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The Mall of America is tightening its parental escort policy for some of the busiest parts of the holiday shopping season. Mall spokesman Dan Jasper says unsupervised teenagers won't be allowed on Thanksgiving night, all day on Black Friday and the entire week between Christmas and New Year's.

It's been 20 years since Mall of America in Bloomington made its debut. The shopping and tourism destination is marking the milestone with a birthday celebration on Friday and Saturday. The mall opened to the public on August 11, 1992.

The megamall is planning a mega-celebration of its 20th anniversary in Bloomington. The Mall of America opened as the largest U.S. retail and entertainment complex on Aug. 11, 1992.

The hot new boy band One Direction is coming to the Mall of America to sign autographs.

The Mall of America is moving ahead with plans for a $200 million expansion that could add a second hotel, more space and a medical-office tower.

Fans dressed as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles united in Mall of America to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS largest gathering of ninja turtles and celebrate the grand opening of the newest thrill ride at Nickelodeon Universe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shell Shock, the first ever ride of its kind in the United States.

The Mall of America says over 8,000 fans of the book "The Hunger Games" camped out for hours this week, waiting to see the cast of the new movie. The cast is touring malls across the country in advance of the opening of the movie. They made their appearance at the Mall of America yesterday (Friday).

Macy's Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to close the Bloomingdale's at the Bloomington mall early this spring. It's one of four Bloomingdale's around the country that are closing because of what the company calls underperformance.

It took police and mall security more than an hour to bringing a moving melee involving scores of juveniles under control at the Mall of America, which was packed with shoppers on the day after Christmas.

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports. The Mall of America in Minnesota and 16 U.S. airports also are included in Google's initial index of indoor directions.