Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

Thousands of people gathered on the streets of New Orleans today, to listen to live music and watch colorful parades as the city celebrated Mardi Gras - the grand finale of the 12-day festival season....

Yesterday the folks at NASA completed yet another successful mission. However, unlike their other missions, this did not entail sending an Astronaut on a dangerous spacewalk or launching a space shuttle. Entitled "To boldly go where no music has ever gone before" - this mission was to beam music into deep space for the first time ever....

"As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!" - This was the prediction from "Punxsutawney Phil", the legendary groundhog on February 2nd, the official Groundhog Day....

Ten-Year old Courtney Oliver knows exactly what she is going be when she grows up - A Veterinarian. She is so sure that she has already completed some coursework on the Internet, that qualified her to be a registered Veterinarian Assistant....

Last Saturday, Fourteen-year old Mirai Nagasu became the second youngest woman to win the U.S. Figure Skating Championships held in St. Paul, Minnesota....

It looks like a Porsche, drives like a Ferrari and is more environmentally friendly than a Prius. Meet the world's coolest alternative fuel car - The Tesla Roadster....

He is only six weeks old and still has to be named. But he has his own "blog" and has already left home and found a real job! Meet the newest and cutest member of Scotland's Tayside Police Force....

Welcome to Centralia, a small town located in east- central Pennsylvania. Forty-six years ago, this used to be a bustling coal-mining town with over 2,500 residents. Today, Centralia is not even listed in most maps and its population has dwindled down to ten, thanks to a fire that cannot be extinguished....

If you have two hours and $200,000 US Dollars to spare, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic promises you the ride of a lifetime - A trip to Space!...