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HBO to shoot TV pilot in New Orleans

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- HBO is developing a new television drama to be set in the music community of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

'Wire' co-creator happy with calm home

MARTINSBURG, W.Va., July 6 (UPI) -- Ed Burns, who helped create the gritty, violent TV series "The Wire," says he is very content with his new rural home in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Sun TV Critic red inks 'The Wire' newsroom

BALTIMORE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik Sunday slammed scenes from HBO's "The Wire," set in a thinly veiled mock-up of the newspaper's newsroom.

Fifth season of 'Wire' will be its last

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The fifth and final season of HBO's celebrated Baltimore-set cop drama, "The Wire," is slated to begin airing next month.

'The Wire' goes silent after this season

BALTIMORE, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- "The Wire," the critically praised but viewer challenged HBO drama depicting inner-city life in Baltimore, will bow out after a five-year run.

Patent litigation worries tech industry

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Technology industry representatives are urging Congress to reform the patent system to curb frivolous lawsuits, but experts caution the effort needs to take care not to disadvantage small companies and discourage innovation.