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Things that most people take for granted in surgery — the use of anesthesia, for example, or the way surgical tools are cleaned — were once cutting-edge discoveries in the profession. Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Sherwin Nuland discuss the changes they've seen over their long careers as surgeons.

It is the third day of the WMRA Spring 2014 Fundraiser, and this morning we're giving away another iPad Mini at the end of Morning Edition.Everyone who…

More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 160 others injured in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesian tourist spot Lombok island and surrounding areas, officials say.

Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions.

With few options for health care in their rural community, a Tennessee couple's experience with one outrageous bill could have led to a deadly delay when they needed help the most.

New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.

The year's box office numbers were down, due to the residual effects of actors' and writers' strikes, but quality wasn't dimmed. Bob Mondello's list of the 10 best movies of the year overflows.

"I simply want a large number to slap in the government's face," said Margaret Anne Georgiadou, the petition's organizer. And then came the deluge.

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.

We've arrived at the last weekday morning of the WMRA Spring 2014 Fundraiser, and we're giving away another iPad Mini at the end of Morning…