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SD Transportation Hall of Fame to induct 2
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation has announced two people it plans to induct into the Hall of Fame later this year.
• Dennis Landguth of Rapid City and Bob Meister of Kalispell, Montana will be inducted at banquets to be held later this year.
• Landguth served in the South Dakota Department of Transportation for 34 years. He started as a seasonal employee and finished his career as department Secretary.
• Meister spent more than 40 years working as a county superintendent and with the Department of Transportation.
• The South Dakota Transportation Hall of Honor dates back to 1972 and now includes 82 inductees. Its goal is to recognize people who made a lasting impact to South Dakota's air, highway or rail system.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. SYRIA, ECONOMY HEADLINE G-8 SUMMIT
• Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin will meet to discuss their differences on Syria's civil war, while thousands of police are securing the summit from protests.
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• 2. REPORT SAYS BRITISH SPIES HACKED DIPLOMATS AT G-20
• The Guardian newspaper cited documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden in a report that diplomats' emails and phones were bugged.
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• 3. TURKISH UNIONS PROMISE STRIKE AFTER PROTESTERS PUSHED BACK
• The one-day walkout today comes after riot police used tear gas and roadblocks to evict demonstrators from Taksim Square.
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• 4. WHO WILL CLOSE GUANTANAMO
• Obama was to name high-powered Washington lawyer Clifford Sloan today to handle the shutdown of the military-run prison.
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