PITTSBURGH — Cities around the world can turn on their Christmas lights with any kind of celebration they like, but the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership said they better not call it "Light Up Night."

The downtown business association has been sponsoring the city's "Light Up Night" since 1960 and in 2003 got a federal trademark to the name. The city celebration includes a parade and fireworks.

The group recently began sending cease and desist letters to municipalities including the upscale suburb of Mount Lebanon. The downtown group's attorney said 15 to 20 more will be sent to other towns across the country, though he won't say where.

Partnership officials said unrelated events using the same name could cost the group sponsorship dollars.

ERIE — Northwestern Pennsylvania's largest city has banned hand-held cell phone use by those driving vehicles or riding bicycles.Erie City Council approved the measure Wednesday. Mayor Joe Sinnott said he'll sign it and the law will take affect Jan. 5.Exceptions include hands-free use — provided the phone is dialed hands-free, too — or to call 911 to report an emergency while driving. Otherwise, drivers must be parked to operate cell phones by hand.The ordinance carries a fine of $150 to $300 and makes cell phone use a "secondary" offense. That means drivers couldn't be stopped for using a cell phone but could be cited if they were using a cell phone during another traffic offense.

HARRISBURG — The cafeteria in Pennsylvania's state Capitol had to be shut down after inspectors found evidence of a rodent infestation.The state Department of Agriculture said the cafeteria was closed after lunch Thursday, following a routine inspection.Department spokesman Justin Fleming said the most serious issue involved the discovery of mouse droppings. He said inspectors also found that some dishwashers lacked the heat needed to sterilize.Officials say they want the problems resolved immediately. The cafeteria is run by Aramark, which won a bid to run it in June. Aramark officials didn't immediately respond to telephone messages.

HARRISBURG — Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are turning to a veteran from Allegheny County as their whip — the No. 3 leadership position.A senior member of the caucus said Rep. Frank Dermody won the election Thursday,Rep. Ed Staback said counting of the ballots in the closed-door meeting ended after it was clear Dermody had enough votes to win.Dermody takes over from Rep. Bill DeWeese of Greene County, who had to give up the post after being charged with felonies in the attorney general's ongoing investigation of legislative corruption.

ALTOONA — A Catholic priest from central Pennsylvania faces a preliminary hearing on charges he drove while his blood-alcohol content was more than four time the state's legal limit.Monsignor Anthony Little told The Altoona Mirror that his Thanksgiving traffic stop was "a stupid thing" and "poor judgment" that followed a family gathering.Altoona police cited the priest for driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.34 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. His hearing in Jan. 13.A spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown declined comment, saying it was a personnel matter. Little said he hasn't been suspended from pastoring St. Patrick Catholic Church in Newry, about 85 miles east of Pittsburgh.