Special Coverage
Special Coverage
PRI's The World - May 25, 2012
Today on the World: Egypt prepares for what may be a polarizing second round of voting in its presidential election. Also, thousands of refugees flee the violence in Mali and seek shelter in neighboring Burkina Faso. And the final installment in our series "Beyond Class" examines whether Britain can ever really leave its class divisions behind.
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Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.
Weather
World Headlines
Survivors recount massacre horror
Survivors of Friday's massacre in Syria tell the BBC of their terror as regime forces killed their families, although Damascus denies their claims.
Egypt candidate Shafiq HQ stormed
The campaign HQ of Egyptian presidential run-off candidate Ahmed Shafiq is attacked, as hundreds gather to protest against the election result.
Is the airport pat-down coming to an end?
Maybe in the distant future. The Department of Homeland Security wants technology companies to design a scanning device that would replace the pat-down.
Summer Fridays off are a growing job perk
A way for companies to sweeten benefits at little cost.
WXXI Local Stories
On Saturday, January 7th, an audience will hear the premiere of a new piece by young composer Andrew Maskiell. It's the first he's conceived for orchestra, and one he didn't expect to write, as WXXI's Brenda Tremblay reports.
WXXI Top Stories
The RPD says it has 37-year old suspect Joseph Myles in custody
WXXI Innovation Trail
Elouise Oyzon makes fun things. The Innovation Trail caught up with Oyzon in our listening booth at TEDxRochester in November 2011.
Education
Rochester's interim city school superintendent is talking budget gap - and what the district is going to do to make up for the shortfall.
Government
Political newcomer Brianne Murphy plans to force a Democratic primary against former Congressman Dan Maffei in New York's 25th Congressional District. The winner would face Republican Ann Marie Buerkle in the general election in November.
Economy
Eastman Kodak reported its third quarter results Thursday, posting losses nearly double what was expected.
Health
The Food and Drug Administration says there are drug shortages across the country and a shortage of one Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drug has a local pharmacist and physician concerned.
Arts & Culture
On Saturday, January 7th, an audience will hear the premiere of a new piece by young composer Andrew Maskiell. It's the first he's conceived for orchestra, and one he didn't expect to write, as WXXI's Brenda Tremblay reports.
US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called the treatment decades ago of returning Vietnam War veterans a "national shame" on Monday and promised as commander-in-chief not to send U.S. troops back into harm's way without a clear mission and strategy.
World
AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which U.N. observers had implicated his army.