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The 200-square-mile island has always been the center of Brazilian surfing culture; it is now drawing visitors who don't own longboards with a rare mix of big-city convenience and raw nature.

Have It Your Way Scott Mitchem 2012

Pasadena, Calif., a 23-square-mile city, says it lost more than 1,000 street-side trees last week in the windstorm that swept through several Western states.

Year of the Tree: Save It or Chop It? Anne Marie Chaker 2011

On Tuesday, the state Oil and Gas Commission will decide whether to impose a permanent ban on disposal wells in a 1,150-square-mile swath of central Arkansas where the quakes occurred, and to adopt stricter regulations on wells outside the quake zone.

Quakes Push Arkansas to Limit Gas-Waste Wells Ben Casselman 2011

The City of London governs a square-mile area in central London that serves as the financial district.

London to Seek Court Order to Evict Occupy Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

Driving through Broadview Park, a square-mile neighborhood west of Fort Lauderdale, Randy Young splits his attention between the single-level stucco homes outside his window and the laptop affixed to the dashboard of his Toyota pickup.

Sex-Offender City 2010

While the 170,000-square-mile Utica Shale sprawls beneath parts of eight states and Canada, energy companies and analysts believe the richest reserves of oil and valuable natural-gas liquids, such as propane and butane, lie in eastern Ohio.‬

Utica Shale Energizes Deal Frenzy in Ohio Ryan Dezember 2011

In addition, it would run through the Ogallala aquifer, a 174,000-square-mile expanse of water that lies under eight states from the Dakotas to Texas and provides 30% of the nation’s irrigation for agriculture, as well as drinking water for 82% of the people within its vast boundaries.

Ellen Cantarow: Energy Is Ugly: Tar Sands Make Their Mark Ellen Cantarow 2011

In addition, it would run through the Ogallala aquifer, a 174,000-square-mile expanse of water that lies under eight states from the Dakotas to Texas and provides 30% of the nation’s irrigation for agriculture, as well as drinking water for 82% of the people within its vast boundaries.

Ellen Cantarow: Energy Is Ugly: Tar Sands Make Their Mark Ellen Cantarow 2011

The bus system's aging, depleted fleet strains to meet demand across the 139-square-mile city, often forcing passengers, including schoolchildren, to wait more than a hour for a bus.

No Train for the Motor City Matthew Dolan 2011

A plane monitored the air over the Los Alamos nuclear lab as a 110-square-mile wildfire burned nearby.

What's News: World-Wide 2011