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The relatives of a woman who died on the floor of a New York hospital say they are planning a $25 million lawsuit against the city and the facility where Esmin Green died. Surveillance camera footage captured the mother of six sliding off of a chair and onto the floor, where she lay convulsing for more than a hour before anyone helped her.

Hurricane Bertha -- the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season -- began a shift in direction Tuesday morning, a day after growing to Category 3 status, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Inadequate signage and traffic control devices on a Georgia interstate contributed to a 2007 bus crash that killed seven people, including five college baseball players, federal investigators concluded Tuesday.

A Pakistani man has been charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said. Chaudhry Rashid was arrested early Sunday after his wife called police and officers found Sandeela Kanwal dead in an upstairs bedroom of their home.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a "black box" label warning -- the FDA's strongest -- to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.

A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done as soon as 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.

A new fire in northern California is threatening 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate, a state spokeswoman said. The Camp Fire started Monday night near the city of Concow. It's among 1,780 blazes that have scorched more than 614,000 acres in California in the last two weeks.

Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday campaigned in Georgia, a Republican-leaning state that his campaign hopes to turn blue.

Between Army Spc. Jeremy Hall's two Iraq tours, he lost his belief in God. His sudden lack of faith, he says, cost him his military career and put his life at risk, prompting him to sue the Pentagon and others seeking a guarantee of religious freedom in the military. But a Pentagon official says "advancing a religious conviction is not ... what the military does."

Russia's Foreign Ministry today threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders. The ministry issued the statement after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a deal with her Czech counterpart to place radar units for the system inside the Czech Republic.

Teenagers and preteens endure significant levels of different types of abuse in dating relationships -- particularly among those who become sexually active at a young age -- and most parents are unaware of what is going on in those relationships, a survey released Tuesday said.

The Beatles first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 44 years ago. It's also been 44 years since the Beatles held the five top positions of the Billboard pop chart, a feat never achieved before -- or since.

Republicans were facing pressure Tuesday to vote for a rollback of across-the-board cuts in Medicare payments to health providers after a major doctors' group said the cuts could lead to a "meltdown" of the government's health care system for the elderly.

Americans may face dramatically higher electric bills next year, according to a government report released Tuesday.

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power. The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist today unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable natural resources.

The Vatican said Tuesday it regrets the decision by the Church of England's governing body to allow the ordination of women as bishops.

Oil prices extended a post-July 4th descent Tuesday - falling more than $9 a barrel over two days - as Iran's president downplayed concerns about possible war in the Middle East and investors anticipated falling demand due to high gasoline prices.

The United States needs a new law requiring that the president consult with Congress before going to war, a blue-ribbon panel led by two former secretaries of state said Tuesday.

Like millions of others, 37-year-old Wafaa al Nuaimi fled Iraq in the hopes of giving her three children a chance at a better life. But what separates her from the sea of humanity fleeing unimaginable violence is her dedication to her 8-year-old son, Mustafa, who has autism.

Sen. John McCain on Tuesday brushed off skepticism from economists and insisted he could balance the budget by 2013 by keeping taxes low and curbing spending.

A call from the world's most powerful nations to establish the goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 2050, was criticized by environmentalists Tuesday.

You might not have wanted to bet on Billy Joel in the summer of 1977. He was the classic musician who was full of potential but hadn't delivered the hit singles or top-notch album expected of him. But then came "The Stranger." In a press release Joel said, "Had it not been a successful album, the label probably would have dropped me."

An earthquake hit southern Peru early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

U.S. stocks were poised to fall deeper into bear market territory at Tuesday's open amid nervousness about corporate profits and mounting woes in the financial sector.

It pays to go in a small south Indian town.

Bertha became the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

One of three American hostages rescued last week from rebels in the Colombian jungle said Monday that the group probably will retaliate against other hostages. "They're being punished because we got rescued," Marc Gonsalves said, calling on the leftist FARC rebels to free their remaining captives.

A short-term memorandum of understanding setting down a coalition troop withdrawal schedule has emerged as a key option in the U.S.-Iraqi security talks.