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Craigslist embroiled in sex trafficking scandal
Online auction site accused of facilitating under-age prostitution 10 August 2010 10:34 GMT TweetTwo sex workers have accused online auction website Craigslist of "facilitating sex trafficking" in an open letter to The Washington Post. The letter was run as a half page advert and called for the site's Adult Services section to be shut down.
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Ferris Bueller Ferrari replica goes to auction
It is his love, it is his passion...it is his fault he didn't lock the garage 5 April 2010 15:51 GMT TweetThe 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than 100 were made. And that's probably why John Hughes and his team made a replica version for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and it's now up for auction at Bonhams.
Despite not being an original Ferrari,...
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NES game sells for $41,300
Stadium Events attracts 115 bids 2 March 2010 15:43 GMT TweetA ultra-rare NES game titled "Stadium Events" has sold for more than $40,000 in an eBay auction. The NTSC title, which is unopened and factory sealed, attracted 115 bids before a winning figure of $41,300 was settled upon.
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WoW auction house coming to iPhone
Sell your Slatesteel Girdle of Frozen Wrath from the pub 3 February 2010 10:39 GMT TweetWorld of Warcraft creator Blizzard has announced that soon you may be able to access the game's auction house from your mobile phone. In a post on the official message boards, the company admitted that they may charge for the service.
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Toddler accidentally buys mechanical digger on auction site
"She doesn't even like tractors", claims mother 22 May 2009 15:28 GMT TweetA New Zealand couple got the "shock of their life" after their 3-year-old daughter accidentally bought a $NZ20,000 (£8,000) mechanical digger from auction website Trade Me without their knowledge.
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No one wants hell.com for a million bucks
Auction fails to find a bidder willing to pay the $1 million reserve price 30 October 2006 16:02 GMT TweetAn internet domain name auction held last Friday failed to attract the bidders its sellers were hoping for.
Hell.com was expected by domain asset management provider Moniker.com to be hot property, and had a $1 million reserve on it, but...