EASTON — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it is investigating an equipment reconditioner that allegedly failed to perform safety tests on used football helmets before sending them back onto the field.

The company, Circle System Inc., of Easton, allegedly failed to perform impact tests on helmets it was paid to refurbish, The New York Times reported.

The safety commission said in a statement provided to The Associated Press on Thursday that it has "an open and active investigation" into Circle System.

About 200,000 football players ranging from 8 years old to college-age wore helmets that failed to undergo the proper testing, the paper said. It wasn't immediately clear which schools and communities were affected.

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors have dropped a charge against a Pittsburgh woman who put her miscarried fetus in her freezer.Twenty-two-year-old Christine Hutchinson had initially been charged with abuse of corpse. Later, it was changed to concealing the death of a child. That charge was dropped Thursday.A medical examiner determined it died in utero, apparently from natural causes.

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Pittsburgh woman accused of misleading police investigating a state trooper's death.Twenty-five-year old Charise Cheatom was the girlfriend of 32-year-old Leslie Mollett. Cheatom testified against Mollett, who is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of Cpl. Joseph Pokorny following a traffic stop on Dec. 12, 2005.Allegheny County prosecutors dropped two counts of hindering apprehension on Thursday. Cheatom will enter a special probationary program for a charge of making false reports. Her record will be expunged if she completes the program.