WASHINGTON — The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department’s direct loan website earlier this month, an education official testified Tuesday. The students’ information ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America customers have had trouble signing into their accounts for six days. Yet the bank still offered no reason Wednesday for the site’s slowness. A message on its home page said most of the website ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America’s homepage and online banking service were experiencing problems Friday, a day after the company said it would start charging a $5 monthly fee for customers who make debit card purchases. A message on the ...

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With a box full of carrots and a hankering for something vaguely exotic, Mary-Claire van Leunen turned to her computer for a recipe. “I looked for ‘Turkish carrots’ and I found it easily, in fact I found half a dozen,” ...

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In advance of Hurricane Irene and what may turn into a need for emergency housing, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is encouraging property owners around the state to list their available rental units on www.mdhousingsearch.org, a bilingual ...

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SINGAPORE  — Internet minders voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago. Groups able to pay ...

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The town of Ocean City announced Friday it won’t be going forward with a proposed gas promotion. The town made an announcement on June 3 it was gearing up for a $100,000 free gas promotion, making it the first resort ...

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With all sorts of online news sources coming to Baltimoreans locally, Baltimore Fishbowl is the newest fish in the sea. Baltimore Fishbowl is a website that combines a commentary and editorial approach into a publication targeted at Fells Point, Federal Hill, North ...

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WASHINGTON — When big news breaks, newspapers are a hot commodity despite the immediacy of online news. The website for the Newseum, a museum in Washington devoted to journalism, crashed Monday as thousands of people looked to see how newspapers ...

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NEW YORK — The New York Times says it will start charging for access to its website and for the use of smart phone and tablet applications later this month in the U.S. Beginning March 28, prices start at $15 ...

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