HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett's administration says the federal government isn't enforcing a Jan. 1 deadline to shift tens of thousands children from a health insurance program for children to Medicaid.

Corbett's office said Monday the federal government has agreed to consider an alternate plan other than a transition in three weeks. Spokesman Christine Cronkright says the administration will give details later this week about its notification to families of children covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department says the switch is required by the 2010 federal health care law. However, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius offered in September to cooperate in a phased-in transition.

PITTSBURGH — The restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday is paying $575,000 to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit over five locations in Pennsylvania and one in Ohio.The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement on Monday. The EEOC had alleged the company engaged in age discrimination against job applicants 40 years of age or older. Ruby Tuesday is based in Maryville, Tenn., and it strongly denied wrongdoing in the case.The EEOC filed the lawsuit in 2009. The restaurants were located in West Mifflin, Greensburg, Altoona, Du Bois, and Indiana, Pa., and in Beachwood, Ohio.EEOC attorney Debra M. Lawrence says they're pleased Ruby Tuesday agreed to work on a comprehensive settlement.

CORAOPOLIS — American Bridge has begun shutting down a Western Pennsylvania fabricating plant, and will eventually lay off 77 workers in the process.The company announced in October that it would be shutting down the plant in Coraopolis.The company in 1984 closed its operations in Ambridge — a Beaver County borough named for the company. But the company had continued to fabricate steel for bridges since 1999 at the Coraopolis plant.The company announced plans to close the plant in a filing with state labor officials. American Bridge also filed a similar notice that it will close another plant in Reedsport, Ore., this month, idling about 55 workers.

BERLIN — Car maker BMW AG says its sales were up 2.7 percent in November compared with a year earlier, putting the company on course for a record year thanks to strong demand in China and the U.S.The company said Tuesday the BMW Group, which also includes the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands, sold 174,996 cars worldwide last month. Between January and November, it sold nearly 1.78 million cars — a 6.8 percent gain over the first 11 months of 2012.While sales in Europe slipped 0.3 percent in the January-November period, they rose 19.7 percent in China and 9.2 percent in the U.S.BMW sold 1.85 million cars in 2012, a record figure.