a guide for future success.

Blue Star Families has launched a professional network to make it easier for constantly-moving military spouses to find work in their new hometowns.

The New York Times has announced a paywall to its content which will go into effect at the end of March. This has me wondering, will you pay for the news?

Human-rights organizations want to the U.S. to aid ethnic Hmong who have been deported from Thailand to Laos. They say the Hmong face persecution because of their involvement in the U.S.-backed fight against the communist Pathet Lao in the 1970s.

Advances in voice recognition technology are making it more fun, and productive, to talk to your computer. The technology, which has migrated to a number of free apps, can give our fingers and hands some much needed rest. But it's still not perfect.

I’ve heard of this kind of "nice" come out in other places during times of crisis. Somehow through the stresses of everyday life we forget how to be kind.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is facing public criticism after his comments suggesting that women should not ask for raises. But they also underscore questions about tech's male-dominated culture.