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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 27, 2010 - 8:08 am
 

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile -- They get laundry service, TV, three hot meals a day and even ice cream for dessert. Everyday life for the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground now includes some of the comforts of home - at least those that can be lowered through narrow holes. The miners are sleeping on cots that were sent down in pieces and reassembled. They can speak with their families using a phone that also was taken apart and put back together down below. They have brief video chats with their families on Friday and Saturdays, for a maximum of eight minutes each, thanks to a fiber optic cable and compact video cameras.

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