Monday,  February 4, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 200 • 27 of 36 •  Other Editions

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• Reed, also a New Orleans native, tied the NFL record for postseason picks with his ninth.
• Baltimore didn't pounce on that mistake for points. Instead, Tucker's fake field goal run on fourth-and-9 came up a yard short when Chris Culliver slammed him out of bounds.
• The Ravens simply shrugged, forced a three-and-out, and then unleashed Jones deep. Just as he did to Denver, he flashed past the secondary and caught Flacco's fling. He had to wait for the ball, fell to the ground to grab it, but was untouched by a Niner. Up he sprang, cutting left and using his speed to outrun two defenders to the end zone.
• Desperate for some points, the 49ers completed four passes and got a 15-yard roughing penalty against Haloti Ngata, who later left with a knee injury. But again they couldn't cross the goal line, Paul Kruger got his second sack of the half on third down, forcing a second field goal by Akers, from 27 yards.
• When Jones began the second half by sprinting up the middle virtually untouched -- he is the second player with two TDs of 50 yards or more in a Super Bowl, tying Washington's Ricky Sanders in 1988 -- the rout was on.
• Then it wasn't.
• "Everybody had their hand on this game," 49ers All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis said. "We point the fingers at nobody. We win together and we lose together, and today we lost it."

10 Things to Know for Monday
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. SUPER BOWL BLACKOUT SHUTS DOWN THE BIG GAME
• The 34-minute outage caused by an "abnormality" in the Superdome's power system plunged the stadium into darkness and cut off announcers' mikes.

• 2. RAVENS HOLD OFF 49ERS COMEBACK, 34-31
• San Francisco scored 25 points after the lights came back on, but John Harbaugh's defense held off his little brother's team to give Baltimore the title.

• 3. DEADLY TOUR BUS CRASH IN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS
• Eight people are killed and dozens injured when the bus crashed with a pickup

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