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Truck spills 14 million bees on Idaho highway

ISLAND PARK, Idaho

Cleanup crews in Idaho have finished clearing honey and an estimated 14 million bees that got loose after a delivery truck overturned on a highway.

Fremont County Sheriff deputies say several workers were stung during the first few hours of the cleanup Sunday.

And some observers told The Post- Register about seeing a strange black cloud and roaring noise above the spill area before realizing it was a massive swarm of bees.

Authorities say a truck was hauling the bees from California to North Dakota when the driver veered off the shoulder, tipping more than 400 hive boxes and honey.

Crews worked all day Monday before removing all the honey from the roadway, though deputies say a significant amount of bees still were buzzing.

Police: Lack of love song led to western Pa. assault

AMBRIDGE, Pa.

A western Pennsylvania songwriter will be in court later this month to answer to a simple-assault charge that police say stemmed from a case of writer’s block.

Specifically, Ambridge police say 29-year-old Jason Banks choked then hit his girlfriend in the face after she complained that he had never written a song about her even though he had written songs about other women.

Banks did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday to a home phone listed in his name.

The Beaver County Times says police filed the charge a day after the alleged June 30 assault.

Online court records show Banks is free on bond awaiting a preliminary hearing July 25. Those records do not list a defense attorney for him.

Lawsuit: Chase Bank declared Fla. woman dead

SANFORD, Fla.

A central Florida woman says she’s having numerous financial troubles because of a bank error that caused Chase Bank USA to declare her dead last November.

Wrenella Pierre has filed a lawsuit, and Chase officials said Monday they’re investigating how the mistake happened.

When Pierre and her husband built their home in 2007, they got two mortgages through Chase.

According to the lawsuit, the bank notified credit-reporting agencies last year that Pierre had died. They sent a letter of condolence to the family, saying someone from the bank would be in touch about the mortgage.

Pierre says she notified bank officials that she was alive and also went to a local branch to correct the mistake.

A month later, the lawsuit alleges, credit agencies still reported her dead.

Associated Press