World's Most Expensive Retail Project, Falling House and Best Hospitals: Oct. 2015 on Patch

We are presenting our “12 days of 2015 on Patch” by looking at New Jersey Patch’s top 10 stories of each month in 2015.

During September, a tropic storm threatened New Jersey, a high school football player died after an on-field injury and the lowest-ranked New Jersey towns were revealed.

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Here is the full list of the top 10 stories on Patch sites across New Jersey during October 2015:

1. ‘Most Expensive Retail Project On Earth’ Coming To Meadowlands In 2017 (Oct. 29)

Mall of America owners are planning a N.J. project with indoor amusement park, aquarium, ski hill, ‘scented’ theater, and Kosher food court.

2. WATCH: House Falls In Water Off Jersey Shore (Oct. 3)

A house off the Jersey Shore collapsed into an inlet around midnight during high tide.

3. Man Buys $1.4M Lottery Ticket -- Then He Gets Lucky (Oct. 19)

Patel, the owner of Leprechaun News in Rutherford, realized that one of his regular customers won that money on a $20 Double Diamond scratch-off ticket and tracked him down.

4. N.J. Hospitals Rated First To Worst: Where Does Your Hospital Rate? (Oct. 26)

Some notable hospitals in New Jersey received the lowest ratings possible, endangering their Medicare reimbursement rates.

5. Christie ‘Kicked Off’ Quiet Amtrak Train Car After ‘Yelling,’ Report Says (Oct. 25)

Gov. Chris Christie allegedly got kicked off a quiet Amtrak train car because he was yelling at his cell phone, according to media reports.

6. Hunt Continues For Suicidal, Possibly Armed Ex-Cop In N.J. (Oct. 11)

The police officer was wanted on warrants following a domestic incident.

7. N.J. Mental Hospital Escapee Captured (Oct.24)

A man who escaped from the Bayside State Prison facility at Ancora Hospital Saturday was captured later that day.

8. WATCH: Upright Black Bear Roams North Jersey Neighborhood (Oct. 2)

When Vinnie – yes, that’s what locals have dubbed him – was first filmed in 2014, it was discovered the bear likely had injuries to his front paws, thus forcing him to walk on his hind legs.

9. Aquarium, LEGOLAND Coming To American Dream Center (Oct. 1)

Sea Life aquarium will feature a walk-through underwater tunnel. A LEGOLAND discovery center will cater to kids 3 to 10 years old.

10. Rosie O’Donnell ‘Smoked Weed,’ Kicked Her Out, Angry Daughter Claims: Report (Oct. 7)

Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter who went missing in August says O’Donnell kicked her out two weeks before she turned 18, so she went to stay with the boyfriend who was later arrested in connection with her disappearance, according to a report.