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A Craisgslist advertisment offered $28.50 an hour for landscaping work but it failed to mention the possibility of being a decoy for a grab-and-run robbery. A man wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, safety glasses or other eye protection and ventilator mask -- the outfit specified in the ad -- accosted a Brinks armored truck guard with pepper spray about 11 a.m. in Monroe, Wash. Tuesday during a cash delivery to a Bank of America branch, grabbed a bag of money and eluded pursuers after entering a nearby creek. Left behind were a number of similarly clad workers...

Videographer Tom Morgan placed an ad on Craigslist to drum up business - but ended up getting mugged and losing his livelihood. Morgan, 22, was robbed at gunpoint of his wallet and $4,000 worth of equipment after showing up to what he thought would be a $200 job shooting a two-hour bachelorette party in Brooklyn. "The only thing I saw was the gun," he said. "I had never been close to a gun before." Business had been picking up for theVassar College graduate, who has been freelancing full time since December. He had two jobs booked for the weekend when...

BERKELEY — Playing to the UC Berkeley's liberal reputation, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark told graduating seniors Tuesday that they will be responsible for "rebuilding" the country after President Bush's term ends. In a rambling and mostly off-the-cuff speech under a hot afternoon sun, Newmark said he no longer has the energy to save the world but has been encouraged by the drive of the younger generation. "The bad news is I'm going to ask you to do it," he said. "The good news is you're already doing it." Newmark founded the eponymous Web site in 1995 as an e-mail list...

Doug Kelley was perplexed when Craigslist ads for his Sacramento carpet-cleaning business started disappearing from the popular Web site. Every time he re-posted one of his classified ads, it would vanish - often within minutes. After competitors' ads started showing up, some of them openly denigrating his company, West Coast Carpet Care, Kelley knew he had a problem. Since then, Kelley estimates he has spent $11,000 in attorney's and court fees fighting his online business adversaries. "You'd think (Craigslist) would want to get rid of the tweakers and keep good-quality, licensed business people who are productive members of society," he...

March 2008 (Cambridge, MA) Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Deb Bercovitch is prosecuting one of the most unusual child pornography cases you will ever come across. Bercovitch is internationally known for her infamous trespassing convictions against two schoolkids who were caught building a snow fort in Framingham, MA while on school property. Now Bercovitch is pressing felony child pornography charges against a New Hampshire man in an improbable case pitting the alleged "victim" squarely against the prosecution. The defendant faces a May 1st jury trial in Cambridge Superior Court. The defendant faces up to 5 years in prison if convicted....

Oregon man's property ransacked after Craigslist hoax Monday, March 24, 2008 Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Ore. -- A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost an Oregon man much of what he owned. The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff's Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan. But Robert Salisbury had no plans to leave. The independent contractor was at Emigrant Lake when he got a call from a woman who had stopped by his house...

FBI Says Woman Sought Hit Man On Craigslist Woman Allegedly Wanted To 'Eradicate' Wife Of Man She Met OnlinePOSTED: 10:34 am EST January 27, 2008 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Michigan woman is accused of posting an ad on the Internet hoping to find somebody to kill the wife of a California man she had met online and had had an affair with. Forty-nine-year-old Ann Marie Linscott was arrested at her home in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week. Federal prosecutors this week will seek to have her transferred to northern California to face charges. According to court documents, Linscott put an...

MIAMI, FL (Crime Library) — Police have arrested a Miami-Dade real estate agent for posting fake escort ads to an Internet classified website that included the personal contact information of a rival agent. According to police, the incidents began last summer, when 44-year-old Debbie Blasberg, a local real estate agent and married mother of two, reported that she was receiving hundreds of unsolicited phone calls and text messages from strangers inquiring about sex. One of the callers had confessed that he found her number in an escort ad at Craigslist.org, an online classifieds website that hosts ads from 450 cities...

When 24-year-old Yuliya Kalinina turned to the Internet in search of a husband, she made it absolutely clear what she was looking for in a relationship: "Green Card Marriage -- Will pay $300/month. Total $15,000," the Russian national living in Los Angeles wrote in an ad placed on the Craigslist website. "This is strictly platonic business offer, sex not involved." Just in case any would-be Romeos weren't taking the hint, she added, "NOT required to live together." Kalinina's direct approach was very attractive, drawing the attention not only of the man who would marry her, but also of agents from...

ATLANTA (FOX 5) – DeKalb County officials say prostitutes are moving their business from the streets to the internet and everyone should be concerned. The world's oldest profession is going high-tech and prostitutes are now soliciting their customers over the internet. A DeKalb County prosecutor said that this new method is making it tougher to make arrests. Solicitor Robert James said the problem is spiraling out of control, in part, because the website content is federally protected. DeKalb County truck stops are popular spots for prostitutes looking for a steady stream of business, but DeKalb County Solicitor Robert James said...

A 19-year-old man suspected of killing a woman who answered an online ad for a baby sitter was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder. Michael John Anderson is accused of shooting Katherine Ann Olson in the back at his home in suburban Savage, according to the criminal complaint filed in Scott County District Court. Bail was set at $1 million. Olson had gone to Anderson's home Thursday to inquire about a baby-sitting job she had seen advertised on the popular Internet bulletin board Craigslist, authorities said. Authorities said her blood was found in Anderson's home and a gun was found in...

Bail has been set at $1 million in the case of Michael John Anderson, a 19-year-old man from Savage, who has been charged with second degree murder in the killing of a woman while she was answering an ad for a nanny on Craigslist.org. Information released today reveals that Katherine Ann Olson, 24, was shot in the back. Police found a .357 Magnum in Anderson’s house, along with blood stains and drag marks on stairs. A neighbor saw Olson's gold Hyundai Elantra sitting in front of Anderson's house for over two hours Thursday late afternoon. The car was later found...

Among the lurid incidents detailed are sexually explicit postings on the Craigslist Web site and another Internet site known as "Hornymatches" in which Jones allegedly posed as Ramos, inviting men to contact her for sex. In doing so, authorities allege, Jones committed identity theft by using her photo, name, home and work phone numbers, work location and birthdate.

'Spectacular' Woman Seeks Rich Husband on Craigslist 'It's a Crappy Deal,' Retorts Investment Banker in E-Mail Thread That's Gone Viral By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Oct. 10, 2007 — Wall Street is abuzz about an intriguing merger proposition: A "spectacularly beautiful" 25-year-old woman placed an ad on Craigslist seeking a husband who makes at least $500,000 a year. The mystery woman -- under ad number 431649184 -- said "$250,000 won't get me into Central Park West," where one apartment recently sold for $42.4 million, the highest price ever paid for a condo in New York City. It wasn't her audacious proposition...

RALEIGH - Harlan “Carolina” Jones was commissioned by Biblical Archeology Review in 1977 to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. Three decades of frustration could have been avoided had Craig Newmark, then a 24-year-old fratboy at Wofford College, hurried up and started his nifty Web site for classified ads—Craigslist.org. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited and all,” Jones said. “But I feel like a dang fool.” Jones was searching on Raleigh Craigslist for a new Husky toolbox for his pickup truck when he clicked on the following ad: “Funky storage box. Used. Free jar, stick and a couple of...

Saw this ad on Dallas Craigslist and thought everyone would find it interesting & amusing. ---------------------------------- Reply to: fellowship@moveon.org Date: 2007-09-10, 10:15AM CDT MoveOn is starting a fellowship program, to give talented up-and-comers a chance to work on the biggest issues in the progressive movement. Rising stars of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for this 5-month, full-time, paid position. Details or to apply: http://www.moveon.org/fellowship MoveOn Fellows will work alongside our top campaigners to end the war in Iraq, stop the climate crisis, win the '08 election and make their mark on other high-profile issues. The program will start with...

I have started using craigslist recently in regards to my job, quick question, is there a way to embed youtube video's in craigslist postings? or even in village voice backpages.com postings?On craigslist (or village voice backpages) is there any way to upload video in the ads or postings in any way?Or can you only link to a video instead of embed one in there?Before anyone asks, I work in real estate, and this would be really usefull.

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FOR SELLING I HAVE JEEPS. ONLY ONE. DOES NOT GO FAST. SEAT IS RIP. MIGHT BE STOLEN. IS RED AND GREEN LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUNS LIKE JEEP. COMES WITH BABY SEAT!! REAR BUMPER INCLUDED. DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH JEEP IS WORTH. TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WILL PAY. NO PAPERWORK OR REGISTRATION. SOLD AS "PARTS ONLY" WITH OUT-OF-STATE PLATES.

Excerpt - We've now learned more about the outage at 365 Main's San Francisco datacenter that knocked some of the Web's most popular sites offline. The latest theory: An employee, reportedly drunk, hit the emergency-power-off switch in 365 Main's Colo 4 room. Other sites located in other rooms were unaffected. This isn't the first time 365 Main has suffered an EPO-induced outage; a major one still remembered by customers occurred back in April 2005, and another took place last year. After the jump, a gallery of the carnage caused, and a roundup of reactions. Some of the affected websites --...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- Two teen sisters who had been reported missing in Pennsylvania were found working as prostitutes in New Jersey and police have arrested the man they say was a pimp. Casson Coward, 24, of Pleasantville was taken into custody early Friday morning at a Galloway Township hotel. Police were led to Coward after they arrested a 14-year-old for prostitution but soon learned that she and her 16-year-old sister were both listed as missing from Allentown. According to a press release from the New Jersey State Police, the 16-year-old was found by Philadelphia police at 3 a.m. at Aramingo and Cumberland...

(STNG) ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Some women are selling more than real estate and cars on Craigslist, according to police in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, who arrested two of them last week for prostitution. According to a release from Arlington Heights police, members of the recently formed Problem Oriented Police Unit, along with members of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, began looking into alleged illegal services offered over the Craigslist website, a network of free online classified advertisments. Police discovered postings in which Arlington Heights area women were offering to perform illegal sexual acts for a fee, the release said. An...

A McLennan County man was shot to death late Sunday in northeast Dallas while trying to buy a vehicle he may have found on the Internet, police said. Police are trying to determine if the killing was a setup or random. Christian Marton, 21, of Axtell, died at Baylor Medical Center, where he was taken after the shooting at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday in the 8900 block of Vantage Point in far northeast Dallas. Axtell is about 14 miles northeast of Waco. "He had been talking to some people by the Internet and the telephone about purchasing a vehicle,’’ said...

TACOMA, Wash. - Someone with cruel intentions placed a fake ad on Craig's List, inviting people to take whatever they wanted for free from a Tacoma home. Homeowner Laurie Raye says there's little left now of the house. The outside of the home is trashed, the inside is nearly gutted and covered in graffiti. Raye says she is devastated. "I was attached to this home because it used to be my mom's," says Raye. The homeowner says from the light fixtures to the hot water heater, everything is gone - including the kitchen sink. Raye recently evicted the tenant and...

Sex, meth and Internet spark new AIDS fears Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:54 PM ET By Matthew Verrinder NEW YORK (Reuters) - An hour after speaking at a Crystal Meth Anonymous meeting about the benefits of sobriety to dozens of other recovering addicts, Charlie was alone in his Chelsea apartment, logged onto the Web site Adam4Adam.com. He cruised the site's profiles of muscular gay men who want to meet for sex while high on methamphetamine, and found his match: a 50-year-old man from Manhattan's Upper East Side who liked to "slam" the drug, or inject it directly into the bloodstream....

Craigslist President and Chief Executive Jim Buckmaster isn't nuts. He just sounds that way, particularly to anyone who thinks that the point of running a business is, you know, to make money ...Craigslist ranks 47th in terms of the number of monthly unique visitors among U.S. Internet properties. But because the average user spends so much time on the site--about five days a month, 20 minutes per day--the site ranks a startling seventh in terms of monthly page views... ...By charging $25 for job postings in six of its largest U.S. markets and $75 for job listings in San Francisco...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24 (UPI)-Child abuse detectives in San Diego are investigating an advertisement posted on the Internet offering a free baby boy to a good home.The ad appeared on the classified site Craigslist and included a picture of a baby, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Rented furnishings and hidden cameras were among the props Seattle police vice detectives used to arrest 104 men who showed up at a ritzy downtown condo in the past two weeks expecting to pay for sex. Nearly three-fourths of the men who were arrested on suspicion of patronizing a prostitute responded to postings in the "erotic services" category on craigslist, the free online community where people can search for apartments, jobs, used cars, friends and dates. The rest answered escort ads found in the back pages of The Stranger and Seattle Weekly.

Bartering Encouraged In Exchange For Money (STNG) JUSTICE, Ill. -- Kristen Faltin charged by the hour. But if you didn't have the cash, the 29-year-old Justice woman was willing to barter for computers, cameras, jewelry and even automobiles. Faltin worked as a prostitute for six months, using a Web site to solicit her clients, police said. That Web site encouraged clients to bring gifts when they arrived at her apartment in the 8100 block of West 83rd Place. Flowers, wine and jewelry would do just fine. "Costume (jewelry) is cool, but real is better," she said on the Web site....

by Mark Finkelstein September 12, 2006 - 16:17 Latest dispatch from the MSM moral-relativism front. MSNBC's Tony Maciulis appeared on the network's 'The Most' show this afternoon to report on a story dealing with Craigslist, the online classifed ad website. A man called Jason Fortuny had posted a fake personal on the Craigslist's Seattle page, posing as an attractive 27-year old woman seeking sex with men. The ad elicited numerous replies, many including explicit photos of the suitors. Fortuny in turn posted the men's replies, including the photos, on another website, no doubt causing embarrassment if not more for many...

The moral of the story is this: Beware of what you post on the Internet. It could come back to bite you. I'm getting ahead of myself. Our tale begins with a post that was put up a week ago on craigslist, the popular Internet ads site. A woman was seeking a discreet hook-up involving rough sex. "I am 27 ... sexy str8 woman, 5 ft 7 in, 145 pounds," the ad said. "I am looking 4 a white or Latin only, str8 brutal dom muscular male who is arrogant, self-centered, nasty, egotistic, sadistic ... Send ur stats and a...

Craigslist is the new street corner for hookers. Ladies of the night are posting ads on the free classified Web site just like others sell old furniture or collectibles. All you need is “ro$e$” to “buy'' their offerings. A craigslist spokeswoman said the site can't and won't police the site and relies on consumers to complain about each ad. But Bensalem police investigators, who this week busted 12 suspected prostitutes advertising on the site, were blown away when they first found ads like those posted by “Bensalem Beauty” and the “Oral Specialist.”

WALNUT CREEK Two men suspected of armed robbery after responding to an advertisement posted on the Craigslist.org Web site are in police custody, the Walnut Creek Police Department reported Saturday. Walnut Creek police arrested the men on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the armed robbery that took place on Sunday. Police were called to the covered parking lot of the Target store located at 1871 N. Main St. in Walnut Creek at 8:21 p.m. Sunday, according to Walnut Creek police Lt. Mark Covington. Covington said the victims, who were from the Livermore-Pleasanton area, had posted some hooded sweatshirts for...

Craig Newmark is an unlikely, and somewhat unwilling, celebrity. The self confessed "nerd" has presided over one of the most succesful websites of all time, called Craigslist. Starting as an email to friends about events in his local area, it has become a giant, global, community noticeboard, advertising everything from puppies to lonely hearts, and virtually all of it for free. A keen advocate for democratisation of the internet and access for all, his site is now being seen as a threat to more traditional advertising arenas, such as local newspapers. Business analysts struggle to understand the man behind the...

Craigslist posters robbed at gunpoint in Walnut Creek - Bay City News Monday, July 17, 2006 (07-17) 04:36 PDT WALNUT CREEK -- An advertisement on the Craigslist.org Web site led to an armed robbery in a Walnut Creek Target store parking lot Sunday night, Lt. Mark Covington of the Walnut Creek Police Department reported. According to Covington, the victims, who were from the Livermore-Pleasanton area, posted some hooded jackets for sale on the Web site. They arranged to meet with the suspects to sell the jackets at the Walnut Creek Target store at 1871 N. Main St. At about 8:20...

Every thing is $10 beacuse I hate him! He is a looser so I hope he see's me getting rid of his stuff for cheap. 1) A bunch of old baseball cards. Like a shoe box full, He was pissed when he couldnt find them so maybe they are worth something. I think they are stupid. 2) Box of porn. A bunch of VHS vids. This was fun to take out from under him because he didn't think I even knew about them. I knew that the contents of the box seemed to be re-arranged every time I left him...

ADVANCE advertising sales for the fall television season will probably be down for a second year in a row, reflecting the growing impact of new media outlets on broadcasters. Estimates are that the five networks will sell $8.9 billion to $9 billion in commercial time ahead of the 2006-7 season, in what is known as the upfront market. That compares with an estimated $9.1 billion sold in the upfront market last year, before the start of the 2005-6 season, and an estimated $9.3 billion in the upfront market two years ago, ahead of the 2004-5 season. "I'm surprised it's two...

WOW! The smoking ban is set to go into effect on the 1st. Anti smokers couldn't be happier. Here's a few examples that show how excited they are about the new law: _________________________________________________________Drive by ExtinguishingWhen I see a bunch of smokers outside a bar, I'm gonna grab a fire extinguisher, pull up real fast in my car, jump out and start hosing everyone down, and scream "Get down below the smoke line everyone there's a fire out here". When the cops are called they will have to pin a medal on me for saving all those lives. _________________________________________________________Cure for smokers...

OH! I've been having WAY too much fun! First, let me warn you folks that the link above is not safe for work. When I nuke a lefty, they tend to use some very obscene language -which tells me that I've won yet another argument. "Nuke a lefty," you ask? Well, allow me to simply explain below using the historical postings from that site. This one's from just today upon learning that our two soldiers have been murdered (My comments are in blue and linked): __________________________________________________________Iraqi: U.S. Bodies Showed Signs of Torture (Islamic Group Claims Responsibility!) BAGHDAD, Iraq - An...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A 16-year-old girl who was missing for more than a month was arrested Friday and charged with soliciting and engaging in sex. Police did not release the girl's name, who was taken away in handcuffs from an east side apartment, NBC 4's Elizabeth Scarborough reported. Neighbors said they had no idea what was happening inside the apartment, located at 7424 Jason Trace. "Just to think someone was soliciting sex around here was kind of outrageous to me," said neighbor Jason Riley. Police said an undercover officer responded to a personal advertisement on craigslist.org. The ad said an...

I'm over there looking at motorcycles for sale, and raising a little hell with the antismokers. I was just wondering if there's any other FReepers who frequent this site.

Upscale executive seeks beautiful female 18-24 to live in his luxury condo in Coral Gables for $1/month in exchange for some light duties. Help take care of dog, cook occasionally. Sex 2x/week. Serious inquires only. Please email a picture for consideration. The Coral Gables man who offered that startling pitch in a recent posting on the popular website Craigslist.com is among a growing pool of men who routinely seek sexual favors in the room-for-rent section of Internet ads.

Posted on Mon, Feb. 27, 2006 Man found with teen boy in Alameda arrested By Peter Hegarty STAFF WRITER Police arrested a Hayward man after they said a patrol officer discovered him having sex with a teenage boy in his car outside a business on Blanding Avenue. The officer checked the car, which was parked behind Curves at 2528 Blanding Ave. early Sunday morning because the neighborhood has been the site of recent commercial burglaries and the officer considered the car suspicious. Kaleem Mohammed Qureshi, 35, was dressed as a woman and admitted having sex with the 16-year-old Alameda boy...

Scores of Boston-area hookers are using a major Internet site popular with soccer moms, apartment seekers and job hunters to post hundreds of daily pornographic ads for unbridled sex romps that can be set up within minutes. A two-week Herald investigation of free “erotic services” ads on the craigslist.org Web site uncovered prostitutes shacked up in hotels, operating from Spartan apartments rented by pimps or willing to meet for “car dates” in parking lots. Fees ranged from $50 to $250. “Craigslist has made it much easier for women to engage in this sort of business,” said Boston police Detective Sgt....

A Chicago fair housing group has sued groundbreaking Web site Craigslist for allegedly publishing discriminatory advertisements, a case that could test the legal liabilities of online ad venues. The suit is part of an emerging attempt by housing watchdogs nationally to hold online classified sites to the same strict standards as the publishers of print classifieds, such as newspapers. The suit is potentially significant because it suggests that the rules for an Internet site should be the same as for a traditional publisher, in which every ad should be vetted to conform with the law. But that notion contradicts the...

Meeting the international media in Manhattan this week, the 53-year-old stood in his uniform of black jeans and grey shirt, trying to convince sceptical reporters that his eponymous Craigslist is not out to destroy the newspaper business. The geeky former systems engineer for IBM has come a long way in the last 11 years. The listserv, or electronic mailing list, he began for like-minded friends in the San Francisco Bay area now has "well over three billion page views" per month he says, which makes it the seventh biggest presence on the internet. He may be breathing down the necks...

Feature A Guy Named Craig How a schlumpy IBM refugee found you your apartment, your boyfriend, your new couch, your afternoon sex partner—and now finds himself killing your newspaper. By Philip Weiss Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, in his San Francisco apartment.(Photo credit: Robyn Twomey) The Exploder of Journalism and I have an appointment at noon at a café near the Haight in San Francisco, and he’s right on time in the Kangol hat. To be honest, he’s not much to look at: short and balding, with a little smile and round cheeks with bright-pink patches of color. Modish...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Online media will account for more than $1 of every $10 spent for advertising by 2010, according to a San Francisco equity research firm. In revising higher an earlier forecast, JMP Securities said it expects the global online market to grow at a rate of 25% a year for the next five years, to $65 billion, according to the Hollywood Reporter. U.S. online ad revenue would total $35.9 billion by 2010, the equivalent of 11% of all ad dollars spent in the U.S. Currently, JMP estimates that online accounts for 4.7% of U.S. advertising revenue. "We expect...

STUNG: Jennifer Swanton, who rocked the FDNY with her scandalous romps in a Bronx firehouse, was arrested after allegedly arranging on Craigslist to meet an undercover cop for a $1,000 sex session. The woman at the center of a Bronx firehouse sex scandal has been arrested again, this time on charges of trying to sell her body to an undercover cop — and then asking him to kill her ex-hus band. Badge bunny Jennifer Swanton, 35, of Staten Island, met with the undercover detective on Dec. 1, cops said yesterday. She allegedly planned to have sex with him for...

Mind-bogglingly small, and mind-bogglingly profitable, Craigslist is about to make more money. December 2, 2005: 12:19 PM EST By Adam Lashinsky, FORTUNE senior writer NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Craigslist, the mostly free online classifieds Web site, is about to make more money. The company plans in 2006 to begin charging employers to post job listings in four new cities: Boston, Washington, D.C., San Diego and Seattle. It's also set to collect a nominal fee, no more than $10, from New York City real estate brokers for their property listings. The changes are meant to instill discipline in cluttered categories. But...