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Megan McAllister’s fairytale wedding on the New Jersey seashore has been cancelled, less than 12 hours after her first jailhouse visit with her fiance, who has been dubbed the Craigslist killer. Plans for the Aug. 14 nuptials and dance on the Jersey Shore are being dismantled, McAllister’s attorney, Robert Honecker Jr., told WBZ-TV this morning. “That wedding will not occur,” Honecker also told ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning. McAllister visited fiance Phillip Markoff yesterday at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston for the first time since his arrest April 20 on robbery and murder charges. And though she had...

Philip Markoff, the accused murderer now known as the "Craigslist Killer," appeared to be collecting women's panties, which investigators believe were "souvenirs" from his alleged victims, two law enforcement sources told ABC News. Trisha Leffler describes her encounter with Philip Markoff at a Boston hotel. The panties, found during a search of Markoff's house, are one of the reasons investigators believe there could be more victims who have not yet come forward, the sources said. The underwear was hidden in Markoff's house and was marked and bagged by police as potential evidence in the case, sources said. Suffolk County District...

A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist. Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a news conference to announce the arrest. He is also connected to an assault on a Las Vegas exotic dancer in Rhode Island last week. Markoff's arrest came days after his image was shown on surveillance video at the hotels. Davis said that authorities...

BOSTON – A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist. Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a news conference to announce the arrest. He is also suspected of being connected to an assault on a Las Vegas exotic dancer in Rhode Island last week. "We are very, very happy to have this man off the street in such...

Excerpt - Newsweek is reporting that HP has called an emergency board meeting. [Link] Read the reports on this fiasco whereby Chairwoman Patricia “Patty” Dunn is at the center of a spy case whereby reporters phone records were illegally obtained resulting in all sorts of legal and SEC violations and the sudden resignation of Tom Perkins as well as other issues. There is no way — after a corporate witch hunt that results in spying that targets a New York Times reporter, Fortune Magazine reporter, CNET reporters and others — that this woman stays in office. ~ snip ~