WEST MIFFLIN — Kennywood Park has announced the name of its new roller coaster — a ride that launches riders from zero to 50 mph in just under three seconds.

The Sky Rocket will send riders straight up 95 feet, then drop them straight down before taking them upside down three times.

The coaster is unique to the 111-year-old amusement park about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh. Kennywood is home to three well-known wooden coasters: Thunderbolt, Jack Rabbit and the Racer. The park also features The Phantom's Revenge, a steel coaster with a top speed of 85 mph.

Sky Rocket will be the park's first new coaster since The Phantom's Revenge opened in 2001.

HARRISBURG — State gaming officials have fined a Western Pennsylvania casino $10,000 for allowing two ineligible gamblers to play slot machines.The Gaming Control Board found that an 18-year-old played slots for about 45 minutes at the Meadows Racetrack & Casino on Aug. 11. The legal age to play slots is 21.Officials also found that a person who registered on the state's self-exclusion list played the slots and obtained a casino "club card" on Aug. 26.The self-exclusion list allows problem gamblers to ban themselves from casinos, which must deny them gaming privileges. The person was identified when trying to cash a check at the casino.The board announced Wednesday the Pittsburgh-area casino would pay $5,000 for each violation.

PITTSBURGH — A judge has refused to jail a rape suspect who was freed after his charges were dismissed because of a paperwork error.Thirty-year-old David Bradford of Wilkinsburg was released from jail last month. He's accused of kidnapping, raping and assaulting a woman at knifepoint in September 2008.A paperwork error kept him in jail for 14 months, violating the state's speedy trial law. That prompted Allegheny County Judge Randal Todd to dismiss the charges and release Bradford.An appeals court ordered Todd to reconsider that decision. The judge held a hearing Wednesday, but decided Bradford should remain free while prosecutors appeal his decision to dismiss the charges.If the Superior Court upholds that decision, prosecutors can't refile the charges.