Tyson Foods Beefs Up Bottom Line (The Morning News) Beef sales and operating improvements pushed Tyson Foods Inc. to its best overall quarter since the summer of 2005, despite swings in both corn and live cattle prices. [News Source]

Feds Stand By Tyson Foods (The Morning News) The Morning News The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a Japanese request to remove a Nebraska beef processing facility owned by Tyson Foods Inc. from a list of plants authorized for Japanese export. [News Source]

fringe festival schedule (Orlando Sentinel) 2007: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Clarion Refugees, Altamonte Springs. Musical comedy, parody, tribute. $8. Explore the next big issue: Inter-species dating. Green, 60 minutes. 12:40 p.m. 5/19, 7:15 p.m. 5/20, 10:30 p.m. 5/22, 9:05 p.m. 5/25, midnight 5/26, 8:30 p.m. 5/27. [News Source]

Canada seeks better U.S. trade relations (UPI) A research group says the United States and Canada must agree on shared border security and defense to protect their trade relationship. [News Source]