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Haven’t bought tickets yet for the NFL Experience? Now you can try to win them. The NFL just launched a giveaway on Twitter running today through January 26. Follow @superbowl and watch for trivia questions, retweet activities, and more for daily chances to score tickets to the indoor fan zone—described as an "NFL theme park." Memorize the hashtag #NFLExperience—that’s how you’ll make sure your tweets are in the game.

About to plunk down a grand for a ticket to the Rolling Stone Super Bowl party on February 4? The mag's first-ever Super Bowl bash could be a concert worth every penny—and we'll know more tomorrow, when the host expects to announce the night's musical lineup. A publicist for Bacardi, the party's sponsor, told Super City that three or four acts should rock The Crane Bay, a former industrial building remodeled into a new and intimate event space near Lucas Oil Stadium. The party will celebrate the rum maker's 150th anniversary—which falls on Super Bowl Sunday—with a theme nodding to the 1920s, 1950s, and today. All celebrities who will be in town for the game have been invited, and perhaps Thursday's announcement about the concert lineup will provide some hints about who's likely to be downing some daiquiris and boogeying in the Bay. Stay tuned... 

A lot is afoot both in front of the masses and behind the scenes with Indy's impending Super Bowl. Here's a list of the latest figures, some of them mind-boggling:

More than 40,000 readers visit Erin Loechner’s Design for Mankind site every day for chirpy commentary on decor, fashion, and art.

"I told my daughter, Angie, 'I wish everybody would stop talking about the officer, because we don't know whose lungs these are," says Cathy Lewis.

A: Some may be outraged at the cost of a Frappuccino or Caramel Macchiato, but not so long ago, Indy residents couldn’t purchase them for any price. While Starbucks has been in business since 1971, it didn’t begin its caffeinated assault on the Indy market until 1999, when a location opened inside Butler University’s Atherton Union. A second (now defunct) spot debuted in Carmel’s Merchants’ Square a few weeks later. After that they multiplied like bedbugs, until you couldn’t drive more than a couple of blocks in any direction without spotting the McDonald’s of coffee shops. Well, perhaps they aren’t that numerous. According to Starbucks regional director of operations Nancy McLaughlin, there are currently “only” 30 locations inside the I-465 loop, and slightly more than 100 in the entire state. A decent number, but miniscule when you consider that the chain operates more than 17,000 stores worldwide.