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Advance publicity says, "New Orleans, with its rich setting of music, fun and debauchery is a magnet for military personnel on leave...And with fun, comes trouble. It is a natural backdrop for a unique character-driven spin-off."

It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?  Two of America’s most charming Southern-flavored actors doing a buddy-detective story on cable?  Perhaps an oversimplification, but for now it seems like HBO has won the bidding war to the high-profile new drama ‘True Detective,’ written by ‘The Killing‘s own Nic Pizzolato.

The Pacific Princess is reportedly being sold for scrap.

Gov. Bobby Jindal won't attend a debate in the governor's race planned for next week that will include his nine opponents.

Actor Peter Falk, who for decades played the titular character on the detective telepic series ‘Columbo,’ died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 83. Falk had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s, which was first made public in December 2008, according to the AP. The actor “died peacefully,” his family said in a statement.