PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County judge says a new Pittsburgh law that requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms is "so vague on its face that it's useless."

Despite that, Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. didn't rule immediately Wednesday after hearing the National Rifle Association's arguments against the ordinance, passed by City Council in December.

Wettick didn't say when he'd rule on the legality of the law, which proponents say is a commonsense way to keep guns off the street.

But Wettick says the $500 fine for not reporting a gun stolen within 24 hours is like being punished for "not bringing your library books back." Wettick says he doubts the law will ever be enforced.

HARRISBURG — There's a new suitor for Pennsylvania's last license for a resort-style casino with as many as 500 slot machines.The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said an investor group that includes the owners of a Berks County hotel applied for the license this week.Board officials will begin reviewing the application for the Crowne Plaza Reading Hotel in Wyomissing.Another group applied for this last resort license in 2007. But the owners of the Fernwood Hotel & Resort in the Pocono Mountains have been unable to line up financing for the project.

PHILADELPHIA — Convicted former state Sen. Vincent Fumo has lost a second request for a new trial in his 137-count fraud case.The 66-year-old Philadelphia Democrat faces sentencing next week and could get more than 10 years.A jury in March found the wealthy banking heir defrauded the senate, a nonprofit and a museum by using their assets for personal and political chores. Prosecutors put the loss at $4 million.Fumo alleges jury prejudice, saying one juror referenced the deliberations on Facebook and Twitter and another learned Fumo had been acquitted in an earlier case. The judge's ruling Thursday dismisses those arguments.

PITTSBURGH — Law enforcement and security officials plan to form subcommittees to address specific security concerns when the G-20 economic summit comes to Pittsburgh Sept. 24-25.Led by the Secret Service, which is in charge of security for the event, the officials gathered Tuesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center where the summit will be held.Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper has said he believes about 4,000 officers will be needed for the event. The city has fewer than 900 police.The subcommittees will focus on specific concerns, such as threats that could be mounted from the city's three rivers. That group will likely be led by Coast Guard officials, for example.

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area man could spend up to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to his ninth and 10th drunken driving offenses.Fifty-four-year-old John Joseph of McKeesport, was saying he was trying to turn his life around when Allegheny County Judge David Cashman interrupted Joseph Wednesday, saying, "You had 10 chances."Joseph's attorney says he'll appeal because Cashman gave Joseph consecutive sentences meaning he'll spend 5½ to 11 years in prison, instead of concurrent sentences.Joseph was arrested twice last year in Glassport. He was drunk during a traffic stop in March and refused a blood-alcohol test — resulting in the drunken driving charge — when he ran a stop sign in June.