Sheriff: Palm Harbor man helped underage girls advertise sexual services on website

Source: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

By Peter Jamison, Times Staff Writer Peter Jamison Tampa Bay Times In Print: Saturday, May 26, 2012 PALM HARBOR — A classified advertising website that has attracted national controversy over its alleged role in the trafficking of u ...
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Nicholas D. Kristof: Crackdown on the sex trade is warranted

Source: Omaha.com

We think of branding as something ranchers do to their cattle. But it’s also what pimps do to women and girls they control across America. Taz, a 16-year-old girl here in New York City, told me that her pimp had b ...
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Bennack to be in Business Hall of Fame

Source: San Antonio Express

San Antonio billionaire investor B.J. “Red” McCombs knows exactly why he did not nominate Hearst Corp. CEO and San Antonio native Frank Bennack Jr. to the Texas Business Hall of Fame until this year. McCombs, who was named in 1998 ...
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Disney ads appear next to sex links

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Walt Disney World ads featuring Mickey Mouse promoting travel and hotel deals ran alongside online links for sex shops, nudist resorts and other adult services, a report released Thursday shows. Kristin Mason, director of public ...
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Craigslist Prostitution Ads Resurface in Some Places, Study Says

Source: Bloomberg.com

Prostitution ads are back on Craigslist, according to a new report. Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, eliminated a category dedicated to adult services in 2010 and shut down erotic services section a year earlier amid pressure fro ...
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Another award-winning year for the North Star

Source: CottageCountryNow.ca

PARRY SOUND - The Parry Sound North Star and Parry Sound Beacon Star continue to rack up industry awards. During awards ceremonies held last month, the North Star picked up several Ontario Community Newspaper Association wins – competing against commu ...
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Revamped Belfast Telegraph car site is a hit

Source: Belfast Telegraph

Northern Ireland motors website nicarfinder.co.uk has unveiled a dramatic makeover — and to celebrate announced a brilliant supercar competition for users. The website — owned by the Belfast Telegraph group — ...
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n0ticed: open API, yours for the taking

Source: Editors Weblog

Remember the days before Craigslist, when newspapers made money from classified advertising? In the year 2000, the U.S. newspaper industry brought in a high of nearly $20 billion dollars in classified revenue; by 2009, this figure had plummeted ...
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Cruz’s team wins first game in May

Source: Daily Trojan

After losing two of three games to Arizona last weekend, the USC baseball team has now lost three consecutive series and four of its last five series overall. But unlike those other series losses, they didn’t get swept thsi time around. Slump city · ...
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