Officials are investigating what caused the power outage during the Super Bowl. In what should have been a clue that something was wrong, the lights in the Superdome blew out twice during Beyonce’s halftime show rehearsals.
- I guess she figured it’s harder to tell if you’re lip-syncing if the whole stadium is dark.
- The reason the lights were out for 34 minutes was it took time to call the guy in India who told them how to fix it.
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John McCain was accused of racism for a joking Tweet that compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the monkey Iran allegedly sent into space.
- Personally I think Mamoud looks more like a baboon’s butt…or a horse’s ass.
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A new study suggests that Neanderthals died out 15,000 years earlier than we thought.
- But a small group of them still lives today…They’re known as “The Detroit City Council”.
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Using DNA, British archeologists confirmed that they found the bones of 15th century King Richard the III buried under a parking garage.
- So it only took about six hundred years to find King Richard the III…which means we’ve got about 550 years left until they find Jimmy Hoffa!
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A family in Brazil says they found their pet tortoise that went missing 30 years ago alive in their home’s attic.
- They say he ran away to join a “Turtles Tribute Band” but apparently never made it out of the house.
- Talk about a shell-tered existance!
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“American Idol season 12 contestant Matthew Farmer admitted that he lied about being wounded by an IED in Afghanistan and that he has always had a problem telling the truth.
- And we’re supposed to believe that?
- The first clue that something was amiss came during his audition when his pants spontaneously caught on fire.
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Mike Tyson said that Lance Armstrong is “an awesome human being”.
- Well if that endoresement doesn’t get his Tour de France medals reinstated I don’t know what will!
- Boy that Tyson can really chew your ear off…literally.
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On this day in 1901 the Loop-the-Loop centrifugal roller coaster was patented by Ed Prescot.
- in 1902 his picture was featured on all bottles of Dramamine.
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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!
-Dick