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came up with quite a twist.
• Try a blackout that turned a blowout into a shootout -- capped by a brilliant defensive stand.
• The Baltimore Ravens survived a frenzied comeback by the San Francisco 49ers following a 34-minute delay in the third quarter for a power outage Sunday night, winning their second championship 34-31. Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco threw three first-half touchdown passes, Jacoby Jones ran back the second-half kickoff a record 108 yards for a score, and star linebacker Ray Lewis' last play fittingly was part of a defensive effort that saved the victory.
• "To me, that was one of the most amazing goal-line stands I've ever been a part of in my career," said Lewis, who announced a month ago he would retire when the Ravens were done playing.
• They are done now, with another Vince Lombardi Trophy headed for the display case.
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• NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Super Bowl week that had gone so smoothly for the Big Easy suddenly turned bizarre when everyone was watching.
• The lights went out on the biggest game of the year.
• Just imagine the uproar if Baltimore had lost.
• The outage, blamed on an unspecified "abnormality" in the Superdome's power system, was an embarrassment for New Orleans, which was hosting its first Super Bowl since 2002 and was eager to show off how it has been rebuilt since Hurricane Katrina.
• Mayor Mitch Landrieu called Sunday night's outage "an unfortunate moment in what has been an otherwise shining Super Bowl week for the city of New Orleans."
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• YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) -- At least eight people were killed and 38 injured Sunday when a tour bus careened out of control while traveling down a Southern California mountain road, struck a car, flipped and plowed into a pickup truck, authorities said.
• The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. about 80 miles east of Los Angeles and

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