Caterpillar offers union final contract amid looming strike
Caterpillar in East Peoria announced its last best final offer to the United Auto Workers, promising substantial pay and benefit gains over April’s rejected proposal. A union vote is slated for August 15, with no immediate strike plans though options are being weighed if the pact is rejected.
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GOP moderates lukewarm about conservative Keyes
CHICAGO AP Speaker Dennis Hastert offered a lukewarm endorsement of Alan Keyes while fellow moderates questioned if Keyes ultraconservative views would fare in Illinois for the U S Senate bid. Keyes faces scrutiny over residency and alignment with middle ground voters amid party tensions.
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Convicted felon in Chicago plotted to blow up federal courthouse
Gale Nettles a 66 year old former convict plotted to use ammonium nitrate to bomb the Dirksen federal building. Federal agents ran a sting delivering non dangerous fertilizer while posing as terrorists to thwart the plan.
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Former death row inmate Aaron Patterson arrested in Chicago
Aaron Patterson, once on death row, was arrested during a traffic stop as part of a federal probe into illegal gun and drug sales. Also jailed were Mark Mannie and Isaiah Kitchen. Investigators say Patterson and Kitchen tried to sell heroin to a government informant on four occasions since March, with Patterson and Mannie accused of buying firearms and Patterson suspected of distributing marijuana. the five month undercover operation led to the arrests.
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