Survey: Most Rhode Islanders clueless about 'Obamacare' / Poll

Four out of five Rhode Islanders have never heard of a central component of the health care overhaul that will go into effect on Jan. 1. That's the key finding from a recent survey commissioned by the very organization that so many people are clueless about -- the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange, an online...

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Reviews round-up: Daft Punk 'get lucky' as critics praise album Random Access Memory

independent.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Reviews round-up: Daft Punk 'gets lucky' as critics praise album Random Access Memory

independent.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Daft Punk: All Hail Our Robot Overlords

Click to listen to Daft Punk's Random Access Memories Daft Punk's Paris studio sits on an ugly bustling thoroughfare on the south side of town near a train station and a hospital behind a green garage door To enter you press a buzzer and present your face to a security camera...

rollingstone.com (2 hours ago)

Daft Punk's new album is robotic with heart

DAFT PUNK "Random Access Memories" (Columbia) 3 1/2 stars

miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)

Jon Stewart Explains The Obama Administration's 'Random Guy' Defense

In the wake of what he is calling "Hurricane Scandy," last night Jon Stewart looked at Obama's defensive strategy: sending out a random guy to Sunday morning talk shows. Right now that guy happens to be Dan Pfieffer, a senior advisor to the president, but Stewart calls him "Kevin's older brother from Home Alone."

yahoo.com (3 hours ago)

Pepperell Elementary fifth-grader’s random act of kindness comes back to her

After Lindsey Johnson watched a promotional video for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in class at Pepperell Elementary School, the 11-year-old went home in tears. “She had seen the video and...

rn-t.com (3 hours ago)

New iPhone apps worth downloading: Melt, MONTAJ update, Bombcats

First up today is Melt, a social networking app that lets you exchange photos with random people around the world.MONTAJ, our second app today, makes creating and sharing videos easy and quick, offering filters and some editing capabilities. Finally, Bombcats puts a new spin on physics puzzlers by including...

yahoo.com (4 hours ago)

Bomb Blasts Claim More Lives In Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq, May 21 (Reuters) - Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks on majority Shi'ites, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. More than 200 people have been killed in the past week as Sunni-Shi'ite tensions,...

huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)

‘Random Access Memories,’ by Daft Punk, music review

Daft Punk bites down hard on the hand that feeds them on their latest CD.

nydailynews.com (6 hours ago)

Task force discusses ways to limit dog attacks in Peoria

The city task force considering measures to limit dog attacks in Peoria heard a lot about pit bulls Monday. Headed by at-large Councilwoman Beth Akeson, the 17-member group held the first of a series of meetings at City Hall with comments from city and county officials as well as members of the public. “Citizens...

pjstar.com (17 hours ago)

Cannes Day Six: Selita Ebanks, Zoe Saldana, and Alec Baldwin’s Pregnant Wife

Just when you thought Cannes can't possibly fit another random celebrity and her massive wardrobe, in struts another person you didn't even know you were missing until she was there. Oh! you think. How great to see Rosario Dawson/Selita Ebanks/insert beautiful human in an elaborate gown. And so Cannes continued ......

nymag.com (18 hours ago)

Todd Edwards Blends Bowie and Daft Punk for BBC Essential Mix

House producer, vocalist, and DJ Todd Edwards is having another moment in the sun thanks to Daft Punk, who used his vocals on Random Access Memories standout "Fragments of Time...

spin.com (20 hours ago)

Kenmore police say homicide wasn't 'random act'

Homicide victim Vincent J. Cottone’s tavern in Kenmore was the site of three crimes – a burglary, a suspicious fire and a petit larceny – in the last two months, but Kenmore police aren’t sure whether any of those crimes were related to his weekend killing.“I don’t believe this was a random act,” Kenmore Police...

buffalonews.com (20 hours ago)

Muslima exhibition: interviews and art by Muslim women

"The only woman it seems permissible to judge and even ridicule today is the Muslim woman," says Samina Ali. "What other woman faces as much scrutiny or is the target of random violence from both her own community and others?" An Indian-born Muslim who lives in San Francisco, Ali is the curator of Muslima: Muslim...

guardian.co.uk (23 hours ago)

Croatian Bees Are Being Trained to Hunt Down Deadly Land Mines

Sending animals to do our dirty work-specifically of the drug-sniffing, bomb-hunting variety-isn't a novel concept by any means. But while an animal bomb-sniffing squad might conjure up the image of a noble K9 dog, Croatians are now depending on a very different, perhaps not quite as lovable bomb fiend: the common...

gizmodo.com (1 day ago)

Daft Punk: Highlights from the first 20 years (Timeline)

Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” scheduled for release on Tuesday, May 21, is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. <freeform><script data-hide-title=”true” data-hide-byline=”true” data-hide-footnotes=”true” type=”text/javascript”...

sltrib.com (1 day ago)

The fishy caviar topping the canapés of the rich and famous | Debora Robertson

Is fine dining having its Apollo 13 moment? I know it's not on the same scale as "Houston, we have a problem," but when Laura King had to call Fortnum & Mason and Harrods to say, "There might be a problem with the sevruga," it can't have been her easiest day at the office. King is the founder and co-owner of the...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Rod Stewart has No 1 album ... 34 years after his last one

Rod Stewart has made chart history by scoring a UK No 1 album, 34 years after his last one. The rock'n'roll veteran has hit the top spot with Time, setting a new record for the longest ever gap between No 1s. The last time Stewart hit the top spot was with his Greatest Hits Vol 1 in 1979 – and his last No 1 album of...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Review: Daft Punk seduces machines into singing

Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories" (Columbia)

yahoo.com (1 day ago)

Review: Daft Punk seduces machines into singing

Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories" (Columbia)

miamiherald.com (1 day ago)

Natasha, Imelda and the Great Immersion of 2013

The waiters were serving borscht and blinis while we sat at our tables in the faux-Russian supper club, waiting for the show to start the other night. A sociable young women in 19th-century period dress stopped by to welcome us and asked if we had everything we needed. As long as you asked, I said, my friend here...

time.com (1 day ago)

Daft Punk lead this week's new releases with 'Random Access Memories'

French duo reveal long awaited album alongside new releases from The National and Tribes    

nme.com (1 day ago)

Daft Punk collaborator Romanthony dies aged 46

Reading on mobile? Click here to view.As Daft Punk release their new album Random Access Memories, tributes are pouring in for their former collaborator Romanthony, who has died. The singer provided vocals to their 2001 hit One More Time, which, up until current smash Get Lucky, was the French duo's biggest hit....

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Big Daddy made usual splash but rest of the Premier League just dried up | Sean Ingle

As one zillion-budget sequel returns, so the credits roll on another. Hollywood's latest upchuck, Fast & Furious VI, with its grunts and gloss and smack-crash-slam emptiness was dismissed by one reviewer as having a "generic plotline" and "an awful lot … to meander through" – which will sound strikingly familiar...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

What Do You Want From Lyrics Sites?

Seriously, what is the deal with allll those janky lyrics sites? You google the lyrics for Random Access Memory and you're suddenly transported to the early 2000s. It's sort of surreal. I'm not the first person to mention this by far, and yet the lyrics world just seems to stagnate. There are new lyrics apps...

gizmodo.com (1 day ago)

The Great Escape – review

You certainly can't fault The Great Escape for variety. Here, Iggy Azalea's impeccably turned pop-hip-hop fights for attention with Hacktivist, who ply crushing metal riffs and grime-influenced MCing over dubstep-paced beats, and Filthy Boy's literate, louche alt-rock shares space on the bill with Tom Odell's Radio...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Teen Girl On Bus Killed By Random Gunfire

NEW YORK CITY -- A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed while riding the bus Saturday night, police said. Daja Robinson, of South Jamaica, was shot in the head about 9 p.m. on Sutphin Boulevard near Baisley Pond Park. Police sources for the New York Daily News said that a gunman fired 10 shots at the Q6 bus as it...

huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)

Allegedly random murder, "hate crime," stuns NYC

Victim appears to have been randomly murdered for being gay by rage-filled man on a Greenwich Village rampage with friends

cbsnews.com (2 days ago)

Singer performs 'Star-Mangled Banner' at hockey game in Canada

Jazz singer Alexis Normand garnered a penalty before a Saturday hockey game in Canada after slashing "The Star-Spangled Banner," SI.com reports. Normand delivered an unforgettable version of America's national anthem during a Memorial Cup round-robin game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Portland Winterhawks...

foxnews.com (2 days ago)