MIDDLEBURG — A judge has upheld a central Pennsylvania zoning board's decision requiring a man to dismantle a partially-constructed tree house that he was building for his daughter.

The Selinsgrove Zoning Board told John “J.C.” Carlson in June that the tree house violated the borough's zoning laws. He was building it on his front lawn as a gift for his daughter's 11th birthday.

Carlson appealed the decision in Snyder County Court, which backed the zoning board on Tuesday.

Eleven-year-old Samantha Carlson said she's disappointed but she isn't giving up on having a playhouse. She says her father will “put it on wheels.”

PITTSBURGH — The president of the Heinz Endowments is taking a position as chairman of a gas drilling company.Robert Vagt will become chairman of Rice Energy, which is based in Canonsburg. Vagt's last day at the Endowments is Jan. 24. He has led the charity, which is not a part of the global food company, since 2008.Vagt played a key role in the formation last year of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development, a coalition of foundations, environmental groups and natural gas drillers. But other leading environmental groups criticized the effort. Endowments spokesman Carmen Lee says a search is under way for a new president but there's no timetable.

HARRISBURG — State senators are advancing a bill to outlaw so-called “revenge porn,” the practice of posting online sexually explicit photos or videos of ex-romantic partners as a way of humiliating them.The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Tuesday on a bill sponsored by Berks County Sen. Judy Schwank.The bill would make the depiction of a minor a first-degree misdemeanor, while depiction of someone 18 or older would be a second-degree misdemeanor.