First watch: Tech advice, surveillance ruling, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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First watch: Tech advice, surveillance ruling, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

This Oct. 11, 2012 file image released by Starpix shows, from left, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer of KISS as the band arrives at SiriusXM offices to promote their latest release "Monster," in New York. ASSOCIATED PRESS

CEOs from Apple, Yahoo, Twitter and other technology companies will meet with President Obama today to talk about the botched launch of HealthCare.gov and about government surveillance.

A federal judge ruled Monday that a National Security Agency program that collects massive amounts of telephone data “likely” violates the Constitution.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on a two-year budget to fund the federal government. The approved spending plan could reach the Oval Office soon after for the president's signature.

Beyonce's surprise album, released Friday, has broken iTunes sales records.

And the newest members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame include Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, KISS and Nirvana.

Congress

’I’m not a softy by any means,’ Clyburn says as he prepares to help lead Democrats

Rep. Jim Clyburn is out to not only lead Democrats as majority whip, but to prove himself amidst rumblings that he didn’t do enough the last time he had the job.