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WEATHER their numbers to grow this year. Silly Strings Are Attached TODAY’S NEWS (Impress your parents with NEWSY NUMBER your knowledge: Bison are often K Some 80,000 cans of Silly Bison Bounce Back called buffalo, but the two are dif- String are finally headed to Iraq ferent. Buffalo are native to Asia after months of wrangling over K Bison are roaming around Yel- and Africa.) their shipment. $923 lowstone National Park in near- Aerosol containers are con- No Music to Your Ears That’s how much record numbers following the sidered hazardous material that TODAY: Sun and BY RAMAN SANCHEZ — BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN K each of your parents slaughter of more than 1,000 ani- A man in Portsmouth, Virginia, only certain companies can ship. clouds. (Wait, is that Strength in numbers: A wild bison and and other consumers, mals two years ago to guard is challenging a city rule that pro- After Marcelle Shriver collected a chocolate bunny?) against disease. her calf in Yellowstone National Park. hibits ice-cream trucks from play- the Silly String for her son and on average, plan to About 4,700 bison now roam ing music. Claudio Jose Sanchez other soldiers in Iraq, she had HIGH LOW spend this year on the park, located mostly in Wyo- park looking for food. says the rule that vendors can use trouble finding a shipper. This holiday-related items ming. That’s an increase of more Ranchers feared that the bison only a bell, and for only three sec- week a New Jersey shipping 80 62 (toys!), a National Retail than 30 percent from last year, might pass on a disease to their onds, is an unfair restriction on firm agreed to send the materi- Federation survey but short of the 4,900 recorded in cattle, so the wild animals were his business. al. TOMORROW: found. The total is a bit the winter of 2005-06. The herd hunted. Following a public outcry In similar cases in two other Soldiers use the foamy string Partly sunny; breezy. more than last year. was so large that winter that over the slaughter, only two bison states, courts have ruled in favor to help detect trip wires on Chance of rain. (More toys!) So get your more than 1,000 animals left the were killed last winter, allowing of vendors. bombs. High 82. Low 62. wish list ready!

ILLUSTRATION BY CAMRYN DAMICO, 8, SPRINGFIELD WRITE KIDSPOST, THE WASHINGTON POST, 1150 15TH ST. NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20071. K E-MAIL US AT [email protected] K FAX US AT 202-496-3780. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME, AGE, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. KidsPost in the Candy Store The Trick to Testing Treats: Just Chew It nce a year the major candy makers gather in Chicago, Illinois, to show off their latest products. They fill an area the size of 15 football fields with treats of every . O This year’s assortment for kids included familiar brands CrEATables These fruity strings are like edible presented in new ways — such as sprays — and candy bars with gimp. Or playthings. Nine-year-old lower content. Asia Washington (shown with Susan Fussell, spokeswoman for the National Confectioners 10-year-old Lili Ferrufino Esteves, Association (a really sweet job!), said kids continue to crave sour far right) made a tiny jump rope out of hers; other girls in the group candy and bubble gum, so look for both in your pillowcase if you enjoyed lacing them together. The boys just crammed them into their trick-or-treat this Halloween. mouths. Evelin Fuentes, 9, loved that “they are wiggly.” KidsPost reporter Amy Orndorff wanted to ask the real experts what’s yummy or yucky in this year’s treats, so she took several bags of candy to share with 18 kids at Arlington Mill Community Center.

Welch’s Fruit ’n Yogurt Snacks These yogurt-covered fruit pieces were by far the healthiest of the offerings. Mary Nathalie Gabutin, 9, listed these snacks among her favorites (though she avoided several other candies because of a allergy).

Candy Sprays Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales and Toxic Waste sprays were a huge hit when squirted into our tasters’ mouths. (Look at the reaction of 10-year-old Erick Alvarado, above.) Even the Toxic Waste Sour Candy spray with a rat finger puppet on top was a hit. (It tastes better than it sounds, we promise.) “I love sour stuff,” said Brandi Moore, 10. “I took five sprays” of Toxic Waste.

Generation Max The names are familiar — Snickers, M&Ms and 3 Musketeers, for instance — but the taste got a thumbs-down vote from most of the kids. Two of them complained that the Max Pizza Crackers “didn’t taste like pizza.”

3 Musketeers Mint This lower-fat has a hint of mint wrapped in dark chocolate. Katherine Diaz, 11, liked it because it “leaves a good taste in my mouth.”

Bubbilicious Burst Ink’d Frantic Fruit Bubble Gum Reese’s Whipps This gum is a bit sour and will dye your tongue different colors — as 9-year-old Marvin Cedillos and 8-year-old Joshua This lower-fat version of the popular peanut butter cup did well with Knopf demonstrate above. Pamela Hicks, 10, liked it because “it’s sourlicious and so delicious.” Other testers our tasters. Marvin Cedillos said it “tastes better” than the original enjoyed their first few chews but, as Lili Ferrufino Esteves noted: “The Bubblicious needs more taste. . . . It ran out Reese’s cups.

but I am still chewing it.” KID PHOTOS BY LOIS RAIMONDO — THE WASHINGTON POST; CANDY PHOTOS BY THE WASHINGTON POST

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