android xml loads fine in api 8 with WVGA, but crashes with api 14 with WXGA720 (tablet)

The program loads ok, and I can go through a couple screens, but when the main.xml tries to load, the program crashes only on api 14.

logcat output:

04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.surreall.yacht/com.surreall.yacht.yatzee}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class <unknown>
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1955)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1980)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:122)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1146)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class <unknown>
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:606)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:653)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:678)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:466)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:251)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1835)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at com.surreall.yacht.yatzee.onCreate(yatzee.java:211)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1919)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  ... 11 more
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:586)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  ... 23 more
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.Bitmap.nativeCreate(Native Method)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:605)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:551)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(Bitmap.java:437)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.finishDecode(BitmapFactory.java:524)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:499)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:351)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:773)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1937)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:2780)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:385)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.<init>(LinearLayout.java:174)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  at android.widget.LinearLayout.<init>(LinearLayout.java:170)
 04-26 09:02:14.290: E/AndroidRuntime(566):  ... 26 more
 

i can't post the contents of main.xml due to the 30k character question limit on stack overflow, and it is more than that. suggestions of where to start?

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