While we think it stinks that the Rock Hillites won't get NBC in high-def during the Olympics, we see that on a Google HDTV mashup map, they're about 25 miles from the Charlotte HD towers as the peacock crow flies.

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According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, the waves this week were triggered by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake that took place some 120 miles (195km) south of the Samoa group of islands (see map).

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An 1836 map of the city shows several large islands in the middle of the river, Michigan's longest running 232 miles from the center of the state west to Lake Michigan.

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