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Minutes after a team of rescuers hoisted 33 miners to safety, President Sebastian Pinera hugged the men and gave them a thanks very much a la Chilena — one with a punchline.
When the drilling stops, the 33 miners who have been trapped underground for weeks in northern Chile notice. And they are not pleased about the progress above.
Nearly a half-mile below ground where 33 miners have been trapped for almost three weeks, there's no build-up of toxic or explosive gases and the air has been breathable, if hot and stuffy in their reinforced shelter. There is plenty of open tunnel for them to move around, and even water to drink, dug with a bulldozer from an underground deposit.
From the country's earliest days, when a handful of colonists became fed up with Britain and decided independence was worth dying for, Americans have been guided by fires in their bellies and a deep belief in the ability to accomplish anything.
This coastal city normally would be gearing up for its raucous Carnival festival, with revelers in brightly decorated masks dancing in the streets and the air filled with joyous song.
Many of the illegal immigrants who have been rebuilding New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina stayed behind when Gustav struck because they were afraid of being arrested if they boarded the buses and trains arranged by emergency officials.
U.S. immigration agents must not sedate deportees without a judge's permission, according to a policy change issued this week.
Attorneys for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were in court Friday for a closed-door meeting in the former couple's child custody battle after the pop star was hospitalized in a bizarre incident that brought police and paramedics to her home.
A bizarre new chapter is unfolding in the life of Britney Spears, with the troubled pop star hospitalized Friday "for her own welfare" after a three-hour standoff involving her two young sons.
Britney Spears entered a new chapter in her troubled life surrounded by paparazzi and police wanting to know more about a three-hour showdown involving her two young sons.
The troubled life of Britney Spears added a new chapter when the intoxicated pop star was whisked away in an ambulance after police were called to her house to help end a nearly three-hour custody standoff involving her young sons.
Police were called to Britney Spears' home Thursday night in a custodial dispute that lasted nearly three hours before an intoxicated Spears reportedly turned over her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday a plan to map out where Muslims lived had been scrapped, saying strong reaction from Muslim communities forced the department to change course.
Lawyers for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline discussed increased visitation with Spears' extended family Thursday as a judge considered her request for overnight visits with her children.
An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
Maria Elena Castillo let her voice go unheard in American politics for a decade because she was afraid of failing the U.S. citizenship test that could give her the right to vote.
Firefighters said they were making major progress against a wildfire that roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.
Investigators will review hundreds of hours of video of an immigration rally where police wielded batons and fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd, the chief of police said Thursday.
Investigators will review hundreds of hours of video of an immigration rally where police clashed with the crowd, wielding batons and firing rubber bullets to break up the demonstration, the police chief said Thursday.
Police promised to review the use of force after officers fired rubber bullets and used batons against demonstrators during an immigration rally.
A day of mostly calm immigration rallies around the nation ended with a clash between police and demonstrators in Los Angeles, and Police Chief William Bratton promised a department review to "determine if the use of force was appropriate."
Sgt. James Zboravan was fresh out of the Police Academy ten years ago when he was caught up in an extraordinary gunbattle with bank robbers that nearly killed him and underscored an intensifying arms race between criminals and lawmen.
Comedian Michael Richards won't attend a weekend mock trial with four black people he targeted during his racial rant at a comedy club because the gathering is open to the media and amounts to a publicity stunt, his lawyer said Friday. Attorney Douglas Mirell said any meeting between Richards and the three men and one woman should be private.
A frantic pregnant woman told a 911 operator she had been hit and was in pain shortly before actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested for alleged assault and firing a weapon in an altercation with his son.
Whether David Beckham's American adventure proves a financial boon or multimillion-dollar blunder for Major League Soccer could depend on how well Beckham wins over fans such as Rodrigo Diaz.
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