IN BRIEF
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's utility regulators say that a survey shows that the number of households entering winter without heat-related utility service has almost doubled since 2003.
The Public Utility Commission said last week its survey shows about 23,213 households didn't have heat-related utility service. The utility commission says that's up from 12,000 in 2003 and 19,653 last year.
It also says some households may be counted twice, because they are without both electric and natural gas service.
It says another 1,959 residences are using potentially unsafe heating sources because of a utility service termination, bringing the total homes not using a central-heating system to 25,172.
NEW YORK — Fiat Chrysler is recalling about 67,000 model year 2006 and 2007 pickups because of a problem that could allow the trucks to be started without the clutch being depressed. Chrysler said one death is associated with the problem.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened an investigation into the trucks in May after receiving a report of a child starting a 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup without using the clutch. The truck moved forward, striking and killing another child, the safety agency said.The company said Monday that a wire in the clutch ignition interlock switch could break in trucks with manual transmissions.
