The contest has been good for business at Mr. Tamm's Sokka Holiday Resort, with its cavernous sauna about five miles out of town.

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Five miles away, retiree Jerry Grimes shows an application he filled out for FEMA on Sept. 1, after Katrina destroyed most of his home.

NPR: Complaints Dog FEMA in Gulf Region

New techniques have been developed to "sidetrack" a well when the pipe gets stuck or to control the pressures and temperatures found five miles down into the earth's crust with blow-out preventers and special purpose high-tech drilling rigs.

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Still, the company determined that buyers of 11 out of 25 hybrids analyzed can expect to come out financially ahead over five years behind the wheel (at 15, 000 miles driven annually).

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This turned out to be a distance of twenty-six miles three hundred and eighty-five yards.

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Five police forces united to carry out a rural crime operation which covered about 4, 000 sq miles of northern England.

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