BETHLEHEM — An eastern Pennsylvania teenager whose allergic reaction to body spray prompted officials at his high school to ask students to stop using the fragrance is now being taught at home.

Freedom High School in Bethlehem this week asked students to stop using Axe Body Spray as a cologne or fragrance due to a student’s allergic reaction.

On Wednesday, Rosa Silk told WFMZ-TV the student who suffered the reaction was her son, 15-year-old Brandon Silk. The freshman says his throat started closing up after breathing in the smell. In the span of nine days, the family says his throat closed up three times and he had to be rushed to the hospital.

For now, he’s being taught at home.

Unilever, which makes Axe, says it is looking into the report.

Board extends Pgh. school chief’s dealPITTSBURGH — The contract of Pittsburgh schools superintendent Linda Lane has been extended through June 2016.The board voted 7-1 on Wednesday to approve the extension. It calls for Lane to make at least $200,000 a year, but she can earn as much as $265,000 by the end of the contract if she meets performance standards.The 63-year-old Lane twice turned down raises totaling $20,000 because of the financial problems facing the district. She arrived in Pittsburgh in 2007 as a deputy under Mark Roosevelt and replaced him when he left to become president of Antioch College. Her contract would have expired on Jan. 16, 2014.She will face challenges. Financial estimates show the district may run out of money in 2016. The teacher’s contract is also scheduled to expire in 2015.

Man in police video contacted by FBIPITTSBURGH — A drunken man seen falling down on Internet video after an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer put a stun gun up to his neck outside a bar says the FBI has contacted him about the incident.FBI officials in Pittsburgh confirm they’re reviewing Saturday night’s incident involving 27-year-old Mark Keyser Jr. and Detective Frank Rende, but declined further comment.Meanwhile, Rende has declined to comment on the incident itself but says, “I’m not the rogue cop they’re making me out to be.”Rende was responding to Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s threat to fire him over the incident.Rende was hired by the bar to provide security while he was off-duty from his city job. Police officials say the stun gun wasn’t fired before Keyser fell down as Rende chased after him after throwing him out of the bar.

‘Gallon-smashing’ incidents reviewedDICKSON CITY — Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say no charges will be filed against nine people who turned themselves in after engaging in a popular online video activity dubbed “gallon smashing.”That’s when people throw themselves to the floor while carrying gallons of milk or other beverages, smashing the products and spilling the contents.Chief William Bilinski of the Dickson City police force in Lackawanna County says two stores won’t press charges against the nine suspects as long as they pay for damages and cleanup.But he tells The (Scranton) Times-Tribune that charges will be pressed against five youths in a March 7 case at a Target if they don’t turn themselves in.Bilinski says store officials want to be compensated and to serve notice that such activities won’t be tolerated.

Groups oppose 120-mile pipelineREADING — Community groups are mounting opposition to a 120-mile natural gas pipeline project in eastern Pennsylvania.The proposed Commonwealth Pipeline would carry natural gas from a deposit in the Marcellus Shale in Lycoming County. It would travel through Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Berks counties on its way to Chester County.The Reading Eagle reports Missouri-based Commonwealth Pipeline hasn’t released details on the project since December. Municipal leaders and residents say they are frustrated and several have passed resolutions opposing the project, which requires a permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.In Union Township, supervisors say they’re trying to work with Commonwealth Pipeline to find a route that would not affect as many environmentally sensitive areas.The company says it hopes to have the pipeline in service by 2015.