Pidgin Account Not Working

[louis aguayo]

Support team, I had to do a Hard Close on my laptop last night. When I 
restarted the computer
my Pidgin Account started all over with asking me to create an account. 
I did so and now I lost
all my buddies and contacts. I also keep getting this error message.

Error requesting https://api.screenname.aol.com/auth/clientLogin: Unable 
to connect to api.screenname.aol.com: SSL Connection Failed

What can be done to re-instate my account and get all my contacts back?

Thanks,

Louis Aguayo