XLVII: The Super Bowl went from blowout to blackout when a power outage in the third quarter delayed the game 34 minutes. With a record television audience, The Baltimore Ravens lost control of a 22-point lead but held on to win 34-31 over the San Francisco 49ers in the New Orleans Superdome. Coach John Harbaugh won and Coach Jim Harbaugh, the brother who throws angry fits and his clipboard, was the loser.

National: President Obama takes his gun control campaign to Minneapolis today where he will visit the police special operations center and speak about reducing gun violence.

• The man accused of killing “American Sniper” author Christopher Kyle is a military veteran with post-traumatic stress. Kyle and a colleague were working with 25-year-old former Marine at a gun range in a program to help veterans. Eddie Routh is charged with shooting Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Kyle was a Navy SEAL credited with 150 sniper kills and considered a military legend.
• A tour bus in Sothern California lost its brakes and rolled over, killing eight passengers and injuring more than 30.

World: French jets have attacked remote Islamic rebel bases in Mali trying to cut off supply routes. The rebels were pushed out of the towns and retreated into the desert.

• Scientists have identified the remains of King Richard III buried beneath a small municipal parking lot in Leicester 100 miles Northwest of London. Five hundred years ago Richard III was the last king to be killed in combat, at the Battle of Bosworth Field, by his successor, Henry VII. DNA from the bones matched a living descendant and the spine had severe curvature, matching the description of the king.
• As many as 680 international soccer matches may have been fixed on behalf of Asian criminal syndicates that made millions of dollars on bets. This comes as the result of a 19-month investigation that claims 425 people from 15 countries were involved in schemes that even included World Cup qualifying matches.

The Box: A zombie romantic comedy called “Warm Bodies” won the weekend with $20 million at the box. Sylvester Stallone’s “Bullet in the Head” took a box office bullet collecting just $4.5 million.

Passing: Andre Cassagnes,  the French electrician who invented the Etch A Sketch has died near Paris at age 86. Originally called “L’Ecran Magique”, (The Magic Screen) the toy debuted in 1959 and was licensed to the American company Ohio Art, which has sold 150 million of them.

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