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COPIAPO, Chile — Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 relatives. His family welcomed him home by lining the street with white plastic bags filled with air – they had no money for balloons. Despite donations...

Rescuers work with determined efficiency to pull the 33 men who have been trapped for two months to the surface. Reporting from Copiapo, Chile — Chilean rescuers pressed on Wednesday afternoon with the operation to free 33 men trapped half a mile below the earth's surface for more than two...