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• LAST WEEK -- Packers beat Titans 55-7; Vikings beat Texans 23-6
• PACKERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (13), RUSH (20), PASS (10)
• PACKERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (10), RUSH (14), PASS (12)
• VIKINGS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (23), RUSH (3), PASS (32)
• VIKINGS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (16), RUSH (13), PASS (20)
• STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Packers have won 12 straight against NFC North opponents, tied for longest since realignment in 2002. A win would help them surpass Colts from 2004-06 and Ravens from 2010-12 for longest streak of new alignment era. ... Packers have won four in row and 10 of last 11. ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has thrown for 5,927 yards, 49 TDs and just eight INTs in 20 career games indoors. His 116.1 QB rating indoors is best in NFL history. ... Rodgers has thrown 20 TDs and four INTs in nine career starts vs. Vikings. ... Packers averaging 129.9 yards per game on ground, seventh in NFL, over last seven games. ... Fifteen of last 20 regular-season games between these rivals have been decided by seven points or less. ... Vikings RB Adrian Peterson 102 yards away from 2,000 for season and 208 away from breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record set in 1984. He rushed for 210 in a loss to Packers Dec. 2. ... Peterson has rushed for more yards (1,243) against Packers than any other opponent. ... Vikings lead NFL with 29 runs of at least 20 yards and seven runs of at least 50. ... Vikings DE Jared Allen has 15 sacks in 10 career games vs. Packers, his most against any team.
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2 SD Highway Patrol vehicles hit in separate cases
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says two of its vehicles have been hit by other vehicles in separate accidents on slippery Interstate 29, but there were no injuries in the crashes.
• Trooper Jason Husby was traveling northbound Thursday morning at a reduced speed on I-29 in southeastern South Dakota when a southbound vehicle slid across the median and struck the rear of the patrol vehicle.
• Also on Thursday morning, Trooper Dave Knutson was assisting someone on I-29 near Sioux Falls when another vehicle struck the back of his vehicle.
• Highway Patrol Maj. Randy Hartley says Knutson's accident is a reminder that state law requires motorists to move over when they see law enforcement and emergency response vehicles displaying flashing yellow or amber lights.
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Drought unrelenting despite recent snowstorms
• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The snowstorm that pummeled the upper Midwest last week (Continued on page 23)
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