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A 9-year-old was taken on a five-mile ride through Queens Friday morningby someone who stole thecar he was sitting in, police said
Car Thief Discovers A Young Passenger Sean Gardiner 2011
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The Coast Guard closed a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi to protect Caruthersville, Mo., and said barges could be banned for up to eight days.
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Just to cover the story in Baghdad journalists had first to survive the five-mile trip between Baghdad International Airport and the capital, a road known as “Route Irish,” which was a gantlet of suicide bombers and rocket attacks during the first two years of the war.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Just to cover the story in Baghdad journalists had first to survive the five-mile trip between Baghdad International Airport and the capital, a road known as “Route Irish,” which was a gantlet of suicide bombers and rocket attacks during the first two years of the war.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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In the remote Campo Grande neighborhood of Teresopolis, now accessible only by a perilous five-mile eight-kilometer hike through mud-slicked jungle, family members pulled the lifeless bodies of loved ones from the muck.
'We Were Like Zombies,' Say Survivors Of Rains That Killed Hundreds AP 2011
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To save on gas, she now shops at stores closer to her Dallas home, rarely venturing beyond a five-mile radius.
Shoppers S-t-r-e-t-c-h Their Dollars: Stick to Lists, Shun the Brand Names Ann Zimmerman 2011
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A five-mile chase ensued, with speeds up to 100 mph, and at least two people in the fleeing car squeezed off 20 or more gunshots.
Fugitive Dougherty Siblings, From Fla. And Ga., CAUGHT In Colo., FBI Says (PHOTOS, LATEST UPDATES) 2011
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Motorists strike at least 60 deer a year in that particular five-mile stretch of Highway 3.
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But on Saturday evening, officials declared a moratorium on all injections within a five-mile radius of the well after another, 4.0-magnitude earthquake earlier in the day.
Ohio Shuts Wells Following Quakes Daniel Gilbert 2012
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In the remote Campo Grande neighborhood of Teresopolis, now accessible only by a perilous five-mile eight-kilometer hike through mud-slicked jungle, family members pulled the lifeless bodies of loved ones from the muck.
'We Were Like Zombies,' Say Survivors Of Rains That Killed Hundreds AP 2011
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