Taking on Niagara Falls on tightrope

From Stuff.co.nz: Nik Wallenda can’t visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, landmarks, nations. Even as a 6-year-old at Niagara Falls with his parents, he pictured walking a tightrope over the raging, whitewater maw. Now 33, the seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas, is ready to…

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Kids Draw the News – Nik Wallenda’s Big Night

From the New York Times (including some kids’ drawings): The Kids Draw the News assignment to do a drawing about Nik Wallenda’s plan to cross high above Niagara Falls on a tightrope Friday night drew a bunch of lovely submissions. Some of them are in the slide show above.

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Twitter updates for 2012-07-02

I love this ride!! (@ Kandu's Twister @ Marineland) http://t.co/Jib1eEBv # My two sons are going on this with my sister (their Aunt) (@ Magic Experience @ Marineland) [pic]: http://t.co/1lxzyFrz # The crowd loves it 🙂 (@ King Waldorf's Stadium Show) [pic]: http://t.co/fXGRLEAl # These deer msut be thinking "Man it's hot today!" (@ Deer…

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