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The doors to the last full-size Kmart store in the United States will close forever on October 20. WJAR reported on Sunday that an employee confirmed the location in Bridgehampton, New York, will close up shop on that date. “Kmart has been slowly closing stores for years since merging with Sears in 2005 under the management of hedge-fund CEO Eddie Lampert. Sears Holdings, the parent company of Kmart and Sears, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018,” the report said. According to Fox Business, the department store chain ran about 2,300 locations in the 1990s. Transformco, which owns the smaller...

Key Points Sears will open three “Sears Home & Life” stores in May, in Anchorage, Alaska; Lafayette, Louisiana; and Overland Park, Kansas. That’s after the department store chain has shut hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations over the years and filed for bankruptcy protection in October. ================================================================ Sears is opening stores again. The embattled department store chain, which has shut hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations over the years and recently got another shot at life after filing for bankruptcy protection in October, still sees a chance to be a shopping destination for hard-line goods like appliances, tools and mattresses....

Sears Holdings filed for bankruptcy protection early Monday after years of staying afloat through financial maneuvering and relying on billions of CEO Eddie Lampert's own money. The company also announced that Lampert will be stepping down as CEO, effective immediately, although he remains its chairman. The 125-year-old retailer, once the nation's largest, said Monday it was appointing Mohsin Meghji, managing partner of M-III Partners, as its chief restructuring officer. As part of the bankruptcy, Sears will shutter 142 stores toward the end of the year. It expects to begin liquidation sales shortly. The bankruptcy filing comes more than a decade...

Demand for exorcisms is at an all-time high WRTV INDIANAPOLIS -- A Brownsburg priest says the number of people requesting exorcisms is at an all-time high. Father Vincent Lampert is an exorcist priest based out of St. Malachy Parish. He was appointed to his role by bishops of the Catholic church. "I don't have any special powers or ability from a faith perspective. The power resides with the person of Christ," said Father Lampert. The priest says more people are asking for help and he attributes that to the growing number of people turning away from the faith. "Faith in...

Father Vincent Lampert (right), from St. Francis and Clare Parish in Indianapolis, Ind., lectures at Foellinger Auditorium on Monday. Fr. Lampert discussed his experiences as one of 12 officially trained exorcist priests in the United States. Joanna Mirowska The Daily Illini With Halloween around the corner and Hollywood releasing horror movies such as "Paranormal Activity" and "Saw VI," one cannot help but feel chills running down his or her spine. St. John's Catholic Newman Center had the timing right when it invited exorcist Father Vince Lampert to speak about his experiences Monday night at Foellinger Auditorium. Lampert, the head priest...

Accomplice in Billionaire Abduction Gets 9 Years in Prison The Associated Press Jun 10, 2004 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A man who helped abduct a billionaire investor last year was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison. Shemone Gordon, 24, was granted a more lenient sentence because he helped prosecutors find and arrest others involved in the kidnapping of Edward Lampert, one of the richest men in America. Gordon and three others abducted Lampert from a Greenwich parking garage Jan. 10, 2003 and held him overnight at gunpoint in a motel. The kidnappers told Lampert they were hired to...