Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
        var numDivs, layerName;
        layerName = "lnavLayer";
        catLinkName = "category";
        numDivs = 2;
        function toggleLayer(layerID){
            if (!(navigator.appName == "Netscape" && navigator.appVersion.substr(0, 1) < 5)){
                thisLayer = document.getElementById(layerName + layerID);
                categoryLink = document.getElementById(catLinkName + layerID);
                closeThem();
                if (thisLayer.className == 'subnavDefault'){
                    thisLayer.className = 'subnavToggled';
                    categoryLink.className = 'leftnavLinkSelectedSection';
                }
            }
        }
        function closeThem(){
            for(x = 0; x < numDivs; x++){
                theLayer = document.getElementById(layerName + (x
+ 1));
                thecategoryLink = document.getElementById(catLinkName + (x + 1));
                theLayer.className = 'subnavDefault';
                thecategoryLink.className = 'leftnavLink';
            }
        } var flag = 0; var lastClicked = 0
    //-->
    </script>

[s]|[^<]

A|B

`"<([^<])+?>"`

(.)+

(?:.)+