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By The Associated Press

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 3:37 a.m.

MATT SLOCUM
Credit: AP
Baltimore Ravens players mill around the Superdome after the lights went out during the second half of the Super Bowl on Sunday in New Orleans. Moments after Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones scored on a 108-yard kickoff return, lights lining the indoor arena faded, making it difficult to see. Officials stopped play about 90 seconds into the third quarter, and the delay lasted more than 30 minutes.

Surge halts game for 34 minutes — The Super Bowl was halted for 34 minutes because of a power failure Sunday, plunging parts of the Superdome into darkness and temporarily silencing the TV announcers in the biggest game of the year.

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