The New Orleans Saints march to victory in rock-n-roll opening debut in refurbished Superdome.

After a Super Bowl-like pregame show that included a performance by supergroups U2 and Green Day, the Saints wasted no time turning their welcome-home party into Mardi Gras: The Falcons’ first drive stalled, and special teams demon Steve Gleason sliced through the middle of the Atlanta line to smother Michael Koenen’s punt.

Brian Williams and the NBC Nightly News wins five nights in a row in network news race.

A raid in Italy has led to the confiscation of over 650,000 fake handbags.

Italian police have confiscated more than 650,000 fake Gucci and Louis Vuitton bags and other branded accessories in the Tuscan town of Prato in a raid on a counterfeiting factory owned by Chinese businessmen.

Senator George Allen denies using racial slur while in college.

The season 3 premiere of Desperate Houswives plummeted from last year’s season two premiere.

“Desperate Housewives” was the night’s top show in viewership and adults 18-49 with 23.8 million viewers and a 9.5 rating/21 share, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research. But the soap was down sharply from its premiere last year (28.4 million, 12.3/26).

A top Al Quada leader has been killed in Iraq after escaping from a prison in Afghanistan.

Black colleges are finding it harder to compete as a large percentage of African-Americans are going to more racially diverse schools. 

Experts say aging campuses are one reason. But other reasons cited include increasing competition from predominantly white schools that are trying to become more diverse; changes in black students’ desires; and the greater opportunities available to them in a society more integrated than that of their parents.

Home prices have dropped for the first time in 10 years according to the National Association of Realtors.