in the next 1½ to 2 years, and she has invited The Gazette along to chronicle what she hopes will be big losses.

“You realize you're missing out on a great deal of life,” Ferguson said. “There's so much out there I've been depriving myself of.”

Like walking her German shepherd or going on a hike. Now she gets too winded and fears her knees might give out.

Or going for a rid...

1/4 pound extra lean ground turkey or extra-lean ground beef

1 1/2 teaspoons Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle Seasoning or other salt-free Mexican seasoning

1 (7 1/2 -inch) whole-wheat flour, low-carb tortilla

2 tablespoons thick-and chunky salsa (mild, medium or hot)

Place a small nonstick skillet on medium-high heat until it is hot enough for a spritz of water to sizzle on...

The problem is the believability factor. Many people wouldn't believe the story, especially since the ending is of the storybook variety.

But it's all true and it's becoming a real feel-good story.

The London Silverbacks overcame a long road trip -- one they didn't think they had to make -- and a tough opponent to bring back the Northern Conference championship of the North Ame...

HICAGO -- More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year, and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.

Energy drinks aren’t merely popular with young people. They attract fan mail on their own MySpace pages. They spawn urban legends. They get reviewed by bloggers. And they taste like carbonated cough syrup.

Vying for the dollars of teenagers with promi...

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Energy drinks aren't merely popular with young people. They attract fan mail on their own MySpace pages. They spawn urban legends. They get reviewed by blo...

Only one in 100 methamphetamine users is able to break free from the addiction, said Investigator Matt Phillips.

Phillips, with the North Platte Police Department's criminal investigation division, was a presenter at "Meth: Cause and Effect,'' a class offered by the police department.

Phillips joined the police department in 1979. In May 1995, he went through extensive drug inve...

JP Garnier, the company's chief executive, is understood to have met Tony Blair and Gordon Brown this month.

The betting group is circling the troubled online gaming industry and hopes to cash in on the companies' distressed valuations, writes the Telegraph.

Merger and acquisition talks between internet betting firms are rife as they attempt to mitigate the loss of their US operat...

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CHICAGO - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year, and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why.

Energy drinks aren't merely popular with young people. Th...

October 29, 2006 It was a coming-out party of sorts for the Broncos offense, even though no one was in a mood to celebrate.

Seven touchdowns in 69 possessions through six games were replaced Sunday by four end-zone trips, three of them coming on 80-yard drives.

The deep pass helped set up a strong run game. The bootleg game returned in full force.

But it will be the missed opp...