IN THE NEWS:

A contestant on The Biggest Loser has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a housemate with a bag of flour. According to police, on Dec. 16, Shannon Thomas assaulted Johnny Fish, a man who lived in the basement of her suburban Detroit home. She is alleged to have "kicked open the door" to his basement apartment and threw flour in his face. Said, Mr. Fish, "after she breaded me she tried to sprinkle me with seasonings ... all the while she was licking her chops and saying hold still my little fish burger". I was able to escape by tossing a Ring Ding across the room and sprinting for the door.

Porn industry seeks own stimulus ... package.

TMZ is reporting that Hustler's Larry Flynt and "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis are asking for a $5 billion federal bailout of the adult entertainment industry. The website claims adult DVD sales are down 22 percent in a year. Lobbyists for the industry were joined on Capitol Hill by lobbyists from the tissue and lotion industries as well as FOP representative Richard Wank who said, " down economies are always troubled by a rise in crime and the last thing understaffed police departments need right now is a lot of frustrated men with nothing on their hands but time".