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Doctors are trained to be self-sufficient "cowboys," but Atul Gawande says the best and cheapest results come from doctors who can work in teams

From his Toyota Land Cruiser, Kent Alexander couldn't stop clicking his camera.

Since the 1800s, the train through Garden City has linked the Kansas town to the big nation. Soon that could change, says Bob Greene.

The state of Nuevo Leon has has become a battleground between the Gulf and Zetas drug cartels. A message at the scene appeared to refer to the Zetas.

Gunfire and mortar shells pierced the pre-dawn sky in cities around Syria early Monday, the latest in the violence that has begun to spill into neighboring countries.

Talks to broker a coalition government lead to insults and accusations. Europe is watching nervously, fearing the political chaos could threaten the euro.

A key figure in Afghanistan's efforts to bring the Taliban to peace negotiations was assassinated Sunday in Kabul, authorities said.

Boston University mourned three study-abroad students killed in New Zealand while visiting locations where "The Lord of the Rings" movies were filmed.

A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday.

Some experts say publishing a U.S.-funded study of possible mutations of the deadly avian flu virus could have dire consequences. "We are playing with fire," one says.

Iran's president on Saturday downplayed the threat Israel poses to Iran, comparing it to an annoying bug, and said there is no war on the horizon between the two nations.

A U.S. drone strike killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants Saturday in the Mareb province of Yemen, part of a continuing air campaign against the terror organization, security officials said.

Miami Heat forward Lebron James is the NBA's 2011-2012 Most Valuable Player.

Three NATO service members were killed Saturday during attacks in Afghanistan, while a fourth died of noncombat-related injuries, according to the International Security Assistance Force.

A lack of formal charges, a change of judges, a rescinded decision and a stalled legal process have led Jacob Ostreicher to try to call attention to his case.

There is no reason Marissa Alexander should spend the next 20 years in prison.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias is to hold talks in the next day with party leaders in a bid to create a national unity government, his office said Saturday.

Two Turkish journalists who were imprisoned in a Syrian jail were released and flew to Tehran on Saturday as part of what appears to be a prisoner swap between Turkey and Iran.

A video purportedly released by a shadowy, Syrian-based terrorist group claimed responsibility Saturday for dual suicide bombings that killed dozens and wounded hundreds in the country's capital this week.

Hugo Chavez has returned to Venezuela after his latest trip to Cuba for cancer treatment.