Three men found dead are believed to have been killed after answering a Craigslist ad for work. Susan Candiotti reports.
The bodies of three men have been found in shallow graves in eastern Ohio, all of them believed to have been killed after answering a Craigslist ad to work on a cattle farm, according to authorities.
Most of the news lately about real estate has been dismal: Home prices are swooning, foreclosures ballooning.
Rep. Christopher Lee has resigned after reports surfaced that the married congressman tried to meet women on Craigslist.
Christopher Lee, a Republican from New York, allegedly sent the photo to a woman on Craigslist, who sent it to a gossip site
When Craigslist pulled the plug on its adult services section last summer, it stepped out of a raging controversy over accusations its site had become a marketplace for pimps to sell underage girls.
Her ankles and wrists are shackled. She's wearing used sweats in the bright colors of the jailhouse, orange, blue and yellow. She shuffles to the courtroom to face the judge, her mother, and an uncertain future.
Thanks to a rising aftermarket for gift cards, someone who got, say, a $50 credit to Macy's over the holidays can quickly turn that into a credit for Amazon.com or even a check.
CNN's Amber Lyon investigates underage girls being sex trafficked online in America.
Craigslist has "no plans" to resume running adult services ads that contribute to child sex trafficking in the United States, an official with the online advertising site told a House panel Wednesday.
Behind every adult service ad on the internet is a story.
Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section is a "good step but a continuing battle has to be fought," a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said on Sunday.
Embattled online classified service Craigslist made a change to its website, censoring its adult services section.
Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section could be a model for other websites, a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said Saturday.
Attorneys general in 17 states have banded together to call on Craigslist, the online classified ad website, to discontinue its adult services section.
CNN's Amber Lyon confronts Craiglist and speaks with people who sell sex on the site.
I admit I'm pretty much a walking gender stereotype. I like shopping, getting pedicures, grabbing drinks with the girls after work, obsessing about my hair, and lusting over other women's awesome boots.
The accused 'Craigslist Killer' is dead of an apparent suicide, on what would have been his wedding anniversary.
An autopsy was conducted Monday in the death of a onetime medical student who died of an apparent suicide while facing charges in a killing tied to the Craigslist website.
CNN's Amber Lyon probes allegations that Craigslist is not doing what it can to combat child sex trafficking.
Last month, two girls trafficked for sex through the website Craigslist wrote an open letter to its founder, Craig Newmark, pleading with him to get rid of the adult services section, where sex ads are placed.
As all people of conscience will agree, human trafficking and child exploitation are utterly despicable and horrendous crimes.
Craigslist sex ads are a huge part of the site's revenue, despite the company's insistence that it will help stop them.
On a late afternoon in early June, undercover police officers circled a one-story highway motel north of Washington. Inside was a 12-year-old girl who told her mother she was being forced to work as a prostitute.
A Seattle man is killed after placing an ad on Craigslist. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
Four suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a home invasion that began with an ad on Craigslist, Washington state authorities said Friday.
As hard as it may be to remember now, the dot-com boom was nearing its dizzying peak as the decade started. But just as the bust hit a few months later, Google was pairing a savvy business model with great technology, Apple was most decidedly getting its mojo back, and Bill Gates was becoming exasperated with those pesky trustbusters.
CNN's Randi Kaye reports on how authorities tracked down and caught the so-called "Craigslist killer."
They were crimes born of the Internet age -- romantic solicitations on popular Web site Craigslist that police say led to the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston hotels this past spring.
A Long Island, New York, social worker is facing two misdemeanor charges after allegedly posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist that gave interested parties the home phone number of a 9-year-old girl.
A 23-year-old medical student pleaded not guilty Monday to an indictment alleging first-degree murder charge in a killing tied to Craigslist.
Philip Markoff pleads not guilty to charges related to the so-called Craigslist killing.
A Massachusetts grand jury late last week indicted a 23-year-old medical student on seven counts, including first-degree murder, in the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston hotels.
CNNMoney: The hidden job marketupdated: Wed Jun 10 2009 15:23:00
Can't seem to find a job? Maybe you're just not looking in the right places.
A North Carolina man is accused of arranging to have his wife raped through personal ads on the Web site Craigslist, police said Wednesday.
A South Carolina judge has ordered the state attorney general's office to stop pursuing criminal charges against Craigslist.com while a lawsuit related to prostitution ads on the popular classifieds site makes its way through the courts.
New York authorities indicted seven people accused of running a prostitution ring on the Web site Craigslist, the state's attorney general announced Wednesday.
Craigslist's managers have complied with the wishes of most of the state attorneys general who demanded they rid the site of prostitution ads.
CEO Jim Buckmaster says Craigslist responded to "constructive criticism" and replaced the "erotic services" listings.
Craigslist will replace its controversial online "erotic services" listings with a section where ads are individually checked by Craigslist employees before they are posted, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
Craigslist may face criminal action in South Carolina unless the online classifieds service stops running ads the state says promote prostitution and pornography, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.
Three state attorneys general were scheduled to meet with Craigslist representatives to begin negotiations toward eliminating advertisements from the site for prostitution and other suspected illegal sexual activities.
Philip Markoff, the suspect in the Boston Craigslist killing, faces an arrest warrant in Rhode Island.
A medical student accused of killing a masseuse in a Boston, Massachusetts, hotel room will be charged in a hotel assault in Rhode Island, the state attorney general said Monday.
An attorney for the fiancee of a man accused of murder says his client has called off their wedding.
The wedding of a Boston, Massachusetts, medical student accused of killing a woman he met through Craigslist has been called off, his fiancee's lawyer said.
"He is a loving and caring person," Megan McAllister says of the man she planned to marry this summer
A witness steps forward with a shocking revelation about the case
Family members of Phillip Markoff visited him in jail Friday for the first time since his arraignment on murder charges connected to the slaying of a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad.
The father of Philip Markoff's bride-to-be says his daughter prays this is a mistake
Friends and acquaintances of Philip Markoff, a medical student accused of killing a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad, described the 23-year-old as a model student.
A friend of victim Julissa Brisman and a classmate of murder suspect Philip Markoff speak out about the case.
His fiancée tells PEOPLE, "Somebody else did [the crimes] and needs to be penalized"
Philip Markoff was arrested after an exhaustive manhunt along the East Coast
A 22-year-old medical student suspected of killing a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad was arraigned Tuesday and will be held without bail.
CNN's Jason Carroll reports on an online predator who uses Craigslist to find his victims.
A 22-year-old college student in Boston, Massachusetts, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman who may have been contacted through a Craigslist ad, police said.
Police in Boston, Massachusetts, are searching for a man suspected in the murder of one woman and the armed robbery of two others, all of whom, they say, he may have met through their Craigslist ads for personal services.
CNN's Thelma Gutierrez says people are turning to Craigslist for jobs, clothes and food.
Ernie Casillas lived the good life as he doled out millions of dollars in loans in California. The former banker drove fancy cars and took extravagant vacations.
The housing market keeps families apart. Betty Nguyen reports on a woman desperate to sell her million dollar home.
An Illinois sheriff filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the owners of craigslist, accusing the popular national classified-ad Web site of knowingly promoting prostitution.
A sheriff's department in Illinois is suing Craigslist over ads in the "erotic" services section. Prime News reports.
A kidney donor was found for a New York man via Craigslist.org. CNN's Phil Rosenbaum reports.
One morning a couple of months ago at Westchester Medical Center, Dawn Verdick gave Daniel Flood one of her kidneys.
I admit, I'm pretty much a walking gender stereotype -- I like shopping, getting pedicures, grabbing drinks with the girls after work, obsessing about my hair, and lusting over other woman's awesome boots. I also hate when models brag about how they can eat anything without gaining an ounce, and I have an unhealthy addiction to gossip sites, but that may be taking it a bit too far.
Despite the tough economic times, you can't just expect to stop lusting after those Frye riding boots you've had your eye on forever, or that your longtime trusted hair stylist is going to suddenly start cutting her prices.
When April Kling locked eyes with a handsome stranger on her flight out of Chicago last Christmas, her heart skipped a beat. So she did what any hip 21st-century single would do: She posted an ad on Craigslist.org's "missed connections" bulletin board when she got home.
Miriam Brown has always wanted to visit Cape Cod, but when she recently began to plan a trip and found out she would have to pay $200 or more a night for lodging, her dream vacation seemed out of reach.
CNN's Veronica De La Cruz reports on a story of teens selling sex on the Internet site, CraigsList.
For more than two years, undercover cops on the Sacramento Police Department's vice squad have been working one of the most draining beats: trying to crack down on online child prostitution.
Craigslist is the online classifieds behemoth in the U.S., but there's some other savvy companies circling these listings
The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out"
In a move that pits two of the Internet's most popular sites against each other, EBay Inc. sued Craigslist on Tuesday, alleging the classifieds company unfairly tried to dilute the online auctioneer's stake in it.
Stocks were poised for a mixed open Wednesday as investors weighed a flurry of corporate earnings news including bigger-than-expected losses from both Delta Air Lines and the bond insurer Ambac.
With 450 sites in 50 countries, Craigslist is the undisputed leader in online classifieds, despite a stubbornly anticapitalist culture. Fortune's Matthew Boyle took your questions to Buckmaster, 44, to learn what's happening at the Web site that's rocked the ad world and transformed the way we clean our garage.
Dear FSB: My Web company, Careeb (careeb.com), offers social-networking and online-classifieds services, similar to Craigslist but for the Indian market. I asked a friend to be COO and handle the technical side of the business. How much equity in the company should I give him?--Naveed Ahmed, Founder and CEO, Careeb Hyderabad, India
Fortune: All in a Day's Workupdated: Mon Mar 20 2006 00:01:00
Their styles are wildly different, but all three leaders have BLACK BELTS IN PRODUCTIVITY. (For a multitasking box score, go to the last page of foldout.)
Fortune: All in a day's workupdated: Thu Mar 16 2006 13:38:00
To really get inside the way today's business leaders do their jobs, FORTUNE spent an entire day shadowing three top executives: the laid-back techie who runs online classified site Craigslist; the pioneering boss of ad sales at CBS; and the nonstop CEO of an NBA team. From coast to coast, sunrise to sunset, we logged every meeting, e-mail and coffee break. Right up to the final buzzer. See scenes from their day.
Craigslist, the do-it-yourself online classified listing that many investors hope will soar to Google-like proportions if it ever gets around to issuing stock, is being sued for discriminatory housing ads and asked to police its content the same way newspapers must, according to a report Thursday.
One of my first assignments for CNN was to profile a young mother who was part of a government program encouraging women to breast-feed their babies.
Making time for yourself and your family is the top goal for 2006, according to a MONEY poll. Lack of time is really two problems: You probably are too busy, and you aren't making the best use of the spare time you have. The action plan below will help you address both.
Fortune: BURNING SENSATIONupdated: Mon Dec 12 2005 00:01:00
ON AN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY sunny November day, in an unfashionable neighborhood of San Francisco, Craig Newmark ambles into his cramped office at Craigslist, the online classified-listings company....
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.
It may not have the instantly identifiable primary-colored logo of eBay, but another Web site is having a big impact on how business is done in Cyberspace.
Aliens will be glad to know that if ever they need to find an apartment here on Earth, someone has got them covered.
Craigslist, the popular community Web site that generates more than 1 billion page views each month, has cost newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area $50 million to $65 million in help wanted ad revenue, according to a new study.
My found-through-Craigslist inventory runs deep. My last two apartments. My dining room table. My living room couches. My futon. Red Sox tickets. Freelance writing assignments. I sold my car through the service.
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