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My house is wired for an alarm system and I'd like to do it myself. But I see that there are also wireless systems available. Are the stick on sensors for windows and doors any good? I'm mostly just wanting some alarm when I'm asleep or in the other end of the house, etc. Are there any particular brands to stay away from? thanx

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Police say an Air Force sergeant shot an intruder at his apartment, then gave the man first aid while waiting for police officers to arrive. Fayetteville police said Staff Sgt. Jared Johnson came home Thursday afternoon to find two men inside, The Fayetteville Observer reported Friday. Police Sgt. Samuel Oates said Johnson shot one man in the leg. Neighbor Jamal Triplett said he heard the gunshot and saw Johnson outside tending to the man’s wound while calling 911.

Teacher Linda Walker, who was jailed for firing a pellet gun during a row with youths, has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Three judges gave her a conditional discharge but refused her permission to challenge her convictions. The 48-year-old, from Urmston, Greater Manchester, was jailed for six months after she was convicted of affray and possessing a firearm on 29 March. She said she fired the gun after the youths had terrorised her family. Her trial was told she had received nuisance phone calls abusing her family, her garden shed had been broken into, and a car and...

The message was clear, said Donnie Weathers as he and his family packed to leave Frayser on Tuesday. Shortly after midnight, an unidentified gunman fired three shots into the brick home at 2814 Northmeade. The shooting came two days after Weathers used a .12-gauge shotgun he bought for deer hunting to shoot at two suspects he caught breaking into his house. Otis Yarbrough, 19, who lived a block away, was hit in the head by gunfire and died on the scene. The other suspect ran from the house. Police said Tuesday they have identified the suspect and were searching for...