One Brain at a Time, part 2: Are medical missions doing more harm than good?

Most Tanzanians are farmers who live on less than $1 a day, and amid this poverty, tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS claim tens of thousands of lives a year. To reach villagers, Haydom Lutheran Hospital sends medical teams into the sun-baked African bush where they counsel patients and provide vaccinations. A doctor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston saw this outreach program ...

Area golf column: Turner Sports' Huber to visit Grand Strand

The battle against prostate cancer led Emmy Award-winning Turner Sports essayist and commentator Jim Huber to develop a bond with Arnold Palmer, and it is leading him to the Grand Strand for a couple events in the next five weeks.

Lion trading the same as cow trading for some

A pending court case on South Africa's canned lion controversy is expected to have far-reaching ramifications for local hunters and several thousand lions - and possibly open a new and much uglier can of worms.

A to Z of the World Cup 2010

Africa: Of a record six entrants, only Ghana showed up. The Black Stars put a little gloss on a familiar tale politics, poor preparation and foreign coaches given too much money and not enough time. Sven took Ivory Coast for £2m and they didnt make it out of their group.

Gassing of geese viewed by some as ghastly

About 200 Canada geese were euthanized in a two-week period this summer at various locations in New Hampshire and many residents have reacted with outrage to the rounding up and gassing of the birds.