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Cloning Dinner Same beef as last night, please The FDA looks set to allow sales of milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring by year's end. Consumers may shriek yuck, but studies show food from replicated animals is perfectly safe.

A Really Big Catch Iceland resumes whaling Hey, Ahab! Breaking a 20-year global moratorium on commercial whaling, Icelandic authorities plan to begin issuing licenses to hunt 40 minke and endangered fin whales through next August.

Ford Retires Taurus Nearly 7 million sold since 1985 The last Ford Taurus rolls off an Atlanta assembly line this week. In the mid-'90s it was America's most popular car. But sales sank as Ford neglected the sedan in favor of flashier gas guzzlers.

Wiki Spawns Rival New site aims for more accuracy Citizendium, a new Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia, has debuted in limited beta testing. Anyone can write an entry (apply at citizendium.org) but editing is limited to chosen experts.

New Ball? A Brick NBA game ball creates hoopla A new microfiber basketball replaces the old leather model this NBA season, which starts next week. Players are crying foul. Shaq says it's "terrible." Others gripe that it's slippery when wet.