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31 Chilean Miners Give Thanks in the Holy Land

JERUSALEM -- Richard Villaroel, 26, spent most of his time underground praying that he would see his wife, who was pregnant with their first child, again. Six days after he was rescued, his son, also named Richard, was born. Today the elder Richard seemed to find it hard to believe that he, his wife, Dana, and their baby...

Chilean Miners Considered Suicide, Cannibalism

The 33 men trapped in a Chilean copper mine were just days away from committing mass suicide or engaging in cannibalism when they were contacted by rescue crews, the miners have revealed. In a "60 Minutes" interview set to air Sunday on CBS, the miners say they were prepared for the worst after a mine shaft collapsed...

2010 News Photo Quiz -- Which Story Was This?

Do you remember the biggest news of 2010? See if you can guess these top stories by looking at a tiny part of a photo from each one. Then click to see if you are right. Hint: They're chronological....

Opinion: Sorry, the Chilean Miners Are Not Heroes

Jose Manuel de la Maza, AFP / Getty Images

(Nov. 19) -- Here we go again. False hero worship. This time, it's the 33 Chilean miners. They'll be honored this Thanksgiving at an event called "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." I hope the miners are the "stars" paying tribute and not the "heroes" being honored, because once again, someone seems to have forgotten what...

Chilean Miners in US for Thanksgiving 'Heroes' Event

(Nov. 18) -- The 33 freed Chilean miners landed in the United States this morning to be special guests at an annual Thanksgiving event honoring heroes. The men, who survived more than two months underground after a mine shaft collapsed in August, are about to get the chance to savor their new-found celebrity. As they...

Background on chilean miners

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine.

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