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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. >> it's one person, one vote. filmmaker and liberal activist michael moore is the latest celebrity to join the protests agains...

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 wasn't simply bad. it was unwatchable. >> just he's just better than you. i don't 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 minutes. the show had no structure and no humor. nothing made it remotely interesting. sheen real c...

East was stopped dead in its tracks sunday to monday by withering helicopter fire around the town of benjalawad and the rebels retreated to the oil refinery. they are still there, they're relocking, reloading, they're going to jump back into the fight. >> thank you. the clock is ticking yet again for lay makers negotiating the government spending plan. they have until a week from friday to close the budget gap and right now, the two sides are very far apart. >> i don't believe what we have from the house is a serious economic plan. i think it's a idea logical extremist, wreckless statement. ...

Teachers unions. because it would effectively limit their salary increases in the areas where the property tax directly funds education spending. that is the only -- passed by the republicans, in the state senate. not the democrats controlling the assembly. that is one issue. and we expect to see that the effort on the medical malpractice has not been cemented in yet and will be part of the final budget and, some of the unions want couple me to authorize a return of the tax, high earners it expects to sunset at the end of the year. that tax -- he wants to let it die. and if he succeeds it is m...

Wants to extend across the board tax increases. illinois has a $15 billion budget gap. governor pat quinn raised both personal and corporate tax rates. scott walker found that hysterical. >> we still have a bumper sticker that says escape to wisconsin and instead of stending it to tourists, we will send it to the state government in illinois. >> except that the tax rates in illinois are still lower than wisconsin's and governor quinn's plans will net $7 billion of revenue to boot. and yet, many are following the walker model proposing big tax breaks for businesses at the expense of everyone el...