Thurs. Show Prep - Fat nerd edition at ProductionNinja.com

ABC: According to a new study, thinking could actually make you fat. It’s not just sitting in front of the computer or at a desk instead of getting exercise either. Apparently mental tasks actually cause people to eat more. Combine that with a lack of activity and suddenly you have a lot of morbidly obese nerds.
AP: Speaking of fat people, an Ohio man was found dead stuck in his own window. Apparently he was locked out of his home and tried to climb in but was too big and got stuck. He just happened to be in a position that kept his diaphragm from contracting and he couldn’t breathe. Normally I wouldn’t post a story like that because I feel bad for the guy… and I do. But the crazy thing about this story is the fact that plenty of his neighbors saw him and didn’t do anything. One thought it was a burglar, but didn’t actually call the police.
Reason: Your federal government apparently believes that it’s too good to take donations, no matter what the nature is. A retired car dealer wanted to donate a slab of marble to replace the cracked one at the Tomb of the Unknowns. It came from the same quarry as the original marble from the tomb, but apparently the donation creates problems for the federal government because it is free and has not gone through a pricey bidding and specification process.
WBBM: Good news from my hometown of Chicago, apparently they have solved absolutely every problem facing the city. They have just passed a city ordinance forbidding the use of metal bats in youth baseball leagues. I realize that it’s a safety issue, and I’m a huge advocate of the “crack” of the bat as opposed to the “ding” of the bad, but is this really something they need to be worrying about?
CNN: More good news, this time from Europe. They successfully fired up the Large Hadron Collider, and there has yet to be any report of a black hole forming that threatens to swallow the entire planet. Yet.