Wave of Mat-Su burglaries alarms citizens (Anchorage Daily News)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough authorities say they're contending with a growing number of break-ins, a wave that's alarming home and business owners and forcing police and prosecutors to shift priorities.

Wave of Mat-Su burglaries in '08 alarms citizens (Anchorage Daily News)

WASILLA -- Nancy Taylor yanked open the front door one morning last June to holler at the goats she heard tromping on the porch.

Burglars Use Fireworks As Cover For Break-Ins (WFTV 9 Orlando)

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Burglars used the noise from New Year's fireworks to go on a crime spree in upscale Lake Mary neighborhoods. They crashed through windows at five homes in the Lake Mary Woods and Woldunn subdivisions to try to get inside the houses.

WashCo sheriff says three false alarms are the limit (The South Alabamian)

Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer said after the first of the year, his department is adopting a new policy concerning the answering of burglar alarms for residences and businesses. "After three false alarms, we will no longer respond to that business or residence," said Stringer.

Surviving the storm: Celina continues growth amid turbulent 2008 (The Celina Record)

The nation’s lackluster economy finally made its way into Collin County. The county ranks second in the United States in growth, but the recession found a way to shackle its economy.