As many as 5,000 people were killed when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China on Monday, including 900 schoolchildren in a collapsed school.  

 Tornadoes tore across Georgia, Missouri and Oklaholma on Saturday evening, killing 23, according to the Times. 

Former Saturday Night Live comedian Jimmy Fallon is reportedly taking over the hosting gig at NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a source close to the negotiations tells the AP. O'Brien will leave Late Night to replace Jay Leno at The Tonight Show. An official announcement regarding Fallon's reported promotion may come today.

Survivor Micronesia: Fans vs. Favorites ended and Parvati Shallow, 25, formerly of Survivor: Cook Islands, is the winner of a one-million dollar prize.

Ugly Betty actress, Vanessa Williams, 45, received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University on Saturday, 25 years after she dropped out. Williams attended from 1981 to 1983 and dropped out to become the first African-American winner of the Miss America pagaent.

An actor on the set of Broadway's The Little Mermaid broke his wrists after he fell through a trap-door onstage on Saturday. Adrian Bailey, an ensemble actor, plunged at least 20 feet and was taken to a nearby hospital, delaying the start of the performance for one hour.