http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mall/ en-us Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:07:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130810/posts General Growth Properties Inc., the No. 2 mall operator in the United States, has warned that an ongoing slump in retail sales, combined with the credit market lockdown, has pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy. Chicago-based General Growth Properties said in an SEC filing late Monday that it has $900 million of property secured debt and $58 million of corporate debt coming up for renewal by Dec. 1. It also faces another $3.07 billion in debt that matures in 2009. But "given the continued weakness of the retail and credit markets," the mall operator fears it may not... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130810/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:07:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095602/posts Islam convert gets 35 years in plot to attack mall The Associated Press - 30 Sep 2008 CHICAGO (AP) — A 24-year-old convert to Islam has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for plotting to set off hand grenades in a crowded shopping mall ... Man gets 35 years in '06 terror plot Chicago Tribune ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095602/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061980/posts A Kentucky college student has hired a lawyer after she was escorted out of a mall by security on Sunday because her dress was deemed too short, MyFOXBoston reports. Kymberly Clem, a 20-year-old student at Eastern Kentucky University, wore the dress Sunday after purchasing it from the mall in Richmond the previous day, the Richmond Register reported Tuesday. After just a few minutes inside of the mall, a security guard approached her and expressed concerns over the length of the garment. According to MyFOXBoston, the guard informed her that several female patrons had complained that she was disrupting their shopping... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061980/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:59:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060426/posts Kymberly Clem, 20, says she walked into the Richmond Mall Saturday but was soon escorted out all because of her dress. "I was walking through and 10 minutes after I was there, the security guard approached me, asked me to step aside, made me completely do a turn around while he stared me up and down and then asked me to leave because my outfit was too provocative and people's husbands was (sic) looking at me," says Clem. Clem says she bought the dress at the mall just the day before. She says she's worn more revealing clothing before to... wkyt.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060426/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:05:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052248/posts Raleigh, N.C. — About 200 to 300 people joined a melee that began inside a Raleigh mall and spilled outside the shopping center during the fight, police said Sunday. Raleigh Police Department spokesman Jim Sughrue said the gang-related brawl began inside Triangle Town Center Mall on Saturday night at about 8 p.m.. Off-duty officers working at the mall requested assistance, and authorities from the Wake County Sheriff's Office and the N.C. Highway Patrol also responded. Sughrue said a 15-year-old was stabbed during the incident. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A police officer was also injured... WRALNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052248/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045062/posts MEXICO CITY – Gunmen killed eight youths and a police chief and took dozens of restaurant patrons hostage for hours in two attacks in the drug gang-ridden state of Sinaloa, officials saidSunday. A group of hitmen sprayed four cars with bullets on a busy street in the city of Guamuchil in the early hours of Sunday, killing five young men and three female minors, a police source told Reuters. Advertisement In an earlier attack on Saturday, six other armed men caused pandemonium in the Pacific port city of Mazatlan by taking refuge in a shopping mall to escape security forces... Sighn On San Diego http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045062/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017766/posts WARNING: this audio broadcast will contain offensive material. Old Glory Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017766/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016188/posts (IsraelNN.com) Arab terrorists in Gaza fired two Grad Katyusha missiles at southern Ashkelon late Wednesday afternoon, and one rocket scored a direct hit on a children's medical clinic inside a shopping center. Parts of the building collapsed, trapping four people for a half-hour. At least 94 people had been rushed to Barzilai Medical Center by 8:30 p.m., most suffering severe post-traumatic stress reactions. A spokesman for the local Fire Department stated that the powerful rocket hit the building's 3rd floor and crashed down to the floor below. He said the firefighters rescued four people - including a little girl -... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016188/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 04:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978547/posts A national American-Islamic group is calling on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged incident in which a Muslim woman was ejected from the Oakwood mall near Gretna for refusing a security guard's demand to remove her headscarf, known as a hijab. The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978547/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 00:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977824/posts WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Firefighters from several departments are battling what appeared to be an explosion and fire at a shopping plaza early Thursday afternoon. The fire is burning at 1926 Grand Ave. in the northern suburb, a shopping plaza home to Tuxedo World, Cleopatra's Unisex Hair Salon, Cellular Concepts and a travel agency. Authorities reported there are several injuries. Reports of a structure collapse could not be confirmed. Authorities have closed Grand Avenue between Martin and Lewis avenues, and crews from People's Gas are on the scene because firefighters fear a gas leak. ABC 7 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977824/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975248/posts Matt Shaver almost didn't recognize his old hangout as he strolled through the food court at Clearview Mall in Metairie on Friday evening. It was 6:30 p.m. and nowhere to be seen were the throngs of teens and youngsters who would usually begin to trickle in about that time -- at least, that was the usual pattern before the mall began strictly enforcing its new parental escort policy last weekend. New Orleans Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975248/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967319/posts 08 February 2008, 16:47 CET (BELGRADE) - A bomb blast rocked a Slovenian-run shopping mall in Serbia on Friday, while another had to be evacuated following an anonymous bomb threat, B92 radio reported. An explosive device went off early Friday at the entrance of Mercator Center in the New Belgrade area of the capital, which is located next to a police station, shattering glass but causing no casualties, the report said. The blast occurred at around 5:00 am (0400 GMT), according to a statement by police, who launched a probe but revealed no possible motives. Several hours later, employees and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967319/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:03:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts Is the U.S. Failing in Afghanistan? It was malice in wonderland at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday as Bush Administration envoys insisted things are getting better in Afghanistan, while angry lawmakers from both parties cited facts and figures showing just the opposite. Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said. Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities, Afghanistan is in the Washington spotlight this week with the release of three independent reports concluding... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 02:55:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948745/posts New Haven (AP) _ A federal judge says prosecutors may not introduce at trial a claim that a former Navy sailor plotted to attack military personnel. Hassan Abu-Jihaad is charged with disclosing the location of Navy ships to terrorism supporters. The 31-year-old Abu-Jihaad of Phoenix pleaded not guilty in April to charges he provided material support to terrorists with intent to kill U.S. citizens and disclosed classified information relating to national defense. He is accused of disclosing the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them. During a hearing in November, prosecutors played secretly recorded phone calls... WTNH.com, New Haven http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948745/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943744/posts There he stood in the Tyrone Square Mall parking lot, surrounded by three police cruisers and mall security. Police had searched and interrogated him. All the while, DiSalvo said, shoppers gawked, perhaps wondering whom he had killed. The 57-year-old said he was guilty of one thing: forgetfulness. He lost his 1991 Grand Marquis in a sea of 6,000 parked cars. St Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943744/posts#comment Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:48:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941093/posts Omaha, Nebraska -- The day after my hometown was rocked by the senseless murder of eight innocent people and the wounding of five others in a local shopping mall, ‘Today Show’ co-host Meredith Vieira asked this obtuse question of two of the shooter’s friends: “Do you think your friend was a victim?” Therein lies the problem with our society’s view of guns and gun violence. The rights of victims are forgotten while murderers are called victims. Poor Robbie Hawkins. Apparently 265,000 of our hard-earned tax dollars spent on this “victim” over the last several years by our Health and Human... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941093/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939440/posts OMAHA, Neb. — The mother of the teenage gunman who killed eight people at a busy shopping mall last week apologized Thursday for her son's crime and said she did her best raising him. "I have been absolutely devastated," Maribel Rodriguez told The Associated Press. "The most difficult part is giving all of my best efforts to convey to all these beautiful people that I truly am sorry." Her son, 19-year-old Robert Hawkins, fired more than 30 rounds inside a mall department store Dec. 5, striking 11 people. Eight of them died, and he killed himself. Families held funerals and... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939440/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:20:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939221/posts At issue: A woman using a handgun to stop a killer in a “soft target,” a church. Our view: The case shows why Michigan school staff need an option for training and concealed carry, not “gun-free zones.” Another month has brought more shooting sprees in what commonly are “gun-free zones.” Four died in two separate shootings Sunday in Colorado. Eight were murdered last Wednesday in an Omaha, Neb., shopping mall. Seven students were slain recently in Finland. That followed a Cleveland school shooting in October. Only in the latest attack did an adult have a right to a gun to... The Daily Telegram DAILY (MI) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939221/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938001/posts NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After getting off to a fast start last month, holiday sales at some of the nation's largest retailers have slowed to an excruciatingly slow pace and mall traffic has dropped dramatically. The results, coming two weeks before Christmas, jeopardize an already weak holiday sales period. Chain-store sales rose a mere 0.2 percent for the week ended Dec. 8, following a disappointing 2 percent sales decline in the prior week, according to a report released Tuesday by the International Council of Shopping Centers. "Consumers continue to be slow in finishing their holiday shopping," said Michael Niemira, the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938001/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:46:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937564/posts The following comments are from an actual witness to the Omaha shooting, and a Police Officer who responded. Other than minor edits for spelling and clarity, we have not altered their comments, since, though somewhat disjointed, they convey the surreal and disorienting reality of being involved in a public shooting rampage. Havegunwillvote.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937564/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:01:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936149/posts (2007-12-07) — When 19-year-old Robert Hawkins entered the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, carrying an AK-47 assault rifle wrapped in a sweater, he intended to become famous by shooting as many people as possible and then turning the gun on himself.The mentally-troubled teen left a suicide note, and a trail of evidence on his computer and elsewhere that he knew the police would spend months investigating. He had done everything possible to ensure that his name would be mentioned along with other mass killers at Virginia Tech, Columbine High School and the like.He knew that the Westroads Mall was a... Scrappleface http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936149/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:40:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935748/posts OMAHA, Neb. - The teenage gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a department store may have smuggled an assault rifle into the mall underneath clothing, police said Thursday. Police Chief Thomas Warren said the young man "appeared to be concealing something balled up in a hooded sweat shirt" he was carrying, according to a surveillance video. The teen entered the store Wednesday using an elevator, and moments later, gunfire pierced through the notes of Christmas music at the Westroads Mall's Von Maur department store. People huddled in dressing rooms and barricaded themselves in offices as 19-year-old Robert A.... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935748/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935609/posts As some of you know, I am from Omaha. Just my opinion, for what it’s worth, but I’m watching the reports on TV and Radio, both locally (here in Omaha) and nationally and I’m getting ticked off .. I have to speak out. I've been listening to people who knew this kid, on a local radio station, talking about threats he has made. There was one classmate who claims he threatened to kill her and burn down her house. Then there are the friends from his clique who are defending him. One even supposedly threatened to kill another student who... Vanity Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935609/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:02:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935483/posts OMAHA, Neb., Dec 5 (Reuters) - A 19-year-old man killed eight people and then himself with an assault rifle at a busy mall in Omaha on Wednesday, sending terrified workers and Christmas shoppers scrambling for cover. "Now I will be famous," the gunman wrote in a suicide note, his landlady told CNN after finding a three-part document that she said included his will. Police declined to discuss the contents of the note. Five people were wounded, two of them critically, in the early afternoon rampage in the Midwestern U.S. city. Most of the victims at the upscale Westroads Mall were... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935483/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 06:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935415/posts OMAHA, Neb. -- The shooter at Westroads Mall was identified as Robert A. Hawkins of Bellevue, according to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Department, and a suicide note said he was going to be famous. Hawkins, 19, had been arrested on a couple of misdemeanors in November and was due in court this month. One charge included minor in possession of alcohol. He was arrested on Nov. 24. He was due in court for an arraignment on Dec. 19. Sarpy County deputies said they are getting a warrant to search Hawkins' home in the Quail Creek neighborhood in Bellevue. The woman... ketv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935415/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:48:41 GMT