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Body Count Along NY Beach Highway Now at 10

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The number of possible victims of a serial killer rose to 10 on Tuesday after authorities confirmed that two sets of remains found along a New York highway a day earlier are human. Authorities have not definitively linked all the remains found in the past five months to the same suspect, but they have...

Detectives Ramp Up Search for Possible NY Serial Killer

OAK BEACH, N.Y. - While investigators scour miles of desolate New York beachfront from the tops of fire trucks and map plans for officers to traverse a daunting morass of thicket on horseback in search of more victims, dozens of detectives are inspecting credit card receipts, telephone records, old traffic tickets and even...

Lady Gaga Tickets Are Ga-Gone; Offer on Craigslist Is a Con

Lady Gaga fans looking for last-minute tickets to her New York City show, beware: A con artist is asking for hundreds of dollars on Craigslist in exchange for seats unsuspecting buyers will never see. WNBC-TV reports that the scam offers to sell discounted tickets for the Lady Gaga concerts Monday and Tuesday in New York...

Ex-Rep. Chris Lee, Wife in Retreat While Craigslist Ad-Placer Speaks Out

And now, just in time for Valentine's Day, news of two women in the Craigslist congressman's tumultuous life: Michele Lee, his anguished spouse, and Yesha Callahan, who placed the "women seeking men" personals ad that derailed a promising political career and could wreck his marriage.

Did Chris Lee's Resignation Have Anything to Do With the Gawker Redesign?

Nick Denton can't help feeling somewhat vindicated. Just two days after readers greeted the Gawker Media mastermind's drastic site redesign with antagonistic reviews, the Manhattan-based blog scored one of its "most significant scoops" in its nine-year history. U.S. Rep. Christopher Lee resigned Wednesday after Gawker...

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05/18/12 No Virginia, You Can't Sell a Toddler on Craigslist Source: DCist - Washington DC A man in Portsmouth, Va. was visited by local police this week after posting a Craigslist ad in which he offered to sell a two-year-old girl for $300 , NBC 4 reports.
05/02/12 Avito, the Russian Craigslist, raises huge $75m round Source: Tech Blog - FT.com Investment continues to pour into the soaring Russian internet market , which recently overtook Germany as Europe's largest by users.
04/29/12 D.V.N.O. to bring local indie-dance flavor to Sunfest Source: ABC - WPBF 25 - West Palm Beach FL What's not to love about a band that found two of its members on Craigslist?
04/29/12 Craigslist scam targets vacation rentals Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Last August, a couple who had driven hours to get to York Beach knocked at the door of their vacation rental only to find the condominium occupied and unavailable.
04/20/12 Coachella Craigslist Ticket Scammer Anthony Berson... Source: LA Weekly - Los Angeles CA A genius in Hawaii allegedly advertised Coachella tickets via Craigslist but took the money and ran.

Background on craigslist

Craigslist is a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.

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