HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter voted against President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, despite saying earlier Monday that he was leaning toward supporting Timothy Geithner.

Geithner was confirmed by a 60-34 Senate vote, after paying back more than $42,000 in unpaid taxes and interest that he owed before he was nominated.

Specter joined most other Republicans in voting against Geithner.

Specter said at a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon before the vote that he was inclined to overlook Geithner's unpaid taxes because he doesn't want a long delay in the selection of a new treasury secretary.

Geithner has described his failure to pay the taxes a matter of "careless mistakes."

HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell is praising a decision by President Barack Obama that could result in Pennsylvania dealers selling cars and trucks that are more earth friendly.Obama on Monday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider allowing California, Pennsylvania and 15 other states to control the amount of greenhouse gases in truck and car exhaust.In 2006, the Rendell administration approved a new rule following California's lead. It would have required that 2009 model year cars and light-duty trucks bought by Pennsylvania residents emit less carbon and other gases thought to contribute to global warming.But the Bush administration rejected those efforts, and instead ordered improvements to fuel economy in cars and trucks as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

PEACH BOTTOM — A southeastern Pennsylvania man says he's not a hero for pulling a 3-year-old from a burning mobile home.Forty-year-old Jamie Sheetz of Peach Bottom, 50 miles west of Philadelphia, says, "I did what a man's supposed to do."Flames that started near a wood stove roared through David and Vernetta Irwin's trailer next door about 2 a.m. Monday.Sheetz ran out dressed in shorts, smashed a window and grabbed 3-year-old Josh Jennings Jr., who was on his bed crying. He says as he dashed out, "the whole room went up. Five seconds, I was in and out."The boy was in stable condition Monday night at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Relatives say he's expected to survive. Other neighbors helped the Irwins get out.