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Researchers say that on an average basis, it's possible to match dogs with their owners, based on criteria of owner selections and purebred characteristics. Researchers tested 45 dogs and owners for University of California at San Diego psychology professor Nicholas Christenfeld's study, Do Dogs Resemble Their Owners?. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Christenfeld.

The U.S. Open is underway but there are no fans at the tennis matches in New York.

The Milwaukee suburb matches older or disabled homeowners with volunteer shovelers.

Noah talks with Scott Dikkers, the editor-in-chief of "The Onion," an humor newspaper produced on-line and published in print in Madison, Wisconsin. Dikkers and the staff of the Onion conjure up satirical news headlines and stories to match. The story ideas come mostly from brainstorming meetings. A sample headline: "Bob Dole Demands Preemptive Recount."

all they are made out to be: the latest annual performance rankings show that nearly five out of six failed to even match the average return for the overall stock market.

Noah talks with David Coles, senior sports journalist and soccer commentator, about Eurocup 1996. The meeting of England and Germany in Eurocup semifinals on Wednesday has inspired unbridled sensationalism in the English press. Coles says that most of the newspaper headlines that are playing up the rivalry are good natured, but he recognizes that "hooliganism" will be present to some degree at Wednesday's match.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports a $97 million dollar settlement has finally pushed Microsoft to compensate it's temporary workers. "Permatemps", as they are called, are full time workers who receive no benefits. Considering Microsoft's lucrative stock options, the current settlement is no match for what workers would have been making but it is a step in the right direction for temp workers as a whole.

While its eventual fate is an open question, Jonah Staw says his new company may be worth $100 million dollars in three years. NPR's Ketzel Levine talks with Staw about Little MissMatched, the business Staw started after leaving a marketing career.

A Frenchman spent eight years building the giant model, but officials at the Guinness World Records says he didn't use "commercially available" matches. Guinness tells NBC News it may reconsider.

Caleb Williams was taken No. 1 by the Chicago Bears in Thursday's NFL Draft. Williams, who played quarterback at Southern California and Oklahoma, faced challenges at a young age.