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basil chicken and honey roasted ham, along with all the fixings, and a "fantastic apple pie."
• It was perfect weather for highway travelers in most of the Dakotas. The mercury in Sioux Falls, S.D., hit 70 degrees Wednesday, breaking a record for the date set in 1960, according to the National Weather Service.
• The day before Thanksgiving is typically one of the busiest travel days of the year, and Highway Patrol troopers were watching. The agencies in North Dakota and South Dakota said they put all available personnel on the road, from troopers to supervisors to command staff.
• Jackie Spencer, 64, who works in the business office of Martin County (Minn.) Social Services, was driving through South Dakota to get from her home in Fairmont, Minn., to spend Thanksgiving with her sister in Lexington, Neb.
• Gas prices are a big concern, but when she filled up her Dodge Durango for the trip, her credit card rewards program chipped in $2.82 a gallon to bring her fuel bill down to 45 cents a gallon.
• Spencer said she's glad that gas prices have leveled off a bit, but the rewards contribution was a huge help.
• "With this vehicle, the gas prices definitely add up," Spencer said. "Four dollars is something that I can't handle. It's pretty sad when $3.25 a gallon is good."
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Vikes need strong pass rush in tough next 2 games
DAVE CAMPBELL,AP Pro Football Writer
• EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings must play perhaps their best yet this season to emerge from the last six games with a playoff spot, let alone a winning record.
• The defensive line will have a big part in it.
• Minnesota visits Chicago on Sunday and Green Bay the week after, facing the NFC North co-leaders with 7-3 records. The Vikings are right behind at 6-4, and to catch them they're probably going to have to chase down their quarterbacks behind the line of scrimmage at least a few times.
• The Vikings have mostly been voicing the one-game-at-a-time line like a typical football team, but it's difficult to ignore the magnitude of this closing stretch.
• Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who missed the last game because of a concussion but has been cleared for practice, has taken the second-most sacks in the league with 28. Aaron Rodgers of the Packers is first with 32.
• As strong as both of these long-time rivals are in other areas, pass protection is (Continued on page 25)
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