Article: All the news that's fit; Ripped-from-the-headlines scandals like the Anna Nicole saga are tailor-made for 'Criminal Intent'

'LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT' Rating 2 1/2 out of 4

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About five years ago, all the "Law & Orders" competed for dibs to fictionalize ripped-from-the-headlines stories. But creator Dick Wolf eventually ditched that system. He figured there are plenty of headlines to go around.

"I've given up trying to legislate," Wolf says. "People haven't stopped killing themselves in unique and interesting ways."

This week's for-instance is on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": Anna Nicole Smith's druggie son convulses to death on a floor.

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