C M Y K C12 DAILY 01-29-08 MD RE C12 CMYK C12 Tuesday, January 29, 2008 R The Washington Post Last week’s survey Bee 10.4% asked: What is your Butterfly 35.1% favorite insect? Cockroach 8.4% More than 450 SAYS readers Ladybug 21.8% SURVEY responded: I don’t like bugs! 24.3% WEATHER has traveled around to be studied TODAY’S NEWS by paleontologists, the U.S. space SPEAK OUT agency and the National Geo- Hadrosaur’s Roaming graphic Society. THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Unlike most collections of Days Are Almost Over bones found in museums, this K Dakota the duckbilled dinosaur hadrosaur was found with fossil- Super Bowl Pick is going home to North Dakota. ized skin, ligaments, tendons and BY DIANE BONDAREFF — RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART VIA AP The New York Giants and the The 65-million-year-old fossil- possibly some internal organs, re- Wim Hof is head and shoulders above TODAY: Cloudy; New England Patriots meet other ice-bath record seekers. ized hadrosaur, found in North searchers said. rain likely. Sunday in Super Bowl XLII Dakota’s Badlands in 1999, will It was found by a high school (42). The Patriots have 18 wins be ready for display at the State student who spotted its bony tail Cold? Think Again HIGH LOW and no losses this season and Historical Society in Bismarck in while hiking on his uncle’s are trying to notch the longest early June. Since the discovery, it ranch. K Most people try to stay out of 50 38 perfect season in pro football the cold during winter. history. (Miami went 17-0 in Scientists believe that Dakota looked like this about 65 million years ago. Not Wim Hof, 48, who broke TOMORROW: 1972-73.) his own world record on Satur- Clouds and sun; So who do you think will win day by standing immersed in ice chance of rain. Sunday’s big game in Arizona? for 72 minutes. High 50. Low 30. Go to www.kidspost.com and Hof set the mark on a street in ILLUSTRATION BY THOMAS ANDERSON, vote: 8, SPRINGFIELD New York City where people K Who will win the Super Bowl? could watch. His previous record WEATHER A. New England Patriots was 68 minutes. TRIVIA B. New York Giants Hof said he survives by con- WHICH IS HEAVIER — C. Don’t know. I’m not a fan. BY TONY GUTIERREZ — ASSOCIATED PRESS trolling his body temperature WARM AIR OR COLD through a type of Asian medita- AIR? The winner of the Super Bowl gets BY JULIUS T. CSOTONYI — NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY the Vince Lombardi Trophy. tion, or deep thought. ANSWER: COLD AIR. 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. Getting to Know the Candidates In the next week, people in ELECTION more than 20 states will vote for 2008 Respondents (listed alphabetically) the person they want to be the Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat, New York) country’s next president. The candidates have spent months explaining their views on Former senator John Edwards (Democrat, North Carolina) important issues such as the war in Iraq, the economy, Clinton Edwards Former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (Republican, New York) McCain immigration and pollution. Former governor Mike Huckabee (Republican, Arkansas) Less known, at this point, is their personal side. What Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona) are their favorite foods, worst habits and hidden talents, Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois) for example? The Associated Press wire service asked the Former governor Mitt Romney (Republican, Massachusetts) leading candidates these and other questions. Their * Responses edited by KidsPost responses might surprise you. If you don’t already have a favorite in the 2008 race, you might after reading this. Giuliani Huckabee Obama Romney Favorite Gadget Clinton: iPod. Pets Edwards: iPod. Clinton: “Seamus, our Lab.” Giuliani: CD player. Edwards: Golden retriever Huckabee: “My laptop or and chocolate Lab. my bass guitar and Huckabee: Jet, a black Lab, amplifier.” and Sonic the Shih Tzu. McCain: Razr cellphone McCain: Sam, an English and the TV remote. springer spaniel; Coco the Rudy Giuliani is not a fan of liver. Obama: BlackBerry. mutt; turtles Cuff and Link; Romney: BlackBerry. Oreo the black-and-white Shunned Food cat; a ferret; three Clinton: “Things that are still parakeets; and 13 fish. alive.” Edwards: Mushrooms. Best & Worst Grades/Subjects Clinton: “I always loved Giuliani: Liver. history and got good grades, Huckabee: Carrots. “I banned but I never did well at them from the governor’s Mitt Romney, left, takes a turn on the grill at a picnic in New Hampshire. math.” mansion.” Edwards: Best was U.S. McCain: “I don’t do too well Other Career Choice Giuliani: “My grandfather’s history. (No answer on with vegetables.” Giuliani: Sports announcer. pocket watch.” “worst.”) Obama: Beets. Huckabee: Bass guitar player Giuliani: Best was Huckabee: for a rock band. Romney: “Eggplant, in any Mike Huckabee, constitutional law and “Probably my Obama: Architect. shape or form.” right, plays bass contracts in law school; Tobias bass guitar.” guitar. John worst was tax law. McCain: “A baseball Worst Jobs McCain, below, Nickname checks his Razr Huckabee: A+ in debate; C in Obama: Barry. signed by Ted Clinton: “Sliming fish in a cellphone. ninth-grade algebra. Romney: “In high school my Williams, my fish cannery in Valdez, McCain: “I never got good friends called me Bird Legs. childhood hero.” Alaska.” grades.” And how did I get it? Take a Obama: Edwards: Textile mill. Obama: Graduated with guess.” “Photograph . Huckabee: “Washing honors from Harvard Law of the cliffs of windows at JCPenney’s School; got a D in Prized Possession Oahu’s South when I was 14. Just eighth-grade French. Edwards (right): “My running Shore, where my as I’d get all the Romney: A to F. “Fortunately, shoes are very important to mother’s ashes fingerprints wiped off I got more A’s than F’s.” me.” are scattered.” the door, somebody Romney: A 1962 would . put their Rambler hands all over the American car. glass.” “The last year Obama: “Scooping ice that my dad was cream at president of Baskin-Robbins and American eating too much.” Motors and Romney: “Sawing Worst Habit made through a sewer pipe that Clinton: Chocolate. Ramblers was 1962, so still had active sewage Edwards: Drinking soda. it’s a connection with my occasionally passing Giuliani: Talking too much. dad.” through it.” Huckabee: Channel-surfing. Barack Obama was an honor student at Harvard Law School. McCain: Coffee. Obama: “Checking my BlackBerry.” Favorite Food to Cook Romney: Fidgeting. Clinton: “I’m a lousy cook, Picking Favorites but I make pretty good Want to learn more about the Hidden Talent scrambled eggs.” presidency and how one gets elected Clinton: “I love crossword Edwards: Hamburgers. to that office? “America Votes: How puzzles.” Our President Is Elected,” by Linda Edwards: “Jump shot.” Giuliani: Hamburgers or steak. Granfield, gives a quick, colorfully Huckabee: “Impersonations Huckabee: Ribeye steak. illustrated run-through for readers ages 9 to 12. of dozens of celebrities.” McCain: Baby-back ribs. To learn more about the presidential campaign, go to McCain: “Barbecue grill www.kidspost.com and click on “The Race Is On” in the Obama: Chili. chef.” blue “Election 2008” box. Romney: Hot dogs. Hillary Clinton likes making eggs. Romney: “Singing.” PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JULIA EWAN — THE WASHINGTON POST C M Y K C12.