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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

January 27, 2013 - 2:08 am

Here are a few things in news and pop culture that caught our eye last week.

■ A video catches Sen. Harry Reid lifting a pen President Barack Obama used to sign documents on Inauguration Day. Republicans scurry to their dictionaries to look up "metaphor."

■ Funky technology inexplicably sends people with lost cellphones to a North Las Vegas man's home. Yes, he can hear you, now go away.

■ Brothers John and Jim Harbaugh will face off when the teams they coach - the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, respectively - play in Super Bowl XLVII. Winning brother gets to give the losing brother a noogie.

■ A scientist names a species of spider found in Joshua Tree National Park after U2 frontman Bono u25B6. If the spiders aren't wearing sunglasses and leather jackets, this will just be disappointing.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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