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It might be my birthday, but God had other plans. Here are some headlines of the 24k day:

1. Hella big Earthquake jolts Haiti.
The largest quake to hit the nation in history. The 7.0 magnitude shaker left the skies grey with dust, causing a hospital to collapse and thousands of deaths. [via nyt]

2. Google threatens China with the 86.
Everyone knows that Google has super powers, everyone but China. Google has announced that they discovered a major security breech of their 'intellectual property' and has traced it back to China. They said that as a consequence, USA offices have proposed that Google would not censor its data, which Google agreed to with the introduction of Google.cn in 2006. Google went on to say that it doesn't believe in the efforts to silence free speech outlets, and is choosing to remove all censorship from its results. has been a requirement from China since 2003. This pretty much means Google is cutting ties with China. Dang. [via googleblog]

3. Conan vs Leno vs NBC.
If you are out of touch with pop-culture, lemme bring you up to speed. NBC has canceled Jay Leno's spin off late night show and is unhappy with Conan O'Brien's takeover of the Tonight Show. With that, the network had proposed moving Leno back to 1130pm, and pushing Conan back to 1205. This has lit a fire underneath the late show circuit, and has forced Conan to release a statement in which he declares he will not be apart of the franchise if he is removed from his original time slot. Gotta love a redhead with pride. Read his letter here.