According to the Post, workers' contracts expired over the weekend, raising the possibility of a strike, but the Communications Workers of America and AT&T Inc. said that they'll keep working on a new deal.

CWA spokeswoman Candice Johnson said union representatives met with AT&T on Sunday after talks ended late on Saturday, according to the Post. She doesn't know how long it will take to reach an agreement, the Post said.

The Post said the employees will continue to receive the same wages and benefits as before, meanwhile. If negotiations break down, they still have the option to call for a walkout, the Post said.

AT&T Inc., which is based in Dallas, is the country's largest employer of unionized workers and about 140,000 of its 256,000 employees are union members, according to the Post.

Marielle A. Carson, 20, of Chicago, and Latisha A.P. Ray, 21, Carbondale, IL, were both declared dead on the scene after the vehicle in which they were riding was pulled from Cedar Lake about 7 a.m. Saturday, according to a press release from Jackson County Coroner Thomas Kupferer the Tribune said.

The press release said the two were attending college in the area - John A. Logan College in Carterville and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, according to the Tribune.

According to the release, Carbondale police received a 911 call about 3:18 a.m. Friday reporting that a car with 5 occupants and driven by Carson had been submerged in Cedar Lake after driving off a boat launch area, the Tribune said. Three passengers, a male and two females, had escaped from the vehicle before it was fully underwater, but the two individuals in the front seat hadn't been able to get out and may have drowned, according to the Tribune.

Carbondale police, the Jackson County Ambulance Service and the Carbondale Fire Department responded and a dive team from Union County was called in as well, the Tribune said. The vehicle was found about 7 a.m. and was removed from the lake. Carson and Ray were still inside, the release said according to the Tribune.

The Tribune said the coroner's preliminary report is that the two drowned and toxicology reports are pending.

The Minnesota Ballpark Authority, which oversees Target Field, officially announced the new policy at its quarterly meeting Friday.

Twins spokesman Kevin Smith said Friday that the collective bargaining agreement under which players operate doesn't explicitly bar them from smoking or using tobacco while playing, according to the Tribune.

However, the Tribune said players are obligated, to keep their tobacco use to themselves, he said. They can't be seen smoking on TV, and even the outline of a jar of snuff in a player's pocket cannot be seen, Smith said.

According to the the Tribune, the Twins have a no-reentry rule, meaning that smokers who want to leave for a smoke will not be allowed back in. The smoking ban applies to any event at Target Field, whether it's a concert or a private gathering such as a wedding, the Tribune said.