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Twitter was on fire during the Super Bowl, but the twitterverse really lit up when the lights went out at the Superdome. Someone created a Twitter account named "SuperBowlLights." Many people tweeted Beyonce must have caused the failure with her electric half-time show.

A bear that was found walking around Bethesda, Md., has been returned to his natural home. But not before gaining a moment of Internet fame with two fake Twitter accounts created on his behalf.

Born in 1900, Anna Stoehr has seen dramatic shifts in technology. But when the Minnesota woman tried to create a Facebook account, she hit a snag. The service couldn't handle her early birthdate.

When other users saw Stone's profile, they reported it, thinking it was an imposter. The star of Basic Instinct tweeted at Bumble, pleading: "Don't shut me out of the hive." Her account was restored.

When Lonia Haeger's camper got trapped in ice in northern Norway, she created a Tinder account and got a match. Stian Lauluten came to the rescue with a bulldozer and helped free the camper.

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF has been nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of WOLFF's tour in Vietnam. WOLFF is also the author of two short story collections, a novella, and "This Boy's Life," a memoir about his childhood.

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF. Terry talked with him in 1989 after the release of his acclaimed memoir, "This Boy's Life" about his unhappy upbringing in a working-class town in Washington State in the late 1950s. The book was adapted for screen; the movie version stars Robert DeNiro, and Ellen Barkin. Last month WOLFF was nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of his tour in Vietnam. WOLFF also worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, and has written two highly regarded collections of short stories. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 1/31/89).

2: Cartooonist ART SPIEGELMAN, author of "Maus," for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Maus II." The two book-length comics are accounts of SPIEGELMAN's parents' experiences in the Holocaust. He is also co-founder and editor of "Raw," a magazine of avant-garde comics. His latest work is the illustration of "The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March" (Pantheon Books). (REBROADCAST FROM 1

HANAN MIKHAIL-ASHRAWI, former spokesperson for the P-L-O from 1991 to 1993. ASHRAWI was the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation at the Middle East peace negotiations. There are two books about her life and her role in the peace process: her personal account, This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster), and A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East by Barbara Victor (Harcourt Brace).

Cartooonist ART SPIEGELMAN, author of "Maus," for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Maus II." The two book-length comics are accounts of SPIEGELMAN's parents' experiences in the Holocaust. He is also co-founder and editor of "Raw," a magazine of avant-garde comics. He has now illustrated "The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March" (Pantheon