Packers-49ers: How we're picking it

PACKERS 35, 49ERS 20

Colin Kapernick owns three consecutive victories over the Packers, but Green Bay will have only itself to blame if the struggling 49ers quarterback manages to make it four in a row. San Francisco is a hot mess. Coming off an embarrassing 47-7 loss to Arizona, the 49ers appear to have lost their identity under first-year coach Jim Tomsula. The Packers’ defense is better suited to defend Kaepernick with Clay Matthews in the middle of the field and Julius Peppers applying pressure from the edge. San Francisco no longer possesses the shutdown defense that allowed Kaepernick to sneak out another 23-20 win like the last time the teams met in the 2013 playoffs. The Packers have a golden opportunity to put their recent nightmares against Kaepernick to bed. They have to take it.

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3 children die in house fire in north Minneapolis

One occupant said she stepped outside briefly before the blaze. She said the fire may have been caused by an oven that was left turned on and unattended. The landlord said the heat not yet turned on for new tenants. 

http://www.startribune.com/3-children-die-in-house-fire-in-north-minneapolis/330563351/#1

Wisconsin could pay exonerees up to $1M

Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield; Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie; Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine and Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison are co-sponsors of the legislation, which is expected to be formally introduced in the coming weeks.

At a news conference in Madison, Kooyenga, calling the changes "long overdue," said there is no real amount of money that can deliver justice to people who are victimized by wrongful convictions.

"How much money is it worth to miss the birth of your children....or for your mother to believe you are a rapist?" Kooyenga said. "You can't put a price tag on that. But all we can do is give these people a chance to have families, careers, to own a home. It's a start."

The bill, which is still being revised, would also provide exonerees with access to transitional services currently offered only to inmates who complete their sentences, including heath care. Under current law, people who are exonerated of crimes are offered no such services.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2015/10/02/wisconsin-law-crime-corrections-wrongful-conviction-compensation/73088258/

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