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A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers posted on Craigslist. The jury that convicted Richard Beasley of murder recommended that he face execution. The judge had the option of reducing the sentence to life in prison.

A Tennessee man was shot and killed Saturday during a meeting to sell guns to two men who answered an ad on Craigslist. Joshua McLean, 30, of Nashville, and his brother met the two men at a Nashville shopping center Saturday night, according to a WTVF-TV report.

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.

Does anyone else like to surf Craigslist for fun? I assume I’m not the only one. You can learn a lot about the quirks of our society on Craigslist. The same goes for the quirks of our health care system. Reading Craiglist, a foreigner visiting the U.S. would come away with a disturbingly accurate view the cost of care, how medical marketing works, and even important ethical issues. Here are a few observations I’ve made in my forays through the site.

A 16-year-old high school student has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an alleged scheme to lure jobseekers by posting a fake job ad on Craigslist, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

U.S. prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into whether eBay Inc employees misappropriated confidential information from classified ad service Craigslist, according to a copy of a grand jury subpoena obtained by Reuters.

Over the years, Craigslist has taken many hits for not being more vigilant in monitoring the kinds of ads that lead to criminal activity. Now, "America's toughest sheriff" has sent a letter to the Craigslist CEO to "strongly encourage" the site to take more responsibility for its part in facilitating a love that dare not speak its name: bestiality.

New York City's prostitutes have gotten the Facebook bug. City sex workers are now increasingly plying their trade on Facebook, after popular classifieds website Craigslist shut its Erotic Services section last year, according to a recent study.

Craigslist Inc.'s move to take down its adult-services listings is permanent, the online classified site's lawyer said in prepared comments to be delivered to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the Erotic Services/Adult Services section of their site. It's gone, replaced by a large black and white "censored" logo.

I've reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant - the section wasn't simply removed, the censored word was used.