Ipod in Recovery Loop AND battery won't charge

I have read previous discussions about Recovery loops, but have not been able to figure out this:
My IPod says to connect to a computer, my apple laptop (OS X) says it recognizes an Ipod in recovery mode. I hit "recover" and agree to lose all info. It repeats this over and over. I have tried to plug my Ipod into many outlets to recharge but it always ends up with the screen "connect to a computer...".
I would send it into the battery replacement offices, but the warning is that you should only do that if that is all that is wrong with your Ipod. I do not KNOW if this is the only thing wrong with my Ipod, since I cannot get it to tell me it's problem. This all happened the day after the 1 year warranty ran out.
Thanks for any help or advice...
Katy

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