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What's Happening in Europe? Here's What You Need to Know

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:32:50 UTC

More Trouble in Greece: The Country is Facing New Financial Problems

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:31:29 UTC

The Republican Debate: Take Two

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:30:38 UTC

The President Visits Africa

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:29:35 UTC

Desperate Journeys:

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:28:29 UTC

What's Up With Saturn's Rings?

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:27:40 UTC

Garbage Collector Creates Library from Rescued Books

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:26:55 UTC

Who Was Boss Before the Dinosaurs

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:19:43 UTC

Big Clock Fixed With a Few Pennies

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:18:31 UTC

Pluto Pictures Are Pouring In

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:16:15 UTC

Guinness RELEASES 2015 Records

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:15:14 UTC

Nepal: Finally a Constitution

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:12:12 UTC

The Iran Deal Explained

jon_cramer — 2015-09-30 14:06:48 UTC

Blake Leffler: The President Visits Africa.

2015-10-01 19:31:19 UTC

Barack Obama went to Africa for four days. He spoke before 4,500 students and government officials and said, "Kenyan's should not have to go through what my grand father had to go through. They shouldn't need to go to a different country to get good education of to serve a master. Kenya now has the potential for you to build your future right here." He was the first president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia. This story reminds me of Syria because when you look at the map, you see how close they are. Why don't the refugees in Syria try to escape to Africa?

Ryan Geist Who was boss before dinosaurs

2015-10-01 19:31:37 UTC

A lot of the time we think dinosaurs were the big bosses, but scientists are finding evidence of better rulers. Before the peak of the Jurassic period, mammal forerunners and crocodile relatives ruled over the dinosaurs. At the peak of the dinosaurs' time something happened. Some thing in the water made the crocs and forerunners extinct (scientists don't know what yet)

This is related to scientists finding the missing link between ape and man because both involve new discoveries on old topics.

Anna Mays: The Iran Deal Explained

2015-10-01 19:32:26 UTC

On July 14, many countries including the USA reached an agreement with Iran about its nuclear program. In 2002 the world found out that Iran had plans to build nuclear weapons. After this shocking discovery the US and its European allies began trying to talk Iran out of creating these weapons. The deal involves Iran having to reduce its uranium production and to cut their stockpile down to 98%, in addition to limiting their uranium supply Iran can no longer create plutonium reactors for at least 15 years.

This is related to the Republican Debate because many Republicans have voted against the deal.

Anneli Ahlmann: Guinness Releases 2015 Records

2015-10-01 19:32:40 UTC

Some people are willing to do anything to get into The Guinness Book of World Records, but it' snot as easy as it might seem. If you're wondering how this famous book came to be keep reading. In May of 1951, Sir Huge Beaver got in an argument about which is the fastest game bird. When they discovered that there wasn't a book on it he decided to make one. Eventually the first book was published in 1955. After that they would get thousands of requests for someone to come and see if they can be in the book. Almost 80% of people are turned down. But even if you don't want to be in it, it's a fun book to read. Connection: Text-Text This reminds me of when in my gym class I tried to beat the record for the pacer. I didn't make it just like 80% of people that wanted to be in The Guinness Book of World Records.

Bryce townley what is up with saturns rings?

2015-10-01 19:34:11 UTC

Although Saturn you can see on a regular basis. But you can only see its rings with a telescope. The rings are super thin and can be 30 ft tall. Even though saturns rings look like they are one but no they are thousands of particle that are stuck together. But as of now we don't know how the rings formed.

My connection is that this article reminds me of my astronomy merit badge for scouts.

Brayden: Guiness world records

2015-10-01 19:34:35 UTC

It's crazy what people do and are born with to find there way to fame.There was a man who Unfounturunitly passed away but he will die famous for being 21 and a half inches tall,and i thought i was small.Guinness's motto for a record is that it should be "provable, quantifiable and breakable".What would you be willing to do to get into the great book? I know I would try to not hurt myself to bad.Just like the biggest hot dog stand i know it took blood sweat and tears.

Connection :I've read the book and one of the craziest things i found was a guy from cuba periced himself around 100 thimes he is just crazy!

Sophia Krasnesky-"What's up with Saturn's Rings?"

plentyhoopsch — 2015-10-01 19:34:38 UTC

Some people asked Smithsonian, "what's up with Saturn's rings?" Saturn can be seen without a telescope, but its rings can't be seen with the naked eye. Galileo first spotted the rings in 1610. Scientists don't know a whole lot about Saturn's rings, but they're discovering new things all the time, thanks to the probes they've sent to Saturn.

McKenzie H-Garbage Collecter

2015-10-01 19:34:43 UTC

Garbage collector Jose Gutierrez started collecting books twenty years ago when he was driving around a wealthy neighborhood. His new community library is stacked with books from top to bottom, containing lots of children's books, textbooks, and chapter books. Jose has little education and has come from a poor family. Jose believes all kids should have a library around every corner they turn and a good book all the time.

My connection for this is for all the Imagrants going to Europe. Most of those kids moving are poor, all the kids Jose are giving books too are poor. I think we should give the Imagrants some books too.

Antonio Caliz:"Who Was The Boss Before Dinosaurs"

engelbylj — 2015-10-01 19:35:20 UTC

During the Triassic period dinosaurs arose.At that time the population was scarce.What happened then caused half of life on earth to be extinct.

Dylan M what is up with Saturns RIngs

cohrsdl — 2015-10-01 19:35:40 UTC

Even though you can see Saturn with a naked eye you can't see its rings that go around the planet with a naked eye, only with a telescope. The rings are made up of

Elizabeth Proietti Garbage Collector Creates Library Out of Rescued Books

2015-10-01 19:35:44 UTC

Columbian man Jose Gutierrez is a garbage collector who noticed that many wealthier neighbor hoods in his city of bogota were always throwing away books , a treasure for poor neighboorhoods like his. So Jose decided to do something about it, and for twenty years now, he has been collecting books that he find in the trash, and storing them in his home. Jose has over twenty thousand books in his collection now and has made a little library for all of the kids in his neighbor hood who can't afford books. Jose is very proud of his collection, and so are the kids in his neighborhood.

This article remind me of a segment I saw on the news where people had a little book libraries and when you take a book, you leave a book

Sela Martinez: Big Clock Fixed With a Few Pennies

skytheemolga03 — 2015-10-01 19:35:53 UTC

Big Ben in London has been running 24 hours 365 days for 156 years. Lately it has been slowed by 6 seconds. Parliamentary officials have been placing pennies on the pendulum to fine-tune the clock's speed. It is now only 2 second behind the right time and people will keep putting pennies or taking them away.

Bryce Hawken:Pluto pictures are pouring in

2015-10-01 19:37:24 UTC

New horizons is taking a lot of pictures of Pluto.Some pictures have montains others craters some even have plains! The pictures ask many questions like are there dunes on pluto. This reminds me of when they found liquid water on Mars

Makayla Mills The Iran Deal Explained:

2015-10-01 19:37:25 UTC

Iran started making nuclear weapons and many countries did not like it. Iran than made a deal that they would stop getting uranium and allow people to be more visible on what they are doing. In exchange the U.S. Has to lift the harsh economic sanctions they put on Iran. The U.S. Decided to go through with this deal. The connection I made is between the U.S. And Iran because we don't know if we can trust them

Austin Carter: The Republican Debate Take Two

2015-10-01 19:39:14 UTC

On Wednesday night, there was another republican debate for republicans. There were nearly 23 million viewers, along with 800 journalists at the scene. There were 11 candidates at the debate, all competing

Amanda Atchey: The President Visits Africa

2015-10-01 19:39:20 UTC

President Obama is making history by visiting Africa for a 4 day trip. He is now the first president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia. He will become the first American president to address the African Union. He has been speaking out about human rights, trade, and politics and has been meeting so many African leaders.

Connection: A connection to President Obama visiting Africa is when just recently the pope visited many important cities in the United States.

Korbin pfannenstiel Whats up with Saturn

2015-10-01 19:39:24 UTC

Saturns ring are made up of particles of and then ice forms around the particles. Saturns rings can be seen without a telescope. The first time the rings were discovered was in 1610. There are 7 rings all around Saturn The rings are 175,000 miles wide.

Samantha McDaniel: The Iran Deal Explained

2015-10-01 19:40:51 UTC

In 2002 Iran started to create nuclear weapons. A lot of people didn't like that and nether did the U.S. The U.S., Iran, and other countries have been talking about this deal for many years. We all finally agreed on a deal that will make Iran have to cut back 98% of nuclear materials they have already made, and they also can not crate any more nuclear materials. This reminds me of the Republican Debate, becuse they talked about they talked about this topic alot.

Emily D: Who Was Boss Before Dino

2015-10-01 19:40:56 UTC

Scientists have found that dinosaurs aren't the eldest reptiles. During the turassic period certain reptiles emerged

Arielle Arneson: pictures of Pluto poring in

2015-10-01 19:41:06 UTC

NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been sending pictures of Pluto up close. This is the first spacecraft that has been to Pluto before. The newest snapshots reveal landscape that science imagined.

Ian Fretheim:What's up with Saturn's Rings

2015-10-01 19:41:52 UTC

Saturn's rings were formed billions of years ago while it and the rest of the solar system was being formed. Though they look solid they are really made up of billions of particles of ice, rock, and grit. Some of these range in size from a speck of dust to a snowball. Saturn's rings are in a constant state of creation and thanks to satellites we've discovered a 17 billion mile long ring.

I chose this article because during the recent blood super moon I remembered the other planets in orbit around the sun.(A yellow dwarf star)

Kyle Brott:Guinness releases 2015 records

2015-10-01 19:42:50 UTC

The Guinness book of world records just released their 2016 copy of their book and people will do anything to set a record. There are 4,ooo records tracked and more added in each year, there is always something new. The book came out in 1955, since then nearly 100 million copies has been sold and updated annually. From longest burrito to the fastest turtle nearly 80 percent of the records are new each year.

Guinness Releases 2015 Records By Tobias Estrella

2015-10-01 19:43:08 UTC

The Guinness Book of Records has over 40,000 records.People will do anything to be in the book, like making the biggest hotdog stand or having the having the worlds fastest tortoise. Each year the book will have 4,000 more records, but that is only 20

Sydney Butkovich: Who was boss before the dinosaurs?

2015-10-01 19:43:52 UTC

Scientists recently discovered during the tarrassic time period dinosaurs weren't the only bosses around. There were crocodile like carnavors that were also in charge.

Bella Bailey - Guinness Releases 2015 Records

2015-10-01 19:44:11 UTC

Jaydyn Escamilla:Guinness release 2015 records

2015-10-01 19:45:15 UTC

I can't believe that Bertie was so fast it only took

Autumn Holder: Guinness RELEASES 2015 Records

2015-10-01 19:45:35 UTC

Guinness releases 2015 world record book on September 11. This year they recorded 40,000 but only used 4,000. It includes Jesison Hernadez with a 26 shoe size.

Madison Miller / "Who was boss before the dinosaurs?"

2015-10-01 19:46:27 UTC

Emily D: Who Was Boss Before Dinosaurs

2015-10-01 19:47:00 UTC

Scientists have found that dinosaurs aren't the eldest reptiles. During the Turassic period certain reptiles emerged. They were once dominate, but something happened that caused them and half of the world's population of animals to go extinct. Scientists are still trying to figure out what caused this to happen but believe it had something to do with the older species.

Austin Carter: Republican Debate Take two

2015-10-01 19:48:30 UTC

Sydney Butkovich: Who was boss before the dinosaur?

butkovichsh — 2015-10-01 21:21:11 UTC

Scientists recently discovered in the terrassic time period the dinosaurs weren't the only one in power.in fact there was also a crocodile like carnavor also in charge. Something big happened 200 million years ago which wiped out about half the earths population. What happened made the whole species become extinct. Certain rhino species are about to become extinct now from hunters like the crocodile is now extinct because of what happened.

Jaydyn Escamilla: Guinness Releases 2015 Records

2015-10-01 21:25:31 UTC

I can't believe there's a book where over 40,000 people say they're a record holder for weird, crazy, silly things. Records like, making the longest burrito, being the fastest tortoise at 0.6mph, and having the most people in a line dance. The 1st book came out in 1955 and almost 100 million copies have been sold since. You have to be really special to make the book though because only 4,000 people make the cut.

Connection: Since were talking about records, Colorado just had one. September 2015 just became the hottest September on record at an average of 69.4 degrees beating the previous record set in September 1948 of 68.3 degrees.

Austin Carter:The Republican Debate Take Two

2015-10-01 23:22:16 UTC

On Wednesday night, there was another republican debate. This took place at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. There were nearly an estimated 23 million viewers, along with 800 journalists at the library. There were 11 candidates participating at the debate, each one of them try to convince each other that they are the best.

Connection: This reminds me of the last debate that I saw on the news because there were many of the same candidates and they were trying to imply that they were the best.

Bella Bailey - Big clock fixed with a few pennies

2015-10-02 02:58:24 UTC

A famous bell named Big Ben stopped working correctly and everyone was shocked. So, BBC Radio found one of Parliament's three clocksmiths to fix it. The only way he could fix it was by placing pennies on the pendulum which are used to fine-tune its speed. It is only 2 seconds behind as of now, they will keep placing pennies to get it right.

My connection is that once i used two pennies to balance an old table while our new table was shipping.

Guinness Releases 2015 Records By Tobias Estrella

2015-10-02 12:32:51 UTC

The Guinness Book of Records has over 40,000 records. People will do anything to be in the book such as making the biggest hot dog stand, having the having the worlds fastest tortoise, or having the most BMX time machine Each year the book will have 4,000 more records, but that is only 20% or the total entries. 80% of records are new and some are old records that were overtaken. If you want to set a record yourself, it has to be "provable, quantifiable and breakable".

When I was in elementary school my mom bought me Ripley's Believe it or Not! books and I was so fascinated by them. I wondered why so many people would make life long commitments just to be in the book. I was surprised by how crazy some of the stunts were. And now I am excited to see some of that same stuff again the the new Guinness book.