Rhode Island Inches Closer To Banning Prostitution
Rhode Island is one of two states without blanket prostitution bans. It's only sanctioned in a few counties in Nevada, but in the Ocean State it's legal everywhere -- just not for much longer.
Rhode Island is one of two states without blanket prostitution bans. It's only sanctioned in a few counties in Nevada, but in the Ocean State it's legal everywhere -- just not for much longer.
AP | Posted 07.22.2009 | Home
BOSTON — A former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist has been indicted by a grand jury. Philip...
Phil Bronstein | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media
Rabid law enforcement agents are chasing lucrative classified sex ads from Craigslist back to old-fashioned newsprint businesses nervy enough to keep publishing them.
Craig Newmark | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media
Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist's CEO, does a great job pointing out why South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is provably wrong about Craigslist.
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media
CHICAGO — A month after the killing of a masseuse who advertised on Craigslist, the classified ad site announced plans Wednesday to eliminate it...
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living
The recent arrest of Philip Markoff, the accused Craigslist Killer, is an example of a façade of normality covering an action of evil. And in the face of betrayal, we can't help but question our own judgment.
AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 06.04.2009 | Home
WARWICK, R.I. — A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in an arrest warra...
AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.31.2009 | Home
BOSTON — An ad placed on Craigslist by prosecutors has not turned up any new accusations against the Boston University medical student charged w...
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy
It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.
Posted 05.31.2009 | Home
The Associated Press reports that Megan McAllister, the fiancee of the accused Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff, visited him in prison for the first ...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.30.2009 | Home
ABC News reports that police have discovered 16 pairs of women's panties in the home of Philip Markoff, the man alleged to be the Craigslist killer. A...
AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 05.28.2009 | Home
BOSTON — The fiancee of a medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist said Monday she still loves him, but the band ...
Jeremy Abelson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media
After 14 years and billions of advertisements, a scandal has been associated with Craigslist, and Craig's name is now associated with murder. He is looking for retribution.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2009 | Home
The bizarre case of alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff may have taken a strange turn with new reports that Markoff was trolling Craigslist for s...
New York Post | DOUGLAS MONTERO IN BOSTON, and JAMES FANELLI IN NY | Posted 05.26.2009 | Home
lleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff reportedly collapsed into a blubbering, self-loathing mess during a jailhouse visit from relatives, telling th...
ABC News | LISA FLETCHER, LAUREN PEARLE, MICHELE MCPHEE and SARAH NETTER | Posted 05.24.2009 | Home
Accused "Craigslist killer" Philip Markoff was put on a suicide watch today after correction officers found shoelace marks on his neck, law enforcemen...
Lionel | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media
On April 14, a Boston med student, Philip Markoff, is alleged to have murdered "masseuse" Julissa Brisman, 26, whom he met on a Craigslist advert. Sai...
AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home
BOSTON — A Boston University medical student accused of robbing women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist, killing one of them, had ite...
Matt Littman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media
Julissa Brisman died a horrible, horrible death, and yet, the media is still selling her sexual image in order to entice viewers.
Huffington Post (numerous sources) | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home
UPDATE: Markoff Held Without bail... AP: Prosecutors said Tuesday they found a semiautomatic weapon at the home of a Boston medical student who ha...
Craig Newmark | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media
We're really horrified and saddened that our community services have been associated in any way with a crime of violence.
David Segal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics