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The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, produce a profile of Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Tonight she enters the ring with Jacqui Frazier, daughter of another renowned boxer, Joe Frazier. Both women compete professionally, but their match is a lot more than professional - it renews their fathers' historic rivalry.

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.

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.

Decorated fencer Mariel Zagunis, who carried the U.S. flag into Olympic Stadium as part of the London 2012 opening ceremony, lost in the bronze medal match in the sabre Wednesday afternoon, falling to Olga Kharlan of Ukraine, 15-10.

Craft beers now compete with fine wines at chefs' tables. Our musical sommelier matches classical pieces with the perfect brews.

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.