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The Murder of Bonnie Lou Irvine
A 52-year-old woman from Cornelius, North Carolina went missing in 2008 and after several days, her roommate reported her missing. Police were able to quickly access her activity on the website Craigslist, and soon realized her disappearance was connected to a man she had arranged to meet. Craigslist is a classified advertisements website that was created by a man named Craig Newmark back in 1995. It started out as first as a email distribution list to his friends, featuring mostly events in the San Francisco Bay area. People can browse the classifieds for job listings, housing options, items for sale, and personals ads. Unfortunately, over the years, it’s also become a place where…
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Book Review: The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand
As a fan of all the Elin Hilderbrand island drama, I enjoyed her foray into exploring boarding school life at a New England prep school from both the adult and student perspectives. The Thoroughbreds is the follow-up to her novel, The Academy, which she co-authored with her daughter Shelby Cunningham. I quickly found myself immersed in the world of boarding schools, the school’s annual traditions, and the decadent menu brought to campus by the unconventional Chef Haz. Synopsis: September at Tiffin Academy is always a heady time, especially for the senior class—“sixth formers,” in Tiffin-speak—a season of college applications and intense pressure, of partying hard and last hurrahs. As the chapel bells ring…