Image: Wikimedia CommonsSo-called human traffickers were apparently trying to set up shop in Arizona before authorities caught up to them.
According a May indictment of 12 people, including eight from Uzbekistan, the alleged traffickers had already brought several immigrants to Missouri for construction projects, intentionally allowing them to overstay their work visas. Court records show the immigrants were sleeping in lightly furnished apartments and threatened with deportation b
Last week, New Times featured an in-depth look at the hype surrounding the "Craigslist Killings." Much of the controversy and opposition centered on the "Erotic Services" section of the Web site. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Sheriff Thomas Dart of Cook County, Illinois both wanted it removed. But Craigslist was defiant that the section would remain -- at the time the article was written. (Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is pictured above speaking a