Susan Finkelstein was desperate for tickets to see the Phillies play in the World Series.  Perhaps she was a little too desperate.
The Philadelphia woman so desperately sought a couple of coveted World Series tickets that she offered to trade sex for them on Craigslist.
Finkelstein, 43, was arrested on Tuesday after Bensalem police saw her classified [...]

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One Boston mom was clearly shocked when she found her own baby for sale on Craigslist as part of what appears to be an international adoption scam.
Seven-month old Jacob Brennan was playing with his toys when his mother, Jenni, received a shocking e-mail message.
“Out of the blue some girl e-mailed us and said ‘I think [...]

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A man from Marlboro, Massachusetts has been busted for selling marijuana after having advertised his services on Craigslist.
The advertisement posted by Christopher Gray read “420 help is here” and said “Give me a ring if you need some help.”
420, of course, is a slang term used to signify pot. Police decided to go undercover and [...]

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Weird Al Yankovic has done it again.  He’s now clean-shaven and fully understand the importance of “viral video”.
With his latest single “Craigslist” he manages to poke fun at the online classified advertising website, and have a little fun with The Doors as well.
Somehow, Weird Al even managed to get The Doors’ Ray Manzarek himself to [...]

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Newspapers may be suffering, but Craigslist is booming.
The classified ad website is on pace to rake in over $100 million in revenue this year, according to a new study from Classified Intelligence Report, a publication of AIM Group.
That figure represents a 23 percent increase over 2008 Craigslist Revenue.  In fact, back in 2004 the site [...]

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Well done, elected officials, well done.  You have achieved the exact OPPOSITE of what you set out to do.
Yesterday, Craigslist announced that it would cave to the pressure and remove the “erotic services” category from its pages.  Ho ho, but what’s this?  In its place, we’ll get a new “adult services” category instead.
Not only that, [...]

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Craiglist is coming under heavy fire for its recent indifferent and seemingly apathetic stance on illegal advertisements for “erotic services” AKA prostitution.
Now, South Carolina’s top prosecutor is calling on CEO Jim Buckmaster to take down ads related to prostitution and pornography or he just might face prosecution.
“Many of the classified and communication services on the [...]

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He’s not the Craigslist Killer, but he might be just as loony tunes.
A 24-year-old man is currently being held on $1 million bail pending possible attempted murder charges arising from his ad on Craigslist…

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Now that the so-called “Craigslist Killer”, Philip Markoff, has been arrested, ABC News did an interview Friday night with Craigslist’s Craig Newmark.
ABC News reporter Martin Bashir read some Craigslist ads to Newmark and asked if he thought they could be ads for prostitution.  Newmark’s reply?
“Probably.”
He added that if there are ads of a criminal nature [...]

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After a massive investigation following last night’s arrest of Philip Markoff (AKA the “Craigslist Killer”), Boston police have found guns and plastic ties, and police believe his motive was to pay off gambling debts he had accumulated.
Markoff’s fiancee, Megan McAllister, says police have got the wrong guy. In an e-mail to ABC News, Megan [...]

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