Craigslist car scam costs couple more than $20,000
Macomb Daily
A Waterford couple wants people to know about an Internet car-theft scam that recently hit them in the wallet. In early September, the couple — who cannot be named because a police investigation is ongoing — found a 2007 Cadillac for sale o...
US woman 'offered sex for World Series tickets' on Craigslist
Daily Telegraph
She might have dropped double entendres in her Craigslist advertisement but never explicitly offered sex, her lawyer William J. Brennan said. The 43-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate student wanted to take her husband to a baseba...
Woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets
Pantagraph
So when a 43-year-old, self-described "gorgeous tall buxom blonde" from Philadelphia seemed to offer one for the other in an ad on the Web site Craigslist, it was guaranteed to capture the attention of men throughout the region -- including...
Karen Heller: Blue bombast in Bensalem
Philadelphia Inquirer
For World Series tickets, dear reader, I have offered far more than sex. I have vacuumed, which is not in my skill set. Also, laundered. Susan Finkelstein insists she was not offering sex when she placed this Craigslist post at 11 a.m. Mond...
Judge Dismisses Craigslist Lawsuit
NBC Bay Area
An Illinois sheriff has been on a crusade to shut down the Craigslist sex trade. His quest hit a major road-block this week after a federal judge dismissed his request to force the web site to eliminate its erotic services category. Earlier...
Judge throws out Craigslist prostitution lawsuit
The Guardian
Online classifieds site Craigslist has claimed victory over its detractors after an American judge dismissed claims that the site was the largest source of prostitution in the United States. A high-profile case brought by Thomas Dart, the s...
Loony lover Brooke Hundley used Craigslist to 'hire' a phone stalker
New York Post
After ESPN talking head Steve Phillips dumped his portly, production-assistant lover, the jilted woman posted a Craigslist ad offering $50 for someone to call Phillips' wife and cruelly taunt her, The Post has learned. A Connecticut waitres...
Attorney may face disciplinary action over ad seeking secretary on ...
Chicago Tribune
After the woman responded to an ad that Samir Chowhan placed in the "Adult Gigs" section of Craigslist, he told her in a follow-up e-mail that she would also need to "perform for us sexually" as "part of the interview process." Chowhan is a...
Making Smart Decisions Even When the Government Isn't
ABC News
People already figuring out ways on their own to get through these hard times, says Michael Malone. How many people out there are building small enterprises off Facebook, eBay and Craigslist? Or marketing with Twitter? Or designing apps for...
Education Department - desperate to fill pre-K seats or lose funds ...
New York Daily News
Up for grabs are the 5,400 pre-K spots for 4-year-olds, including more than 900 for coveted full-day programs. Hidden among the personals and apartments for sublet on craigslist is an ad to fill a different kind of vacancy - seats in the ci...
Tampa police arrest 4 in Craigslist prostitution sting
Tampa Bay Online
TAMPA - Two suspected prostitutes and their drivers were arrested Thursday night in a sting set up using Craigslist, Tampa police said. Detectives say they made contact with two women over the online trading post and had set up meetings at ...
The Conversation
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Meanwhile, on Craigslist, signs that some consumers rushed into last week's buys. "Bought this on Amazon to beat the heat this week, but unfortunately this doesn't fit our windows!" read an ad out of West Seattle. And from Magnolia, like a ...
Bandwagon Nutjobs, conservative and otherwise
A.V. Club
Background: As you might have surmised from the always-unnecessary use of pidgin-German and the baffling inclusion of "homie g-funk,” this guy searching for his dream drummer—like so many on Craigslist these days—believes the quickest way t...
'Parks and Recreation' recap: Greg Pikitis must die
Entertainment Weekly Online
Turns out “Greg’s mom” wasn’t actually Greg’s mom, but an impersonator he hired on Craigslist (it wasn’t the first time). And he wasn’t even home, but back at the statue Leslie was convinced he’d vandalize the way he did the year ...
Judge Dismisses 'Adult Services' Craigslist Suit
FOX News
CHICAGO — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at driving classified ads for prostitution off the Craigslist Web site. U.S. District Court Judge John Grady said not all postings on the Craigslist "Adult Services" section advertise...
