We Figured Out Which “Well Known Author” Needs a Woefully Underpaid … - Gawker
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 4:01
Yesterday, we brought you news of an anonymous “well known author” seeking a $12-an-hour assistant via craigslist. Kind of like Carrie Bradshaw’s on Sex and the City , she explained, and you’ll be paying your own taxes, doing “occasional light …
Lessons Learned from McAfee’s S.P.A.M. Experiment - InternetNews.com
McAfee (NYSE: MFE) hired 50 participants from 10 countries by placing ads on craigslist, including the U.S., to spend one month surfing the Web unprotected. They were given brand new Dell laptops with only basic McAfee antivirus software, which the …
Child prostitutes sell themselves on craigslist - CNN
SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) — 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. Sacramento police have …
Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries - Boston Globe
NEW YORK Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com , one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers. Now, just as papers are reeling from a …
Oakland County news briefs - Detroit Free Press
While many major charities in metro Detroit have reported declining donations, community groups like the 125-member Royal Oak Woman’s Club still find support. The club’s home and garden tour on Saturday drew 530 patrons who paid $20 each to see …
Bolingbrook men plead not guilty to juvenile pimping charge - Chicago Tribune
Downers Grove police investigators set up a sting operation after seeing an ad on craigslist, a popular Web site, that seemed to be seeking customers for a prostitution front, said Assistant DuPage County State’s Atty. Brian Perkins. Brandon Spain …
Waltrip gives car to scam victim - Nashville Tennessean
It’s beyond awesome,” said Jay Strobino, 24, of Franklin, who lost $5,500 trying to buy a used Honda Accord on craigslist earlier this year. He wired the money to a scam artist who claimed to be heading out soon for a military deployment, setting up …