Page 305: News 4 Kids on Junior's Book

Two-year-old Keith is proving a dab hand with the cue: A New York toddler is earning a growing reputation as a pool shark - even though he has to stand on a chair to reach the table...
[5/25/2009] New York , U.S.A.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Two Year Old, Keith, Proving, Dab Hand With Cue, New York, Toddler, Pool Shark, Keith O Dell Jr, Pool Prodigy, Youngest Member, American Pool Association, Amateur Pool, Regulation Table, Billiard Games
Novice craps player sets record at NJ casino: Saturday was a record-setting night for a novice craps player at an Atlantic City casino. Patricia Demauro set a new record for longest...
[5/25/2009] Atlantic City-N.J. , U.S.A.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Novice, Craps Player, Sets Record, NJ Casino, Atlantic City, Patricia Demauro, Longest Craps Roll, Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa, Stanley Fujitake, Honolulu, Denville, New Jersey
Daring competitors take part in the annual Cheese Rolling and Wake: It’s a bizarre and utterly English idea – throwing yourself down a hill in hot pursuit of a piece of cheese but the annual Gloucestershire...
[5/25/2009] Gloucestershire , U.K.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Daring Competitors, Take Part, Annual Cheese Rolling and Wake, English Idea, Piece of Cheese, Gloucestershire, Cheese Rolling and Wake, Coopers Hill, Village of Brockworth, Spectators
How were water clocks used?: Water Clocks were among the earliest timekeepers that did not depend on the observation of celestial bodies. The oldest one was found...
[5/24/2009]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Water Clocks, Celestial Bodies, Clepsydras, Stone Vessels, Large Mechanical Clocks, Spring Powered Clocks, Peter Henlein, German Locksmith, Nuremberg Eggs, Portable Time Pieces
New York's Times Square to be pedestrianized: New York's Times Square is to undergo major surgery as work begins to transform the area, known for its heavy traffic jams...
[5/24/2009] New York , U.S.A.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: New Yorks, Times Square, Pedestrianized, New York, Heavy Traffic Jams, Pedestrians Zone, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tim Tompkins, US Tourist Attraction, Sidewalks, Janette Sadik Khan, Jan Gehl, Pedestrianized Zone
Good weather on Mount Everest is the key to successful summits: Nepalese mountaineer Apa Sherpa conquered the peak for the 19th time, breaking his own world record, in a climb he dedicated...
[5/24/2009] kathmandu , Nepal
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Good Weather, Mount Everest, Key to Successful Summits, Mountaineer, Apa Sherpa, Worlds Highest Mountain, Peak, Climbers, Everest Summit Week, Teams
A horror experience in the toilet: In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience...
[5/24/2009] Tokyo , Japan
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Horror Experience, Toilet, Ghosts, Hide in Loo, Horror Story, Toilet Paper, Nine Chapter Novella, Koji Suzuki, Japanese Author, Ring, Public Restroom, Manufacturer, Hayashi Paper
Special airline for pets: A company in America has launched a special airline for pets! Pet Airways transports pets across the US in the plane cabin instead...
[5/24/2009] New York , U.S.A.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Special Airline, Pets, America, Pet Airways, Plane Cabin, Cargo Hold, Alysa Binder, Transport, Flight Attendant, Safe Traveling Kennels
Huge lobster roll recipe has 45 pounds of lobster meat: As record-setting sandwiches go, the planned world's largest lobster roll will be a colossal crustacean creation. A team of culinary whizzes...
[5/24/2009] Portland-Maine , U.S.A.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Huge Lobster Roll Recipe, 45 Pounds, Lobster Meat, Maine, Old Port Festival, Portland, Fundraiser, Worlds Largest Lobster Roll, Miracle Whip, Sixty Foot Roll, Bread, Flatbed Truck, Monster Lobster Roll, Guinness World Records, Colossal Crustacean Creation
When did the accurate mechanical clocks appear?: The clock was invented part by part. In 1577, Jost Burgi invented the minute hand. Burgi’s invention was part of a clock made for...
[5/24/2009]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Mechanical Clocks, Jost Burgi, Minute Hand, Tycho Brahe, Astronomer, Christian Huygens, Dutch Scientist, Pendulum Clock, Galileo Galilei, George Graham, John Harrison, Carpenter, Clock Maker, Marine Chromometer, W H Shortt Clock, Rieflers Clock