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also is the name of what is now a ghost town where about 5,000 base workers once lived, including a young Tom Brokaw, the former NBC newsman.
• John Tanner, a 70-year-old Edgemont rancher who grew up next to the base, said the chemical weapons attack on Syrian people brought back memories for him. Workers destroying chemical weapons at the depot "would wait until there was an east wind, so it wouldn't blow it into Igloo," Tanner recalled. "Well then, that blew it into us.
• "I know at least what the mustard gas is," he said of the Syrian attack that killed hundreds. "They were talking about the way it smelled and I am familiar with that."
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Eagle Creek Software considering expansion in SD
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Eagle Creek Software Services is considering expanding its presence in South Dakota with a second center in Pierre by the end of the next year.
• That would mean up to 175 new technology jobs in the capital city.
• Minnesota-based Eagle Creek already has more than 100 employees in Pierre, providing software services to major corporations. The company also has a center in Valley City, N.D., and is building one in Vermillion, S.D.. Officials expect to make a decision on a second Pierre center early next year.
• Company officials say their "Dakota model" keeps costs low by placing high-tech jobs in rural locations in the northern Great Plains.
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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. WHO LED THE WAY IN TRANS FATS' DEMISE
• NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg can take credit for using his city's market size to force an early shift away from the pantry staple.
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• 2. 'LICE IS ICKY, BUT IT'S NOT DANGEROUS'
• Some schools have changed the way they deal with kids who have live bugs in their hair, letting them return to the classroom to shield them from embarrassment and protect their privacy.
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