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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- A pregnant woman who refused to get a flu shot due to her fear of miscarrying has been fired from her job with a health care company. Dreonna Breton worked as a registered nurse for Horizons Healthcare Services in central Pennsylvania. The company requires all personnel to get the influenza vaccine. Breton contends the immunizations may not be safe enough for pregnant women. She suffered two miscarriages earlier this year, and doesn't want to risk a third.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A suburban Phoenix family says their Christmas cheesecake sent them the message of a holiday miracle. The Arizona Republic reports that when the family in Scottsdale, Ariz., pulled their dessert out of the oven, it cracked as it cooled and formed a crucifix. The family members, who have not given their names publicly, say the crucifix is a message. They say they won't be eating the cheesecake. Instead, they plan on selling it and donating the money to a local charity or church.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash. Yellow Checker Star Cab Company CEO Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player. The cab company also honored the driver's good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000 and giving him a gift certificate to a Las Vegas steakhouse.

READING, Pa. (AP) -- Shoppers looking for post-Christmas bargains have gotten a surprise at a northeastern Pennsylvania sporting goods store after a deer decided to join them. WFMZ-TV says the deer walked through the front door of a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Reading on Thursday afternoon. Store manager Brad Meyer says the deer slipped on the floor and a customer tackled it to the ground, preventing any injuries to customers or damage to the store. The store called the Pennsylvania Game Commission, which arrived and removed the deer. There's no word on where the deer was released.

ROSTRAVER, Pa. (AP) -- The wife of a Pennsylvania man and two other people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to murder her husband on Christmas Eve and mask the crime by pulling his teeth. Authorities allege that 26-year-old Kimberly Jane Thompkins, 24-year-old Robert Crosby, and 18-year-old Daryith Lorraine Stevens plotted to kill Adam Thompkins. On Tuesday Kimberly Thompkins allegedly drove her husband to Cedar Creek Park. That's 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. Crosby allegedly stabbed Adam Thompkins there just before noon.