SCRANTON — A black bear is headed back to the woods after it had to be removed from the roof of a northeastern Pennsylvania mall.

The 400-pound male bear apparently climbed onto the roof of the Viewmont Mall in Scranton after it had been searching for food in a trash bin early Friday.

Scranton police say they responded to a report of the bear going through the trash around 2:15 a.m.

When they put a spotlight on it, the bear climbed up a fence to the roof and started roaming around atop the mall.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officers were called and they climbed onto the roof and tranquilized the bear. It was lowered to the ground by a forklift.

PITTSBURGH — Iron City Brewing will pay $750,000 to settle a past-due sewer bill at its former Pittsburgh brewery.The brewery and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced the deal Friday. The authority made concessions in 2007 regarding a $2.7 million water and sewage bill that allowed the brewing company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, only to have Iron City shut down and move its operations to Latrobe last year.Since then, the authority has claimed Iron City still owed $1 million, but the makers of Iron City Beer claimed they owed just $450,000. Under Friday's deal, the brewery will pay $450,000 in September, and $300,000 more later.