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.

Mother, 4 young sons among 8 dead in NY house fire (AP via Yahoo! News)

A fast-moving house fire killed eight people, including four young brothers, despite the homeowner's frantic attempts to save them, authorities and a witness said.

Illegal aerials lit up O'ahu (Honolulu Advertiser)

In 'Ewa Beach, residents say, the illegal fireworks kicked in as far back as October and built to a war-zone crescendo by New Year's Eve, resulting in what one person described as "house-shaking explosions," wailing car alarms, crying babies and cowering pets.

Chip pan fire kills four children in NZ (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

A fire in a NZ house that killed four children and left three people seriously injured was started by an unattended chip pan on a stove, fire officers believe.