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Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at NY mall

New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber) after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Complete Story...

Police: Two dead in Ore. office park shooting

PORTLAND, Ore. - At least two people were dead Tuesday after a shooting at an office park near Portland, NBC and AP reported.

NYC church that housed notorious club to convert

A church that once housed a notorious New York City nightclub is expected to undergo a conversion.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Grass to be greener on National Mall

Frustrated with poor maintenance by the federal government, the group that built the Vietnam War memorial is aiming to improve its little corner of the National Mall by taking over lawn care for 13.5 acres marred by weeds, moss and brown spots.

Macerich in joint venture in Colo. mall

The operating partnership of Macerich Co., a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, and a private equity firm announced Thursday a joint venture in a Colorado mall.

Plane lands in NJ mall parking lot, stuns shoppers

A small plane made an emergency landing in a mall's parking lot on Tuesday, stunning back-to-school shoppers, and the pilot and a passenger emerged with only minor injuries.

Ahead of the Bell: Discounts drive mall traffic

Shoppers are still "picky," according to one retail watcher, but stores' discounts are propelling merchandise for children and young adults as the back-to-school season nears its peak.

Woman who set self afire in busy Miami mall dies

A 42-year-old woman who set herself on fire at a Miami shopping mall died less than a week after the shocking scene, police said.

AP Enterprise: Neglected National Mall languishes

Crumbling sidewalks near the Jefferson Memorial are sinking into the Tidal Basin. Reflecting pools are filled with green, smelly water. And millions of visitors have trampled the soil into virtual concrete where grass can't grow.

Murder charge filed in rapper's killing

A lawyer for the man accused of killing Dolla acknowledged that his client pulled the trigger Wednesday, but said he did it in self-defense.

National Mall to start recycling program

The National Mall, known as America's "front yard" and stretching from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, is finally getting a recycling program.

‘Observe and Report’ doesn’t compromise

Major studios like the idea of making dark-hearted, audacious comedies, but more often than not, these movies wind up going soft. The suits worry about alienating test audiences with “unlikable” characters, big stars don’t want to risk their fan base by taking things to an edgy place, and we generally wind up with films that start out with a bold concept but then water it down with life lessons and redemptions and general wishy-washiness.

Cinema du food court: Great mall movies

Statistics tell us that there are 0.2 malls for every 1,000 people in the United States; that’s equivalent to the per-capita numbers for restaurants, which must mean that shopping has become as vital as eating to Americans.

Best bets: ‘Parks and Recreation’ premieres

Amy Poehler's new show, was originally supposed to be a spinoff of NBC hit "The Office," but now the show stands alone. It's still shot in the same faux-documentary style, with "Office" alum Rashida Jones in the cast, and fans are hoping for more of that straightforward, non-laugh-track humor, just transported outside of Dunder-Mifflin Paper. (Premieres April 9, 8:30 p.m., NBC.)

NYC making parts of Broadway into pedestrian plaza

Two heavily used swaths of New York City's Broadway will become pedestrian plazas in May to help reduce traffic and pollution.

As sales skid, shoppers hold on to day at the mall

Something's amiss at the mall.

For the crowds, headaches coming and going

- To the headache of shepherding as many as 2 million people to and from Barack Obama’s inauguration as president Tuesday, add this complication:

Review: Freeze before seeing `Paul Blart'

The biggest crime of all in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is not the bank heist that goes down at a New Jersey mall on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. Rather, it's the egregious way in which Kevin James' innate likability goes to waste.

E-shopping site to open in China for Japan goods

A new Internet shopping mall is opening in China next month that will take payments in the widely used China UnionPay Co. cards for Japanese products, company officials said Friday.

1 person shot outside Macy's at suburban D.C. mall

Montgomery County police say one person has been shot outside a Macy's department store at a suburban Washington shopping mall. A second person was hit by glass.

Chavez orders halt to construction of Caracas mall

President Hugo Chavez says he was heading through downtown Caracas when he was shocked by the sight of a huge, nearly finished shopping mall amid the high-rise offices and apartments.

Chavez says mall to be expropriated in Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez ordered construction halted on a major shopping mall in Caracas on Sunday, saying the government will expropriate the unfinished building.

Hunky Santa at the mall is sooooo L.A.

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why: Santa Claus has abs of steel.

Biggest mall opens in Philippines after expansion

The largest mall in the Philippines and third biggest in the world opened in Manila on Friday, following completion of a six-floor expansion, amid hopes that domestic spending will cushion the effects of a global economic slowdown.

National Mall will be open for Obama inauguration

In a change from tradition, the entire length of the National Mall will be open to the public during the upcoming presidential inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee announced Thursday.

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Susan Boyle to sing in Toronto Nov. 26
Source: Toronto Sun

Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who became a YouTube sensation, is set to sing in Toronto later this month. The Nov. 26 show will be her only Canadian appearance. The "Les Miserables" song serves as the title of Boyle's debut album, which drops Nov. 23.

Teen Critical After Fall In Circle Centre Mall
Source: theindychannel.com

A 16-year-old boy in Indianapolis for the FFA convention was in critical condition Thursday after he fell three stories inside Circle Centre Mall, police said.

Closing the Deal at the Virtual Checkout - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Shoppers rarely drive to the mall, load up their carts and then abandon them in the middle of the store. On the Web, though, it happens all the time.

September 25, 2009 National Day of Prayer for MUSLIMS -
Source: The Firearms Forum.Com

Washington, D.C. - On September 25th there will be a national prayer gathering of Muslims on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building. They are expecting at least 50,000 to attend from mosques all across America. They will gather to pray from 4:00 AM until 7:00 PM.

Camping Trip from Hell? pt16

First off thanks to all of you who are still reading this increasingly long story. Second I'd like to list a few of the stores we saw that for some unknown reason are still stuck in my head. Probabily because we stopped in most of them at some point during the day.

Camping Trip from Hell? pt15

Since we were feeling overstuffed we decided to take the strolling a little slower than normal at this point.

Camping Trip from Hell? pt14

What can I say, Our day started early because my wife couldn't contain her excitement. It became rather infectious to say the least. After stowing our gear and unhooking I grabbed the map to find out where we were going while she was feeding the kids.

Babysitter leaves kid in car, goes shopping
Source: ABC Action News

A babysitter has been charged with child neglect after she allegedly left a child in her car while she went shopping at the Desoto Square Mall Saturday afternoon.

Man gets glued to toilet seat at Australian mall
Source: Yahoo! News

A man who used a public toilet in a shopping mall was taken to a hospital to have the toilet seat removed from his backside after someone smeared it with glue in what an official condemned Monday as a sick joke.

Man used iPhone camera to photograph up girls skirts at mall
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

A man pretending to be looking at shoes in an Altamonte Mall store was actually using a cell-phone camera to take pictures under the skirts of young females, according to a police report released this morning.

Update: Woman who set self on fire at mall, has died
Source: hosted.ap.org

A 42-year-old woman who set herself on fire at a Miami shopping mall has died.

Woman Who Sets Self On Fire Was On Probation For Drug Trafficking
Source: cbs4.com

CBS4 has learned that a 42-year-old woman who set herself on fire at the Mall of the Americas on Thursday has had a troubled past.

Conservative kiosk not allowed at mall
Source: wcnc.com

OK, so it's a small story about small minds, but at the very least, it's refreshing to see neither side resorting to government coercion for a change...

For $25 an hour, they'll lie in bed all day -- in the mall - St. Petersburg Times
Source: St. Petersburg Times > Local News

Learn how you can watch these two hot people spend all weekend in bed together. It has to be the greatest job ever!

FBI Workers Accused of Spying On Teenage Girls in Dressing Rooms
Source: WLTX.com News

Two FBI workers are accused of using surveillance equipment to spy on teenage girls as they undressed and tried on prom gowns at a charity event at a West Virginia mall. The FBI employees have been charged with conspiracy and committing criminal invasion of privacy...

Changes in Memphis: Recession

If you live in the Memphis area, as you wander though the streets, you may have noticed that the retail parking lots are devoid of movement.

NAACP calls for boycott of Highland Mall
Source:

Highland closed early on April 4 because of what mall management called security concerns surrounding the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, which draw thousands of participants and spectators--mostly African American--to Austin every yea

Shot to Death in Broad Daylight at a Busy Strip Mall
Source:

Louisville, Kentucky, police tells reporters that a man was shot several times near his truck while it was parked in a busy strip mall parking lot. He was taken to a hospital, but did not survive the wounds.

Delayed opening for $2B Meadowlands Xanadu project sparks criticism
Source: NJ.com

Once touted as a key economic engine for North Jersey, the Meadowlands Xanadu project is on the rocks with retail tenants balking, a delayed opening, and a key lender defaulting.

Mystery woman found at Woodbridge mall identified
Source: NJ.com

Excerpt: A security guard found her on Nov. 2, 1994, wandering through the Woodbridge Center mall, well-dressed and clean but lost and disoriented.

Condom Display At Mall Raises Eyebrows
Source: ClickOnDetroit.com

A heart-shaped window display of red condoms at the Armani Exchange store at a mall in Sacramento is catching the eyes of shoppers.

The Lincoln Memorial Concert, and a surprise meeting.....What a blast that was! (Live from DC)

After what happened on Saturday, I woke up feeling much better but waited until about midday to to leave as I did not wish to be in the cold too long, even for a great concert.

Circuit City to Close and Liquidate Remaining 567 US Stores, 30,000 employees
Source: Yahoo! News

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Friday it had run out of options and will be forced to liquidate its 567 U.S. stores. The closures could send another 30,000 people into the ranks of the unemployed.

President Bush Declares a State of Emergency for Obama's Inauguration
Source: The New York Times

It's true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama's inauguration an actual emergency.

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