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A white Florida woman has been arrested for shooting dead her black neighbor 'through her front door' while confronting her after a bitter two-year dispute over her children playing outside. Susan Lorincz, 58, is accused of killing Ajike 'AJ' Owens in front of her 10-year-old son after the mother-of-four went to confront her over attacking her kids on Friday. Lorincz was charged Tuesday with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery, and two counts of assault, Marion County Sheriff's OfficeA white Florida woman has been arrested for shooting dead her black neighbor 'through her front door' while confronting her after...

WASHINGTON – Disagreement among Senate Democrats over how many struggling homeowners should qualify for court-ordered mortgage relief has stalled a key part of President Barack Obama's foreclosure prevention plan on Capitol Hill. Behind the scenes, top Democrats are offering banks and credit unions sweeteners to drop their opposition to the plan, hoping that even tepid support from lenders might win a few vital votes from skeptical Democrats and Republicans. The bill would give judges new power to lower the interest rate and principal on a primary home loan as part of a bankruptcy settlement. The measure passed the House last...

So we all saw what went down last thursday night, and we all woke up to the same news. What may have been normal headlines to you, were a shock to me. Media source after media source declared without a shadow of a doubt Kerry the winner of the debate (winner decleared after about 647 people were polled.) Should I have been that shocked? Well for starters I am a token conservative, so my bias was probably leaning towards Bush to win even before the debate started. Personally, I thought Bush had the best chance of going away from that...

<p>Recall elections notwithstanding, chalk one up for Attorney General Bill Lockyer in early psychological skirmishing over a possible 2006 gubernatorial race.</p> <p>Lockyer's lawyers two weeks ago won a legal case against megadeveloper Angelo Tsakopoulos. The Sacramento developer is a key financial backer of state Treasurer Phil Angelides, thought to be Lockyer's chief rival for the 2006 Democratic nomination.</p>

The fight to choke off the funding of terror is being put at risk by a dispute between international organisations, BBC News Online has learnt. The International Monetary Fund's move to share the spotlight with the existing international experts on money laundering and terrorist finance, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is triggering tensions which threaten to overturn some of the key techniques developed over the past decade. Sources close to both organisations have told BBC News Online of fundamental differences between the two groups' practices and philosophies - and some fear the result will be to delay at...