Leno reclaims "Tonight Show"

Jay Leno hopes to reclaim the top spot in late night television ratings tonight when he returns to the "Tonight Show" at 11:35 p.m.. Leno's return to his original time slot reignites competition with his longtime rival David Letterman of CBS's "Late Show." It's a competition Leno dominated for 15 of his 17 years as the premier late night television host before NBC elected to bump Leno to an earlier timeslot and replace him with Conan O'Brien. As CBS and Letterman took hold of the top spot in the ratings, NBC went back on its decision, putting Leno back at his original post, and offering O'Brien a $45 million settlement.

NBC knows that they have work to do in order to return to the top of the ratings. Leno will host Olympian Lindsay Vonn, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" in his first week. The competition with Letterman will be fierce. CBS has booked former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney, and former NBC stars Jerry Seinfeld and Tom Brokaw for this week.

Syracuse claims top spot in national rankings

The SU men's  basketball team's 95-77 victory over Villanova on Saturday night in front of the largest on campus crowd in NCAA history was enough to propel the Orange to the top spot in the polls released on Monday afternoon. SU received help from Oklahoma State, Tennessee and Michigan State who beat Kansas, Kentucky and Purdue respectively, allowing Syracuse to vault from fourth to first in the rankings. The victory also enabled Syracuse to clinch at least a share of the Big East regular season title and the first seed in the Big East tournament. 

Earthquake ravages Chilean coast

There are more than 700 known victims of a tsunami that hit Chile's coastal region, including over 350 deaths in the town of Constitucion, according to MSNBC.com. Twenty-one SU students studying abroad in Chile are all safe following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami on Saturday.  Dow Jones newswires reported that houses over 500 yards from the coast were filled with water, mud and sand on Sunday. More than half of Constitucion is reportedly destroyed and looters are taking everything that's left behind. Many residents are wary of leaving behind family members that still haven't been accounted for, but most consider the village to be completely destroyed.