Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

Welcome to 'Cooking With Miranda'. With the holidays behind us and the bone-chilling weather setting in, It's time to cook up some 'comfort' food....

A nickel is a nickel is a nickel - Always worth five cents right? Wrong! If it is one of the five 1913 Liberty Head Nickels, then it may be worth millions - as much as $3.7mm, as is reputed to have been paid by anonymous buyer, at an auction held in Orlando, Florida, last Thursday....

What a year it has been so far for world records - First 26-year old Travis Pastrana stuns the world with his amazing leap, then the world's tallest building finally opens its door and now, two skydivers set another record by leaping off it's 200th floor....

Dogs have always been called 'man's best friend'. However, 11-year old Austin Forman's dog Angel, is not only his best friend, but also, his 'Guardian Angel' - one that just saved his life!...

On New Year Eve, 26-year old Travis Pastrana, stunned a cheering crowd of 35,000 people, by establishing a new record for the longest rally car jump ever! His eye-popping 269ft. leap surpassed the previous record of171ft., by an astounding 98ft!...

A team of Taiwanese marine biologists recently revealed the discovery of a new species of crab - one that resembles a strawberry so much, that it has been clumped with the family of crabs known as 'Strawberry Crabs'....

With the holidays over, the onset of a fiercely cold winter in most parts of the United States and the beginning of (almost) six months of school, there may not seem much to smile about these days - But don't tell that to Ruth Kaiser. She not only smiles a lot, but manages to find a smiley face in almost everything she sees, even her lunch!...

After almost five years of construction, the world's tallest building - the Burj Dubai, was finally declared opened amidst much fanfare today. In his opening ceremony speech, Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, not only revealed its final height, but also, its new name....

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is known for its cheesy gift shops, snazzy street performers, clam chowder served in their world famous sourdough bread bowl and. . . . . . . . hundreds of loud and boisterous sea lions that reside on the docks of its Pier 39....