If those miners had been trapped a half-mile down like this 25 years ago anywhere on earth, they would be dead. ❋ William K. Black (2010)
Turn right (north) on Stadium Parkway; Space Coast Stadium is a half-mile on the left. ❋ Unknown (2009)
We begin today with a toast to the Chilean miners, who are safe and sound after 69 days a half-mile below the Earth's surface. ❋ Steve Goff (2010)
Around Saturday, rescuers at the site of the collapsed San José mine are expected to complete a 28-inch-shaft that extends a half-mile down to the chamber where the miners have taken refuge. ❋ Wall Street Journal (2010)
The compound, where Saleh stays when he is in town, is about a half-mile kilometer from where hundreds of protesters have been camping out to call for is ouster. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Later, he showed up at the home of accused gunman Jared Loughner, who lived within a half-mile of Fuller. ❋ AP (2011)
And officials said the men were so giddy with confidence they were squabbling on Saturday, the day drills broke through to them, over who would get to be the last to take a twisting, 20-minute ride the half-mile up to a rock-strewn desert moonscape and into the embrace of those they love. ❋ AP (2010)
The crash within a half-mile of Bert Mooney Airport in Butte killed 14, including pilot Ellison "Buddy" Sumerfield, 65. ❋ Unknown (2011)
•Directions: From north or south — Take I-75 to Exit 131 (Daniels Parkway), west 3 miles to Six Mile Cypress Parkway, south for a half-mile; ballpark is on the right. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At around 6:25 p.m., residents as far as a half-mile away called the police department and said they'd heard an explosion. ❋ Will Guzzardi (2011)
Around Saturday, rescuers at the site of the collapsed San José mine are expected to complete a 28-inch-shaft that extends a half-mile down to the chamber where the miners have taken refuge. ❋ Wall Street Journal (2010)
The report focuses on the efforts of the three rescue teams that worked to punch through the half-mile of rock to reach them, the engineering feats that brought the men to the surface, and the physical and psychological impact that the miners '69-day ordeal, which started on Aug. 5, 2010, may have caused them. — ❋ Unknown (2010)
GROCERY RUN: The family-run One Stop Market is about a half-mile from the house. ❋ Unknown (2011)
It is near a golf course, according to a listing by Paul Brennan , of Prudential Douglas Elliman, and near woodlands with horse trails, with a half-mile long winding drive. ❋ Josh Barbanel (2011)
It happened in the 700 block of 19th Street NE, about two miles northeast of the Capitol and about a half-mile from the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Benning Road. ❋ Nathan Rott (2010)
Fifteen minutes after the witness called police, a deputy sheriff on patrol noticed a man at the back of another parking lot about a half-mile from the shooting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
