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workers and it requires all employees, current and newly hired, to pay 50 percent of their benefit costs, many republicans voted for it despite the fact that it has fallen short of the governor's original ambitions of saving much more money. it does not deal with skyrocketing health-care costs. and most provisions are limited only to new hires. >> what we have before us is not a pension reform, but pension change. >> it will certainly stop the bleeding, >> he is a city councilman pushing for pension reform for years and says that this lawful for a what is necessary .. >> this will ge...

no one was hurt except for the silver injury. the firefighter will be ok. this fire is under investigation the fire crews some of their hands full with wildfires burning right now. the area of most concern is the shasta county or seven homes are destroyed the sheriff as declared a state of mercy. the so-called ponderous a fire burned more than 12,000 a. in shasta and to have a county. about 3000 homes are considered threatened and prompting evacuations in the communities. the reports of any serious injuries but some of fact we say is very close calls with to try to get out. a w...

he'll tell us today, june 22nd, what does he plan to do with it? he'll tell us today, june 22nd, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, i'm ann curry. >> i'm lester holt. matd is on assignment this morning. estimated 100,000 american troops currently serving in afghanistan. the president will talk to the country tonight, expecting to announce a major drawdown. perhaps as many as 30,000. >> the question with that number is the pentagon on board, both timing and numbers have contentious issues. we'll get details. meanti...

attorneys for both of them repeated statements that they read in court. >> i am so sorry for any part of play in my mother's passing. never would i do anything intentionally to harm her. she was my best friend. the >> in vanara cannot trickett -- to explain my mother's condition or how it got -- even though i cannot truly explain my mother's condition or how it got to that point, i should have done more than i did. but their mother, april, died in february 2008. her death was ruled accomplished -- was ruled a homicide, but because she had complications from being shot at age 18. afte...

to be with the eagles, the philadelphia eagles, that is. tonight he's scheduled to play his first nfl game since his dog fighting sentence. finally, in his 83 years, dominick dunne chronicled the legal troubles of the rich and famous. that career shaped by personal tragedy, the killing of his daughter. dominick dunne died yesterday after a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. thank you for joining us, i'm heidi collins. tony harris joins us now. >> here are the top stories for you in the "cnn newsroom." fewer americans are standing in unemployment lines but times are still so toug...