PHILADELPHIA — Police say a high school student might have been saved from a serious gunshot injury by the earring she was wearing.

Philadelphia police Lt. John Walker says the 16-year-old girl was in the path of a bullet accidentally fired inside Communications Technology High School on Thursday. But the bullet struck a metal piece of her earring and broke apart.

Walker says the earring likely prevented the bullet from striking her in the neck. He says the girl suffered powder burns.

Police say a male student apparently found a small-caliber handgun on his way to school and the weapon fired as he tried to stuff it into his locker. The 15-year-old is facing charges including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.

QUAKERTOWN — A woman is facing insurance fraud charges after authorities say she worked as a stripper while collecting workers' compensation payments.The state Attorney General's office says 43-year-old Christina Gamble of Quakertown collected thousands of dollars in insurance payments while working at C.R. Fanny's Gentlemen's Club and Sports Bar.According to a complaint, Gamble claimed she fell and hurt her back while working at a restaurant in 2007 and told a doctor it was difficult for her to stand or change positions. Authorities say she received more than $22,000 in disability benefits.Gamble was arraigned Thursday on two counts of insurance fraud and one count of theft by deception and released on her own recognizance.

PITTSBURGH — Charges have been withdrawn against a woman whose 8-year-old son brought heroin to his elementary school.Chynita Young, 25, had been charged April 15 with child endangerment and corruption of minors after the boy was found with 60 single-dose packets of heroin in his pockets at Turner Elementary School in Wilkinsburg.Allegheny County district attorney's office spokesman Mike Manko said the third-grader had been living in three different houses with four different adults.Manko says that makes it difficult to prove where the boy got the drugs, so charges against his mother were withdrawn Thursday.

YORK — A couple charged in the beating death of the 7-year-old son they adopted from Russia will remain behind bars until their trial.A district judge on Thursday ordered Michael and Nanette Craver to remain in York County Prison. They will next appear in court in June.They are facing charges including criminal homicide in the boy's Aug. 25 death.The couple adopted Nathaniel, formerly named Ivan Skorobogatov, and his twin sister in 2003 from an orphanage in Russia. The girl is now in foster care.

HARRISBURG — A man has been found guilty of using pastries to illegally bait the largest bear killed in the state during the 2009 season.The Pennsylvania Game Commission says 39-year-old Charles Olsen Jr. of Wilkes-Barre was found guilty Thursday and ordered to pay $6,800 in fines and restitution, plus court costs.Game commission officials said Olsen admitted in November to using bait to kill the 707-pound bear.Officials say he first raised suspicions when he was spotted a week before the hunting season driving a truck loaded with pastries through a heavily hunted area.Olsen also faces the loss of hunting privileges for three years.