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Is 'Law & Order' ripping Schuler case from headlines?

Is the "Law & Order" episode airing Friday directly based on the horrific crash that killed West Babylon native Diane Schuler and seven others on the Taconic Parkway on July 26?

Or is this TV chestnut up to its old tricks - borrowing a little here, a little there, for its own dramatic purposes?

NBC Tuesday said the episode, titled "Doped," will air Friday at 9 p.m. This is the same episode...

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