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Vikings’ owner donates $2.5 million to UW for melanoma research (AP)

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Minnesota Vikings’ animosity for the Green Bay Packers apparently doesn’t spill over to the Wisconsin Badgers.

One of the Vikings’ owners, David Mandelbaum, is donating $2.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Eye Research Institute. It’s to support a joint research initiative with University of Minnesota scientists.