SOCIAL: What was happening while the lights were out at the Super Bowl?

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February 5, 2013

When the lights went out a few minutes into the second half of Super Bowl 2013, NOLA.com out of New Orleans had the details on everything going on, both funny and serious, inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

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