Restaurant's bake sale raises money for child (Pioneer Press)
Hardee's general manager Inge Cloutier, a practical Minnesotan, knew what to do to help a grieving friend: She baked. Cloutier was joined by other bakers at the Hardee's in Anoka on Saturday to raise money for their friend and former colleague Linda Kokora. Kokora and her husband, Dan, are raising their 2-year-old grandson in Florida after the boy's parents were killed there in December.

China to allocate more money to agriculture in 2006 (People's Daily)
China will adopt more favorable policies and invest more money in the rural areas this year, said sources with the Chinese Ministry of Finance recently.

Israel to transfer tax money to Palestinians (The Jamaica Observer)
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) - Israel agreed yesterday to transfer $54 million (euro45 million) in desperately needed tax money to the Palestinian Authority, but said it might freeze payments after the Islamic Hamas group forms the next Palestinian government.