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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities in the United States, the company said Tuesday. The social-networking giant is the latest technology company to release figures on how often governments seek information about its customers. Microsoft and Google have done the same.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a woman who confessed to being a "shopaholic" has stolen more than $19,000 from a cheerleading group she once headed. But attorneys for 41-year-old Mary Schneir, of Bethel Park, say the missing money is more akin to a "short-term loan" which the woman is working to repay. Those comments were made after Schneir waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday on theft charges.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman is being held without bail after authorities say she gave birth to a baby then left him to die in a sports bar toilet. Amanda Catherine Hein was arraigned Monday on a single count of criminal homicide in the death of the baby discovered in the pub's bathroom last week. Court documents say the 26-year-old Allentown woman admitted giving birth to the baby boy, wrapping him in a plastic bag from a garbage container and placing him in the toilet tank. Authorities say she had not told anyone she was pregnant.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle as he was leaving a country music concert in northeastern Pennsylvania. Authorities in Lackawanna County said the man was hit shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday after a Jason Aldean concert at Montage Mountain. Police in Scranton told The (Scranton) Times-Tribune that Ivy Giordano, a 23-year-old Union Dale woman, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Capt. Glenn Thomas said charges are pending the results of a blood test.

DETROIT (AP) -- Stray dogs are a common sight in Detroit. What about a big cat? The Detroit Free Press reports that many residents on the city's northeast side have seen what appears to be an exotic cat, perhaps as tall as 4 feet, roaming the streets. The Michigan Humane Society says it will try to find the cat. Antwaun Asberry, a 6-foot-5 Detroiter, says the cat's tail is longer than his arm. The cat has large black spots and stripes, according to a photo. Fourteen-year-old Paul Hatley says the cat stared back at him when he saw it a few days ago. He says the encounter scared him.