Accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff has now been charged in a third case involving a woman he found on the website and held up in a hotel room, this one in Rhode Island. Markoff is accused of tying up a stripper and robbing her at gunpoint in a similar fashion to the incident three days before in which he's accused of killing the Upper West Side's Julissa Brisman in Boston. Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch said, "We look for every measure of justice, particularly in a case like this where a life was taken." At a press conference announcing the charges, the Attorney General also had some unkind words for Craig Newmark, who has been publicly defending keeping his website's Erotic Services section open. Lynch said, "The guy from Craigslist was on TV. He said it was only one incident. I think it was totally irresponsible. It was a murder." more ›

Did you happen to catch Stephen Colbert announce his candidacy for President of the United States of America? The NY Times reports he's planning to run in South Carolina primaries, and that he's "serious enough about the stunt that his staff reached out to the state’s Democratic and Republican committees in advance of his declaration." The S.C. Democratic committee says they'd have no problems with him running. more ›

-- Tomorrow is One Web Day, and to celebrate, Cardozo is sponsoring a panel with Craig Newmark and Scott Heiferman at Castle Clinton in Battery Park. It starts at 12pm, and just like (most of) Craigslist, it's free! more ›

-- Gawker has Jared Paul Stern's book proposal. Better get those presses running quick, boys-- his 15 minutes are running out fast! more ›

An amusing article in the NY Times about how finding housing on craiglist shows how particular and specific people get when it comes to finding people to live with. Like wanting the drama-free and no toffs and people who aren't around that much (but have the money).

New Yorkers are also adept at constructing what the military calls a zone of separation. A woman with an apartment at Union Square posted a photograph, not of the bedroom she wanted to rent out for $1,150 a month, but of a large divider she planned to use to create the bedroom from part of her living room. more ›

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What are your NYC real estate nightmares? Other nutty NYC real estate stories and the city on rental guidelines.
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While everyone has thought that various ads on Craigslist seem more cinematic than real (missed connections - that is so romantic comedy...we're not saying it's always good romantic comedy...), San Francisco director Michael Ferris Gibson is making a movie about Craigslist users. Wired says that people who posted ads on August 4, 2003, were asked to participate in what will be a 90 minute DV film, and Gibson and his crew are sifting through almost 2000 postings. more ›