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NFL teams need to cut rosters down to 53 players by 3pm (CT) Saturday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He suggested that veteran linebacker Hardy Nickerson Jr. and veteran receiver Tajae Sharpe could be on the cut list. Jim says the Vikings are happy with 2nd year receiver Bisi Johnson, Chad Beebe and rookies Justin Jefferson, K.J. Osborn and Alexander Hollins.

New pay raises for postdoctoral associates at the University of Minnesota are straining some faculty budgets and causing concern over potential cuts to postdoctoral contracts.

The University of Minnesota is cutting staff in a federally funded program that teaches low-income Minnesotans about health eating.

Yesterday, we told you about the cuts in local emergency relief funding for Stearns, Benton and Sherburne Counties. The federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program allotment was slashed from nearly $200,000 to $19,334. Today, we'll share how that will affect Anna Marie's Alliance, a shelter for abused women and children.

Local providers of emergency shelter, rent and mortgage funding are about to face a major challenge. FEMA has slashed the amount of emergency housing support funding from 2.9 million dollars to 1.1 million dollars for the state of Minnesota.