PITTSBURGH A western Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for posting graphic fictional stories about the torture and sexual abuse of children on the Web.

PITTSBURGH Two more people from southwestern Pennsylvania have been sentenced for participating in an illegal gambling operation in Washington County.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. Police say a suburban Philadelphia woman is in critical condition, shot by her ex-husband the same day their divorce became final.

PITTSBURGH A former physician from Pittsburgh has pleaded guilty to participating in a lending scam that prosecutors say cost banks between $400,000 and $1 million.

PHILADELPHIA Authorities say two armed men tried to rob a hotel in the Philadelphia suburbs early Wednesday, and police shot and killed one suspect and captured another.

JIM THORPE, Pa. A woman whose infant son died because she was too drunk to care for him is going to jail.

GREENSBURG, Pa. A Westmoreland County man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for molesting a girl for several years.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — Ferguson Township police were justified in shooting an armed and unhinged man trying to enter the WTLR radio station in Cato Park to broadcast his delusions about a conspiracy against him, Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira announced Tuesday.

PHILADELPHIA A city councilman's chief of staff was indicted Tuesday on charges he accepted money, gifts and use of an apartment in exchange for helping two real estate developers and their attorney in their dealings with the city.

SWISSVALE, Pa. A man died after police subdued him with a Taser, prompting questions by the victim's father and witnesses who said at least one of the suburban Pittsburgh officers stomped on the man after he had been stunned by the device.

CAMDEN, N.J. A 4-year-old Camden boy shot in the head and killed in the street outside his home was running toward his mother when he was hit, authorities and witnesses said Tuesday.

BOSTON The father accused of kidnapping his daughter off a Boston street and fleeing to Baltimore has arrived in Massachusetts to face arraignment.

COLUMBUS, Ohio A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.

BELLE VERNON, Pa. A former western Pennsylvania fire chief is accused of buying a boat with department money and then claiming he won it when he later sold it.

PHILADELPHIA A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 45 to 95 years in prison for sexually assaulting his own daughter.

PHILADELPHIA An aggravated-assault charge has been reinstated against Ronald Blount, the president of the Taxi Workers Alliance of Philadelphia.

Information compiled by the Centre County Court Administrator’s Office on July 30.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. A funeral director charged with beating and drowning his wife wanted to end his 19-year marriage because he was having an affair with a younger woman and was eager to marry her, prosecutors said Monday.

READING, Pa. A man charged in the shooting death of a plainclothes police officer two years ago went on trial Monday, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.