Craigslist's second-most important role—after its role as a wholesale purveyor of used Ikea furniture—is its role as a purveyor of sex services, whether paid or just for "exposure." Why is Connecticut's attorney general hating the player (Craigslist)?

The rallying cry for supporters of Arizona's new immigration bill has been the murder of rancher Robert Krentz at the hands of immigrants. But according to reports, the main suspect in the case is an American, not Mexican.

Natavia Lowery, the 28-year-old woman convicted of killing her boss, former Ramones manager and celebrity real estate agent Linda Stein, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Stein was bludgeoned to death in 2007. Lowery, Stein's assistant, later confessed.

Officials now say the Times Square car bomb "was the work of an international plot."

Former drug kingpin Ike Atkinson, a soldier who smuggled tons of heroin out of Vietnam, is challenging American Gangster's account of Harlem heroin-smuggling kingpin Frank Lucas. Give Ike Atkinson credit for every last kilo he smuggled into America, patriotically.

The Oscar-winning director wrote a letter, while under brutal house arrest in his Swiss chalet, saying he is the target of fameball lawyers, and that he already served his time "in a normal prison" for raping a 13-year-old girl. [SwissInfo]

Police commissioner Ray Kelly is handling a difficult party schedule, but has managed to find some time to perform his day job this week by shaking up the command structure of the NYPD in an effort to quell rising crime.

Looking to start an online criminal enterprise? Look no further than an Eastern European hacker website that offers stolen Facebook accounts for between $25 and $45. Just ask for "kirllos" and he should be able to set you up.

Gaming mogul Mark Pincus trashed-talked his way to Wall Street's gutter, trafficked scammy Facebook ads, and is now targeted in a class-action lawsuit. The FarmVille creator's now reaping $450 million in annual revenue and may go public. Revenge is his.

Ali Wise, the ex-Dolce & Gabbana publicist charged last year with computer trespass and eavesdropping, will plead guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court today. The New York Post reports Wise will probably get community service and probation. [NYP]

Our nation's college journalists just cannot stop getting themselves arrested, for journalism. Alex Kotran, intrepid photojournalist-at-large for the Ohio State Lantern, was simply covering two runaway and potentially deadly cows, when he was rudely detained. Fiends.

Everyone knows the only thing people do with their cell phones is take weird sex pictures. When moms saw a man lurking around San Francisco's Mountain Lake Park apparently taking cell phone pics of their kids, they leaped into action.

Three things you should not do when fleeing the police: Hide in a pool of liquid manure, hide in the greenhouse where you grow your pot, or stop for a bathroom break. Guess who's got some dumb criminal stories...

Meet Alexander Surin, international drug baron and obsessive car collector [Jalopnik]

The remains of 25-year-old Laura Garza, who was last seen alive at NY's Marquee nightclub in December 2008, were found in Pennsylvania near the home of main suspect Michael Mele, who is in jail for sex offenses. [NYP, pic]

The fatal shooting of Yale postdoctoral fellow Vajinder Toor is the second homicide to hit the school this academic year. But despite the tragedy, Toor is unlikely to be another Annie Le, whose gruesome murder made national news last fall.

John McAfee suspected Fast Company would portray him as a con artist. Which is why it's so bizarre the software kingpin proceeded to act like one, publicly blabbing about the people he's misled and the fun he had doing so.

Here's a phrase we haven't seen in a while: "gangs of wilding teens." They're terrorizing New York's subway system and turning Central Park's Strawberry Fields into a battlefield. They're too young to know Strawberry Fields is about peace! [NYPost]

Child molesting Bishop Roger Vangheluwe from Bruges, Belgium, has resigned from his post after he admitted sexually abusing children during his tenure. Earlier in the week, Bishop John Favalora of Miami and Bishop James Moriarty of Kildare, Ireland, also resigned. It's nice of them to resign, but shouldn't these people be in jail? [BBC]

John McAfee is a tricky one. The software mogul said he squandered his anti-virus fortune on worthless bonds and real estate. But what if he got his nephew killed and is trying to escape the consequences?