Near closing time, at about 9:20 pm, at one of New Jersey's largest malls, the Westfield Garden State Plaza, a gunman dressed in black, wearing a motorcycle helmet, and carrying what looked like an AK-47, entered the mall and began shooting randomly as thousands of people ran and hid wherever they could.
Just over a month after sending an open letter criticizing Alaska's Senators, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association and Alaska-based critics, who she said were acting on misinformation, Kerry Coughlin, the America's Director of the Marine Stewardship Council resigned from her position it was announced on Friday.
Beginning Friday, Alaskans on food stamps, like their counterparts across the nation, will see a 5% cut to their SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, allotment, meaning less healthy food for their tables.
The U.S. says it is considering whether it should be spying on leaders of American allies after reports of surveillance that government officials say President Barack Obama was not aware of until a few months ago, even though it dates to 2002.