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Man Charged in Mall Bomb Plot

An Illinois man was arrested after trying to acquire hand grenades that he was allegedly going to set off at CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Ill.

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A New Approach to Mall Security: Robots!

Earlier this week, Japan-based Sohgo Security Services announced a new mall approach to policing malls combining traditional personnel with new robot security guards.

The first test of the Reborg-Q system will go live at the AquaCity mall in Tokyo later this month.

American mall security firms haven’t gone quite that far, but are increasingly putting mall security personnel on Segways.