Matt Hasselbeck passed for 272 yards and four touchdowns and Marshawn Lynch scampered 67 yards for a touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks upset defending Super Bowl champs New Orleans 41-36.
The Seahawks rallied from an early deficit to score 17 consecutive points in the first half of Saturday's NFC wild card play-off game at Qwest Field.
"We felt something special all week and today was a heck of a start for us," Hasselbeck said.
The opening round play-off win comes one week after Seattle became the National Football League's first division winner with a losing record. The Seahawks won the NFC West this season with just seven wins and nine regular season losses.
"I feel pretty calm right now," said Seattle coach Pete Carroll. "We expected to win and in fact it happened. I know it sounds crazy."
In the late game, LaDainian Tomlinson scored two touchdowns and Nick Folk kicked the game-winning field goal on the final play as the New York Jets edged Indianapolis 17-16 to advance to the second round of the play-offs.
The Seahawks held a 34-20 lead early in the final quarter before Saints quarterback Drew Brees looked ready to lead the Saints in a comeback.
But Lynch helped dash their hopes by breaking a half dozen tackles on a long run before scoring a touchdown with 3:22 left.
"I assume people are going to say it was more about what the Saints didn't do and not what we did, or that the Saints lost the game, not us winning it," Seattle wide receiver Mike Williams said.
"Whatever is said it doesn't matter. What matters is the direction our team is in and the focus the guys have in the locker room."
Late in the game, Brees led the Saints on a 70-yard drive, throwing a six-yard touchdown pass to Devery Henderson. But the Saints failed to score on the two-point attempt and then bungled an attempted on-side kick.
Brees finished 39-of-60 for 404 yards and two touchdowns for New Orleans, who earned a wild card berth with their 11-5 record, but were forced to travel to Seattle despite their superior record.
The Seahawks will travel to play next weekend against either Atlanta or Chicago while the Jets have the difficult task of facing the top-seeded New England Patriots next Sunday.
Folk kicked a 32-yard field goal with three seconds left, lifting the Jets to a dramatic victory over the Colts in an see-saw contest.
"I tell you it feels awesome," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "We are moving on. Our offence had to pick up the defence. It was a dogfight. What an amazing feeling.
"We totally dominated the second half offensively and on defence we had to hold serve."
The Jets got a measure of revenge against the Colts who beat them in the conference title game last year.
Peyton Manning and the Colts appeared to be headed for a win when the wheels fell off the team bus.
Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri booted a 50-yard field goal with 53 seconds left, giving Indianapolis the lead.
Speedster Antonio Cromartie returned the kickoff 47 yards and then Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez led his troops on a five-play, 40-yard march down the field.
Braylon Edwards jumped high to snare an 18-yard catch along the sidelines to move the ball to the 14, and the Jets called a timeout with three seconds setting the stage for Folk's winning kick.
"It is emotional. Exciting." said Tomlinson. "No one believe in us but we believed in ourselves. We are so happy to move on."
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Types of bank fraud
1) Phishing
Fraudsters send an unsolicited email that appears to be from a financial institution or online retailer. The hoax email requests that you provide sensitive information, often by clicking on to a link leading to a fake website.
2) Smishing
The SMS equivalent of phishing. Fraudsters falsify the telephone number through “text spoofing,” so that it appears to be a genuine text from the bank.
3) Vishing
The telephone equivalent of phishing and smishing. Fraudsters may pose as bank staff, police or government officials. They may persuade the consumer to transfer money or divulge personal information.
4) SIM swap
Fraudsters duplicate the SIM of your mobile number without your knowledge or authorisation, allowing them to conduct financial transactions with your bank.
5) Identity theft
Someone illegally obtains your confidential information, through various ways, such as theft of your wallet, bank and utility bill statements, computer intrusion and social networks.
6) Prize scams
Fraudsters claiming to be authorised representatives from well-known organisations (such as Etisalat, du, Dubai Shopping Festival, Expo2020, Lulu Hypermarket etc) contact victims to tell them they have won a cash prize and request them to share confidential banking details to transfer the prize money.
If you go
The flights
Etihad (etihad.com) flies from Abu Dhabi to Luang Prabang via Bangkok, with a return flight from Chiang Rai via Bangkok for about Dh3,000, including taxes. Emirates and Thai Airways cover the same route, also via Bangkok in both directions, from about Dh2,700.
The cruise
The Gypsy by Mekong Kingdoms has two cruising options: a three-night, four-day trip upstream cruise or a two-night, three-day downstream journey, from US$5,940 (Dh21,814), including meals, selected drinks, excursions and transfers.
The hotels
Accommodation is available in Luang Prabang at the Avani, from $290 (Dh1,065) per night, and at Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and Resort from $1,080 (Dh3,967) per night, including meals, an activity and transfers.
Cherry
Directed by: Joe and Anthony Russo
Starring: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo
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Who was Alfred Nobel?
The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.
- In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
- Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
- Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.
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