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Tanka CEO Karlene Hunter wins leadership award
• KYLE, S.D. (AP) -- The CEO of a South Dakota company created to provide a healthy snack for American Indians has won a leadership award.
• Karlene Hunter is the CEO of Native American Natural Foods. The Kyle-based company is known for launching the buffalo-and-cranberry Tanka (TAHNK'-ah) bar, Tanka Bites and Tanka Dogs.
• The items are based on traditional native foods.
• The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc., a not-for-profit trade association, is honoring Hunter with a leadership award.
• The award honors those who have not only advanced food standards in society, but are making a significant impact through visionary social, economic and environmental efforts.
• The award will be presented during a food show in San Francisco on Jan. 22.
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AP News in Brief
Bloody hostage siege over, explosives teams scour Algerian gas plant for mines, bodies
• ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Algerian de-mining teams were scouring a gas refinery on Sunday that was the scene of a bloody four-day hostage standoff, searching for explosive traps left by the Islamic militant who took dozens of foreigners prisoner. The siege left at least 23 hostages dead, and the American government warned that there were credible threats of more kidnapping attempts on Westerners.
• Algerian special forces stormed the natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end the standoff, and the government said all 32 militants were killed.
• With few details emerging from the remote site in eastern Algeria, it was unclear whether anyone was rescued in the final operation, but the number of hostages killed on Saturday -- seven -- was how many the militants had said that morning they still had. The government described the toll as provisional and some foreigners remained unaccounted for.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday three Britons were killed and another three are believed dead, as is a British resident.
• "Now of course people will ask questions about the Algerian response to these events, but I would just say that the responsibility for these deaths lies squarely with (Continued on page 39)
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