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• 26 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly Oct 13, 2021 06:10 PM
  
  • SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - With remarkable speed - and flawless execution - miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in human history.
  • "Welcome to life," President Sebastian Pinera told Victor Segvia, the 15th miner out.
  • The miners made the smooth ascent inside a capsule called Phoenix - 13 feet tall, barely wider than their shoulders and painted in the white, blue and red of the Chilean flag.

  • States' probe of foreclosures could force reforms Oct 13, 2021 06:05 PM
    
    • WASHINGTON - A joint investigation by every state and the District of Columbia could force mortgage companies to settle allegations that they used flawed documents to foreclose on hundreds of thousands of homeowners.
    • But legal experts say lenders could be forced to accept an independent monitor to ensure they follow state foreclosure laws.
    • Employees of several major lenders have acknowledged in depositions that they signed thousands of foreclosure documents without reading them as required by state laws.

    • 25 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly Oct 13, 2021 05:59 PM
      
      • SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - With remarkable speed - and flawless execution - one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in human history.
      • The rescuers gained speed as the day went on.
      • The men made the smooth ascent inside a capsule called Phoenix - 13 feet tall, barely wider than their shoulders and painted in the white, red and blue of the Chilean flag.

      • Dozens charged with largest Medicare scam ever Oct 13, 2021 05:45 PM
        
        • NEW YORK - A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.
        • Federal prosecutors in New York and elsewhere charged 73 people.
        • Most of the defendants were captured during raids Wednesday morning in New York City and Los Angeles, but there also were arrests in New Mexico, Georgia and Ohio.

        • 24 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly Oct 13, 2021 05:45 PM
          
          • SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - With remarkable speed - and flawless execution - one miner after another climbed into a slender cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in human history.
          • "Welcome to life," President Sebastian Pinera told Victor Segvia, the 15th miner out, and on a day of superlatives, it seemed no overstatement.
          • The men made the smooth ascent inside a capsule called Phoenix - 13 feet tall, barely wider than their shoulders and painted in the white, red and blue of the Chilean flag.

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