Glenn Beck & Carcinogens

1. On Tuesday, after months of speculation, Brett Favre announced that he would not be coming back to play pro football with the Minnesota Vikings. Favre said it was one of the most difficult decisions he's ever had to make. The future Hall of Fame quarterback has yet another press conference planned for next month to announce whether or not he will return to his saved game in Madden '09.

2. Yesterday, Glenn Back stated on the show Fox & Friends that he believes President Obama is a racist. The Fox News network distanced themselves saying Beck "expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views." Fox News apologized for Beck's unorthodox behavior then corrected the situation by digitally adding tears to his appearance.

3. A new collection of studies says tanning beds are as deadly a carcinogen as arsenic. The research found that the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75% when people begin using tanning beds before the age of 30. Who's laughing now, hot tan girls made famous by Laguna Beach and The Hills who would never date the very pasty me!?

4. An anonymous source said Tuesday that Yahoo and Microsoft will join forces to compete with Google in the search engine world. Reportedly, Microsoft will provide its technology and new search engine Bing, while Yahoo will handle ad sales and customer service. In short, taking into account security patch updates, Yahoo will be available for about 20 minutes of every day.

5. A study done by the journal Health Affairs says that nearly 10% of health spending is related to obesity. Health spending overall is close to $147 billion, double what is was 10 years ago. The journal says that while 10% on obesity is significant the figure could be larger, but researchers point out that it is very difficult to locate wallets on fat people.

High five.