AP
Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov't offices
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash - sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist - and then asking the government for replacement cards....
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webwire
New Work From Home Trend Allowing Many To Make Money On Craigslist
Lehi, Utah, USA - WebDesk LLC., a leading website design and internet marketing company expands their work at home position allowing many the opportunity to make money on craigslist . - - Nathan at WebDesk has been h...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Bellagio chip heist scheme hatched via Craigslist ad
A California man who says he was enlisted through a Craigslist ad to take part in a scheme to steal high-stakes chips from a Las Vegas Strip casino said little during an initial court appearance.
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Huffington Post
Food Stamp Fraud: Agriculture Department Taking New Steps To Combat Selling Benefit Cards
WASHINGTON -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash – sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist – and then asking the government for replacement cards.The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states more power to investigate people who repeatedly claim to lose their benefit ca...
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Los Angeles Times
Botched Bellagio casino robbery leads to California man's arrest
As often happens in Las Vegas, a California man didn't quite play his cards right at the casino.
Michael Quinn Belton, 24, of Nuevo in Riverside County, was arrested by Las Vegas police Saturday night on suspicion of taking part in a botched robbery at the Bellagio, according to an arrest report obtained by the Las Vegas Sun.
The report says Belton and an unknown accomplice walked up to a $100...
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Huffington Post
Harmon Leon: Craigslist Nightmares: House Collective and Older Gentleman
Ouch, it almost hurts to read the ads on Craigslist. It's a horrible world out there filled with horrible people -- who want to be your roommate.
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TechCrunch
Quikr, India’s Spin On Craigslist, Gobbles Up $32M From Warburg Pincus, eBay & More
Quikr, India's largest online and mobile classifieds portal, announced today that it has raised $32 million in series E financing, led by New York City-based private equity giant Warburg Pincus. The company's existing investors, which include Matrix Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay, also participated in the funding.
The investment is Quikr's fifth and largest financing to date, foll...
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The Jerusalem Post
'Israeli Craigslist' advertiser charged with fraud
Yakir Gavsu allegedly swindled customers out of thousands of shekels by offering fake products on Yad2 site.
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Gizmodo
Write the Perfect Craigslist Post [How To]
Craigslist is weird. Equal parts shady flea market and poetry slam—and crammed full of just as much junk as either. If you're trying to sell something or rent an apartment, your post needs to stand out. Crafting that perfect post is equal parts art and science. More »
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Mashable
Facebook Inches Into Craigslist Territory With ‘Highlighted Posts’
Facebook is testing a product called “Highlighted Posts” that potentially puts the company into the online classified ads arena domi…
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Daily Mail
Revenge as theft victim spots his bike on Craigslist and steals it back
Danny Lesh spotted his Cannondale hybrid on the site on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after it was pinched from outside a house in Washington, D.C, identifying it by a worn ‘Bike Winter’ sticker.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Regulator warns investors to stay off Craigslist
B.C. Securities Commission alleges Vancouver man offered a double-your-money, totally secure, investment on popular ad site
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Daily Mail
Trading his life crisis for hers: Man sells Goldwing motorcycle on Craigslist so he can pay for wife's boob job
'It's time to trade in one ride for another', the ad on the Denver section of Craigslist starts, when a bike lover sells his 1994 Goldwing motorcycle so he can buy his wife new boobs.
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dlisted
"Come On Dude, I'll Jerk You Off!"
That line is the signature pick-up line I've been using for years and it's the same line John Travolta allegedly used on a masseur who is suing him for $2 million for sexually assaulting him. TMZ brings us the story that is probably making Tommy Girl and the other boys in the Scientology men's lounge laugh their thetans off. Let's dissect the whole messy thing together:
According to the...
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The New Yorker
James Pogue: Tim Pool, Geoff Shively, and the O.W.S. drone.
One night last month, Emily Conner, a twenty-five-year-old playwright from Toronto, and Charlotte Matthews, a twenty-three-year-old sailing instructor from Staten Island, stood in their kitchen in Crown Heights and griped about their new roommates. They had advertised on Craigslist to fill a spare room . . . (Subscription required.)
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New York Times
For Craftsmen, Craigslist Is a Slender Lifeline
Largely excluded from the economic recovery, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other construction workers are pleading for work on the online classified advertising site.
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Washington Post
Internet Hall of Fame honors Raymond Tomlinson, whose @ symbol defines Web life
The Internet Society in Geneva announced its inaugural inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame on Monday. Al Gore got in, and so did the founder of Craigslist; for the most part, the inductees were an oldish, whitish, mostly male pride, important for doing things online that few people are technologically equipped to understand.
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Reuters
Retired baseball star Dykstra jailed for lewd conduct
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra was sentenced on Wednesday to 270 days in jail and 36 months probation over charges that he exposed himself to five women who answered his Craigslist ads for an assistant or housekeeper.
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TMZ
Lenny Dykstra -- Jail Time for Craigslist Knife Attack
More slammertime for disgraced baseball star Lenny Dykstra ... Nails has just been sentenced to 3 months in L.A. County Jail for allegedly holding a knife to a woman's throat. Dykstra pleaded no contest to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and…
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AllThingsDigital
ScoreBig Uses Priceline's Model to Name Your Own Price for Live Events
Here's a little secret that sports teams and music venues don't want you to know: They are quietly unloading tons of tickets online for up to 60 percent. And, now there's an app for that.
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Gizmodo
Facebook – Diese Informationen erhält die Polizei bei Vorladung
Als Teil der Untersuchungen im Philip Markoff Fall – auch bekannt als der Craigslist Killer – hat die Bostoner Polizei sein Facebook Konto vorgeladen. Nun da eine große Sammlung der Unterlagen bezüglich des Falls von der Polizei veröffentlicht wurde, erhalten wir einen genauen Einblick darüber welche Informationen der "Schwerlaster der sozialen Netzwerke" mit den Untersuchungsbehörden teilt. me...
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Slashdot
Here's What Facebook Sends the Cops In Response To a Subpoena
An anonymous reader writes "Facebook already shares its Law Enforcement Guidelines publicly, but we've never actually seen the data Menlo Park sends over to the cops when it gets a formal subpoena for your profile information. Now we know. This appears to be the first time we get to see what a Facebook account report looks like. The document was released by the The Boston Phoenix as part of a l...
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BoingBoing
Bureau of Trade curates eBay and Craigslist items, including LPs!
Bureau Of Trade is a new site that shares interesting finds on eBay and Craigslist in categories like vintage watches, clothing, classic cars, furniture, books, and music. My pal David Katznelson, DIY musicologist behind The Cotton Exchange, Birdman Records, and the Grammy-nominated Alan Lomax In Haiti box set is curating their vinyl page. Check out [...]
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Reuters
Man arrested in Texas in smuggling scheme involving Craigslist
(Reuters) - A man suspected of using the online advertising site Craigslist to recruit drivers for a scheme to transport illegal immigrants in a Texas border area with Mexico has been arrested and faces people-smuggling charges, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.
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Daily Mail
Giant Star Wars 'Tie Fighter' for sale for just $150 on Craigslist
It's eight-feet wide and eight-feet high and even comes with laser canons – although they will only fire 'standard party poppers', the advert, posted in Seattle, says.
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perez hilton
A New Gay Sex Scandal For John Travolta!
Oh boy!
John Travolta's in another gay sex scandal!
According to The National Enquirer, the actor reportedly contacted a male massage therapist anonymously via Craigslist in mid-January, and upon picking him up in a Black Lexus SUV near Sunset Blvd, brought him to the Beverly Hilton hotel and attempted to pay him $200 an hour for sex!
The [...]
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National Post
‘Recycled’ diamonds wreak havoc on the industry
Sabrina Thompson, a 30-something restaurant manager from Toronto, says she turned to Craigslist to sell her diamond engagement ring after her relationship ended
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Reuters
"Recycled" diamonds come back to haunt industry
TORONTO (Reuters) - Sabrina Thompson, a 30-something restaurant manager from Toronto, says she turned to Craigslist to sell her diamond engagement ring after her relationship ended.
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AP
Prank offer of free baby lands teen in trouble
CLINTON, Miss. (AP) -- Police in Mississippi say charges are pending against a Jackson area teen for pulling a prank on a friend when he advertised a free baby on Craigslist using the friend's cellphone number on the contact information....
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CNN
Ohio man pleads not guilty in Craigslist job ad killings
The accused trigger man in the slayings of three men who answered a Craigslist ad for work on a cattle farm pleaded not guilty Wednesday, officials in Ohio said.
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Reuters
"Craigslist" killings suspect pleads not guilty in Ohio
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man accused of killing three people and wounding a fourth after luring them through bogus Craigslist ads for a job as a farm caretaker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the charges, which could carry a death sentence.
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USA Today
Suspect in Craigslist killings pleads not guilty
The man suspected in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
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science blogs
Nachtrag zum Wikipedia-Blackout: Politiker knicken ein [Geograffitico]
Ob es nun eine Folge des demonstrativen Online-Protests war, oder ob Lobbying hinter verschlossenen Türen auch eine Rolle gespielt hat, wäre zwar noch zu klären, aber fest steht, dass der politische Rückhalt fuer zwei Internet-Urheberschutzgesetze nach dem Blackout von Wikipedia, Craigslist und - zumindest symbolisch - Google für die (im Kern vergleichbaren) Gesetzesentwürfe Stop Online Piracy ...
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Telegraph
Wikipedia and Google join anti-piracy bill protest
Wikipedia, Google and Craigslist are among the websites joining a protest about proposed anti-piracy legislation in the United States.
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Los Angeles Times
Wikipedia, Craigslist, other sites go black in SOPA protest
Supporters, who believe the laws are needed to stop "rogue" websites that make it possible for illegal downloading, went after organizers of Wednesday's Internet blackout.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
New musical based on Craigslist ads captures human longing
Personal ads are just so full of stories and weirdness and all the evidence of humanity, says co-creator Bill Richardson
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Los Angeles Times
Man pleads not guilty in Craiglist underage sex case
A Santa Ana man pleaded not guilty Friday to attempting to start a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl on Craigslist who turned out not to exist. Oscar Zamora Pinedo, 35, is charged with one felony count each of contacting...
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physorg
Two accused of luring robbery victims with fake iPad ad on Craigslist
Police have arrested two men who are suspected of robbing people at gunpoint after luring them to a restaurant parking lot with fake ads on Craigslist.
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omg
"Community" flash mob: fans hope to save NBC comedy
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Community" fans are planning a flash mob at Rockefeller Center on Thursday afternoon to save the show, which has been pulled from NBC's midseason schedule. Show devotees plan to gather at 30 Rock at 1 p.m. for the event, which is being promoted via #OccupyNBC and #SaveCommunity hashtags on Twitter. Organizers are also spreading the word with a Craigslist announcemen...
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NEWS.au.com
US woman gets kidney from Craigslist ad
A WOMAN who received a new kidney after posting a plea for help on Craigslist is recovering in a Miami hospital, and so is the donor.
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New York Times
Craigslist Murder Suspect Says He’ll Be Free One Day
A teenager charged with murder in a Craigslist robbery scheme said in a letter to his father that he believed God would keep him from a long incarceration.
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FOX
Third Body Possibly Tied to Craigslist Ad Identified- Florida Man Charged With Killing Couple With Bat |
USA Today
Craigslist suspect previously jailed
A parolee tied to a Craigslist robbery scheme was in an Ohio jail but released.
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USA Today
Indianapolis prepares to host Big Ten title game, football
A Craigslist ad seeking "seat-fillers" for the game was exposed as a hoax, yet it highlighted a real issue: Is Indy a college football town?
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New York Times
Three Lured to Death in Ohio by Craigslist Job Ad
Officials in Noble County, in rural southern Ohio, were alerted to the crimes after one man escaped with a gunshot wound to his arm.
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Daily Mail
All I want for Christmas is you: Single women advertise on Craigslist for temporary holiday boyfriends
'Contracts' are simply for the holiday season and relationships will be terminated on New Year's day.
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BBC
Craigslist deaths teen 'innocent'
The mother of a 16-year-old boy arrested in Ohio over the deaths of three men responding to a Craigslist jobs advert tells US media her son is innocent.
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News.co.au
Second 'Craigslist killing' victim confirmed
A BODY found in a shallow grave is that of a man missing more than a week after he answered an online classified ad.
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Telegraph
Two more bodies discovered by police investigating 'Craigslist killer'
Police investigating an alleged lethal robbery scheme that lured victims through Craigslist have discovered two more bodies.
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USA Today
3rd Ohio body may be linked to Craigslist plot
Authorities today found two bodies in Ohio that could be linked to a robbery-murder plot that lured victims with a phony Craigslist job ad.
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Salon
“Bored to Death” keeps itself amused
I recently re-watched the first season of HBO's "Bored to Death" (Mondays 9 p.m./8 central) -- created by novelist and newspaper columnist Jonathan Ames -- and was struck by how much it has changed. Between 2009 and now, the show's point-of-view has stayed more or less the same, but the tone, pace and emphases are different. The pilot, which showed Ames' self-named, white-wine-guzzling pothead ...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Craigslist jobseeker found dead
A jobseeker from Florida responding to a bogus Craigslist ad for a job on an Ohio cattle farm was found dead and another from South Carolina was shot but escaped by running away through the woods, a sheriff said Thursday.
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