1. Metro Atlanta home prices are on the rise
Slowly but surely, home prices around Atlanta are increasing. This signals an improving economy, but some worry the price hike will price first-time homebuyers out of the market. [Struggles for young homebuyers]
2. Pay-as-you-go coming to more Georgia colleges
Pay-as-you-go plans, which have been used at Georgia Tech for the last three years, will now expand to 20 more colleges in Georgia. The plans allow students to pay one portion of tuition and fees at the beginning of the semester, another portion a few weeks later, and the rest midway through the semester. [Is financial aid affected?]
3. DeKalb corruption probe results in another guilty plea
This time by the head of a janitorial service, Cecil K. Clark. Clark set-up a DeKalb county official with luxurious living in exchange for government work. [Could be facing jail time]
4. The Hawks say goodbye to the season
Last night, the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The series ended 4-0, and the Hawks are now out of the playoffs. [It was a blowout]
5. Not all kids love summer break
Summer break means a break from school provided meals for low-income students. Gracie Bonds Staples examines the struggle almost a million school-aged children in Georgia will face this summer. [Summer break too often means hungry kids]
6. Odd news story of the day
Experimental physicist Leon Lederman is selling his 1988 Nobel Prize. Minimum bid? $325,000.[ "I made a decision to sell it. It seems like a logical thing to do."]
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