Fake convo, “work” at
fake internship. Break up, then
hook up. Smash TV.

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Shultz’s last hope rests in voters’ hands

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Alabama’s “Biggest Loser” contestant is one vote away from the finals.

America will decide if Roger Shultz of Enterprise or Mark Kruger of Boston will compete for the $250,000 grand prize.

In last night’s episode, both Shultz and Kruger lost more than 10 pounds each during the final week in California. In fact, Shultz broke the show’s record for most weight lost on campus, having lost a total of 144 pounds, weighing in at 219.

But even that wasn’t enough against the one-two punch of underdogs Kelly Fields and Ali Vincent. The women have already earned their spots in the finals, leaving one slot to be decided by Internet vote.

Shultz’s campaign video

Visit the show’s site to enter. Each voter can cast up to 100 ballots. Polls close at 9 p.m. Thursday.

The live two-hour finale of “The Biggest Loser: Couples” takes place at 7 p.m. Tuesday on NBC 13.

Also:

• Last week’s recap
• Coming soon: A one-on-one interview with Roger Shultz
• Coming soon: All the highlights from this week’s episode

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Shape up: more “Biggest Loser” at biggestloser.wadeonbirmingham.com.

Could’ve been a doc,
lawyer or engineer. Still
could with right schooling.

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‘The Biggest Loser: Couples’ recap, episode 14

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By Ginny

Previously on “Survivor,” Tyra took the girls to Sydney for shoots and go-sees while fear was not a factor for one player. But which team arrived first at the Pit Stop? Find out this week on “A Baby Story.”

(Even reality shows do mashups, as we see on this week’s “Biggest Loser.” Plus, Enterprise’s Roger Shultz receives his first passport stamp.)

More Franken-reality, after the jump …

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Hen, rooster and chicks
roam strip mall asphalt in search
of pasture and worms.

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The yellow coats are
coming. The yellow coats are
coming. No escape.

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They blink across the
deep blue darkness, heralding
winter’s departure.

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Rubbish! Unkempt room
surrenders to posse of
garbage bags. Rubbish!

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1. have holly jolly kwanzaa
   The shops are abuzz
   with bargain hunts and a few
   unhappy returns.
2. bargain has-bin
   Crazy deep discounts
   drive shoppers wild with armfuls
   of clearance goodies.
3. empty gaze
   Vacant stares greet my
   eyes from all points, including
   my own reflection.

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The comedian
prowls the small uneven stage
hunting for guffaws.

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Bad days, good days, and
somewhere in between, we chat
and keep spirits up.

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Because we’re still writing 2007 on our forged checks …

Then and now

Pizza Bowl 2: Crust Never Sleeps: The Papajohns.com Bowl by the numbers …

• 32,023 | attendance in 2006
• 35,528 | attendance in 2007
• 3 | Birmingham’s previous bowl games (Dixie, Hall of Fame Classic and All-American)
• 300,000 | payout in dollars
• 21 | rank among 32 bowls in viewership
• 1.9 | Nielsen rating for 2007 game
• 1.6 | Nielsen rating for the 2007 Independence Bowl (Alabama over Colorado)
• 15-20 | average wait time in minutes for pizza at halftime at Legion Field

By the way, who won that game? Who played in that game?

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Because four months after the fact isn’t too ridiculously long a wait …

Then and now

Down Biloxi way: We took eight people to the Gulf Coast as part of the Magic City Mission, and we did all right.

I gave you a small taste of life down in Biloxi, but this is a good opportunity to fill in a few more blanks from our weeklong volunteer trip.

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.ukiah erom daeR

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.elib suorocnar htiw
tiebla ,ereht si evol eht
,ecrovid ni nevE

Questions are many,
answers are free. Want to know?
Ask, but don’t be dumb.

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