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Archdiocese of philadelphia. a lawsuit is filed today accusing church leaders conspireing to cover up or ignore sex crimes by priests committed against children. it names six leaders including the archbishop. a fire aboard an oil platform in the gulf of mexico. coast guard rushed to the platform on grand isle, louisiana. they put out the fire and rescued two workers. the platform was shut two weeks ago. in new orleans mardi gras festivities are in spring. a major knockout in a minor league h...

Bargaining rights of public employees. as the protests continued all weekend, senator chris larson. he said he and his fellow democrats wont return until workers rights are preserved. republicans are trying to close a budget gap by forcing state workers to pay more of their pension and health care costs and restricting collective bargaining rights. if you thought charlie sheen was running off the rails before, you should have seen him last night. his live epic webcast wasnt simply bad, it was ...

Supporting the hearings, took place nearby. tensions today between the leader of afghanistan and the general in charge with u.s. and nato troops in that country. afghanistan president hamid karzai says an apology is not enough after the deaths of nine boys from a nato air strike on tuesday. general david petraeus made the apology in a private meeting between the two. according to a nato official attack helicopters killed the boys after they were mistaken for gents. >> its one person, one vote....

Happened for public workers, state workers, by executive order by the governor. this is deeper collective bar dwaning restrictions against teachers and local employees. so its wider and its deeper. it also includes the right to work type language for construction workers, saying you cant have a project labor agreement. that means you cannot have an agreement that will help indiana workers go back to work above minimum wage and they also rule out prevailing wages and also that would encourage mor...

Republicans are trying to close a budget gap by forcing state workers to pay more of their pension and health care costs and by restricting collective bargaining rights. if you thought charlie sheen was running off the rails before, you should have seen him last night. his live epic webcast wasnt simply bad. it was unwatchable. >> just hes just better than you. i dont care who you are. and all b.s.ing -- >> that was a part of it. after peaking at 116,000 viewers fans bailed out after a few min...

Points and you know, this is a strange backdrop for a move higher in stocks because oil prices are up another $2 this morning to $106 a barrel, gold, also hitting a record high, so a difficult environment for stocks, but they seem to be moving higher this morning. bill: in florida over the weekend, well over four bucks for gasoline. everybody going out over the weekend, filling up their tank and seeing these prices go up and up. martha: no matter how you look at it, people have a rising out of p...

Cheering, shooting into the air. the government claims it regained control the city of zawia. cnn has not been able to independent independently verify that claim. congressman peter king, who chairs the homeland security committee, is focusing on the muslim american community. told cnns candy crowley, something within that community is a threat that needs to be explored. others consider this an attack on muslim americans. a protest forming in new york, we will take you there live at the top of...

Young mother was killed while sheltering her child during a tornado. the 21-year-old woman died when a tree fell on her house in rayne, west of baton rouge. the twister caused major damage in crowelly. eight people, including one firefighter, injured on chicagos south side. it was a combination of high winds and construction caused these flames to spread quickly. the building a total loss. wisconsin isnt the only state where angry state workers are taking to the streets. >> we will not be si...

Think it was possible. >> lets go up to wisconsin where it was blustery cold yesterday. democrats still hiding out. groundhog still pop out now. making a little shadow making some appearances. >> punxsutawney phil. >> chris larsen held a news conference. jesse jackson was there with the rainbow push coalition. they are at a stalemate. what they had said is they will not come out of hiding will not come become to do their jobs until it can be guaranteed all of the state workers will get their rig...

General david petraeus apologized. a helicopter killed the boys mistaking them for insurgents. film maker and liberal activist michael moore joined the crowd. moore joining this weekends marches outside the state capitol and he even compared protests to the political uprising in egypt. a smaller group of demonstrators gathered today in support of governor scott walker. the governor wants to close the gap between state workers by restricting their collective bargaining rights. federal authori...