Adrian Peterson reinstated by Vikings, expected to play Sunday

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The Minnesota Vikings reinstated star running back Adrian Peterson on Monday, three days after benching him because he was facing a child-abuse charge in Texas for using a wooden switch to spank his four-year-old son.