PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh City Council has tentatively approved a plan to create a domestic registry for people living together in a committed relationship.

The measure was proposed by Councilman Bruce Kraus, who says it is meant to treat people who live together and are financially dependent on one another the same as married couples. That would include heterosexual or homosexual couples in committed relationships. Couples would pay $25 to be registered.

Registered city employees could share their fringe benefits with partners. The registry could also be used by employers in deciding whether to offer domestic partner benefits to such people.

Noncity residents would not be allowed to register. A final vote is scheduled for Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH — A former Fayette County mail carrier has been sentenced to one year's probation for hiding more than 18,000 pieces of mail he didn't feel like delivering. Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh say 28-year-old Jeffrey Booker of New Salem will spend half his probation under house arrest.Prosecutors say Booker did not intend to steal the mail and cooperated with investigators. Authorities say a pest exterminator found most of the undelivered mail tucked behind a wall in a Uniontown apartment complex.Booker pleaded guilty in March to delay of mail by a postal employee.

WASHINGTON — A Washington County horse trainer has died after being kicked in the chest by a horse.The county coroner says 58-year-old Clarence Walters, of Washington, Pa., was kicked around 7:30 a.m. in Canton Township. The coroner says Walters died of blunt force trauma of the chest. The death was ruled an accident.He was taken to Washington Hospital and was pronounced dead at 9:05 a.m.