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PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Central plans to add 500 jobs this fiscal year after announcing operating income that jumped 13 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

The 20-hospital network generated $8 billion in revenue and netted $240 million in operating income for fiscal 2010, up from $212 million in 2009.

The increased income comes after two years of steep decreases. UPMC's operating income was $321 million in 2006, but dropped to $220 million in 2007 and $184 million in 2008.

Most of the jobs will be added at two of the network's major Pittsburgh hospitals, UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside, though nurses and physician assistants could also be hired at UPMC Passavant, north of the city, Magee Womens Hospital, in Pittsburgh, and UPMC McKeesport, about 15 miles away.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino generated the most table game revenue of any casino in the state last month, though it did have at least a five-day head start over most other Pennsylvania casinos.The Rivers generated about $3 million in table game revenues and began offering the games July 8 along with The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in nearby Washington County and Presque Isle Downs Casino in Erie. Other casinos in the state didn't offer the games until at least July 13.Still, the Pittsburgh casino's revenues doubled those of the Erie casino and were about $1 million more than the Meadows.The Rivers had the third highest daily average table game revenues, behind the Parx Casino in Philadelphia and Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack.

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania agency said it is considering enforcement action after 41 of 74 companies drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale missed a deadline to report their wells' production.The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said Friday it will contact the companies that missed the Aug. 15 deadline and pursue whatever enforcement action it deems necessary.Nine of the 41 companies submitted reports after the deadline.DEP Secretary John Hanger said he is troubled by the level of noncompliance. A new state law forces gas companies to report production totals every six months. Those reports, and a list of the companies that didn't report, are being posted on the agency's website.

ALLENTOWN — A Pennsylvania couple secretly videotaped a Roman Catholic priest having sex with their teenage daughter in the basement of their home and are now suing, saying he got her pregnant.The lawsuit alleges the Rev. Luis A. Bonilla Margarito carried on a sexual relationship with a teenage girl while he was the chaplain of Reading Central Catholic High School and she was a senior there.The girl's parents became suspicious and installed a camera in their basement. The lawsuit says the camera recorded the couple having sex in November. The Diocese of Allentown removed Bonilla from his post after he acknowledged an "inappropriate relationship."The girl later gave birth to a daughter.The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Berks County Court. It names Bonilla, the diocese, the high school and the current and former bishop as defendants.

McCANDLESS — Allegheny County police said a man killed while exchanging gunfire with an officer was wanted on several outstanding warrants.Allegheny County homicide detectives identified the dead man as 41-year-old Vincent Barnes of Pittsburgh.Authorities say Barnes shot at another man a few hours earlier at a pizza shop, prompting a manhunt that ended in gunfire early Thursday morning in McCandless. Witnesses at the restaurant told police they heard Barnes vow he wouldn't return to jail.Allegheny County Police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said a Hampton police officer ordered Barnes to drop his weapon, but he fired instead. The officer then fatally shot Barnes.Police say Barnes was wanted on five warrants, mostly for failure to appear at court hearings.

UNIONTOWN — Officials in a financially struggling city in southwestern Pennsylvania decided to lay off its fire chief and its remaining six paid firefighters by the end of the year.Uniontown City Council last year voted to cut seven of 13 paid firefighters, citing budget problems.Now the city plans to cut the rest of its paid firefighters when their contract expires Dec. 31 and replace them with volunteers.

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