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Happy, Exhausted Miners Face New Challenges

(Oct. 14) -- As the 33 Chilean miners rescued this week reunite with loved ones and gulp fresh air for the first time in 69 days, attention is turning to how these lucky survivors will handle their new status as folk heroes. There's also the question of what will happen to Camp Hope, the cluster of tents in the Atacama...

Chilean Miner Emerges to Tangled Love Life

(Oct. 13) -- When Yonni Barrios emerged from 69 days underground to cries of "El Doctor," there was none of the fist-pumping celebration that marked the other miners' escape. This may have something to do with his tangled love life, which made headlines around the world while he was stuck underground attending to the...

Health Hazards Remain for Rescued Chilean Miners

(Oct. 13) -- As the 33 trapped Chilean miners are slowly lifted half a mile to the surface of the earth, they're doubtlessly lucky to be escaping with their lives. The miners are believed to have survived longer underground than anyone in similar circumstances before them. But after 69 days in dark, humid conditions, with...

Emergency Shaft a Success; Chilean Mine Rescue Set

(Oct. 11) -- Engineers in Chile have successfully tested the capsule that will bring 33 trapped miners to the surface and can move forward with the rescue on schedule, officials said this afternoon. Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said the results of the trial run were "very promising," and he told reporters the...

What's Waiting Up Here for Trapped Chilean Miners?

(Oct. 6) -- A baby girl. A wedding. Fame. Fortune? These are just some of the things that await the 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine when they emerge from their captivity. Officials say the men, who have been stranded since Aug. 5, when 4,000 tons of rock entombed them inside the Atacama desert, could be freed this...