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• Weber has worked at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls for more than 32 years, starting as a correctional officer and working his way up the ranks.
• He was named warden at the state penitentiary in 1996 and became chief warden overseeing all adult prisons in 1999. Weber was interim state corrections secretary in 2004-2005.
• Weber will retire as the second-longest serving warden in the history of the South Dakota State Penitentiary. G. Norton Jameson oversaw the prison from 1938 to 1963.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard says Weber has been a strong and steady leader, even during difficult times in the prison system.
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Trains playing major role in Plains oil boom
JOSH FUNK,Associated Press
MATTHEW BROWN,Associated Press
• BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Energy companies behind the oil boom sweeping the Northern Plains increasingly are turning to trains to move their crude across the U.S. The move comes as pipeline plans stall and existing pipelines can't keep up with demand.
• Delivering oil by rail to refineries thousands of miles away on the East, West and Gulf coasts costs more. But it can bring increased profits -- of $10 or more a barrel.
• It also means a steady parade of trains carrying the hazardous material rumbling out of North Dakota and Montana and across the country.
• Experts and federal regulators say rail transport is less safe than pipelines. That's raised concerns the proliferation of oil trains could lead to a major derailment and spill.
• Companies say they are making track upgrades and other improvements.
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AP News in Brief
Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus dies in Singapore hospital
• NEW DELHI (AP) -- Shocked Indians on Saturday were mourning the death of a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago in an ordeal that galvanized people to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence.
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