HARRISBURG — People applying to the state for unemployment benefits will now have to register on a state job-searching website to receive compensation pay.

A Department of Labor and Industry spokesman said Wednesday that newly finalized regulations allow the state to withhold benefits from people who do not register as job seekers at jobgateway.pa.gov within 30 days of applying.

The requirement took effect after it was published Aug. 19 and applies only to new applications filed on or after that date. Agency spokesman Sara Goulet says people seeking or receiving benefits also are required to compile a track record of their job-searching activity.

However, Goulet says the department isn't ready to begin demanding that proof or withholding benefits from people who don't provide it.

GLENSHAW — The Shaler School District has reached a tentative agreement with its striking teachers.According to the district's website, the teachers' union ratified the deal Wednesday morning and the school board was expected to approve it at a meeting last night.The district's 390 teachers were to return to work today. Students are to return Friday. The teachers have been on strike since Sept. 3, the scheduled first day of school.Melissa Ravas, president of the teachers union, said the union agreed to the deal after the district agreed to binding arbitration on salary issues, the only item on which the sides could not agree.

NEW CASTLE — A Western Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial on charges he fatally shot his father, a doughnut shop owner, when the men fought over a cell phone bill.Dennis Elisco, the defense attorney for 28-year-old Michael Burrelli, hinted he may argue self-defense at trial — noting that 52-year-old Charles Burrelli weighed about 400 pounds and was known to be abusive.State police testified Tuesday that Burrelli shot his father seven times at close range in a garage warehouse sometime overnight Aug. 20 and 21.Police say the men got into a fistfight over cell phone usage and the younger man shot his father after being knocked to the ground.

PHILADELPHIA — The mayor of Philadelphia kicked off a fundraising campaign for educational supplies for all city schools Wednesday, setting a goal of $2.5 million in five years.Mayor Michael Nutter hopes the Philadelphia Educational Supplies Fund will raise $500,000 by Oct. 15 for district, charter and Roman Catholic schools.The cash-strapped public school system allots only $100 per teacher for supplies for the year.