Good week
Joel Hartman, the "homeless hero" who returned a woman's wallet he found digging through trash hoping to find leftover food, has received national attention, gifts, job offers, cash and well wishes since his good deed. He even got a makeover Monday compliments of the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, where he was a guest through Thanksgiving thanks to hotel staff that searched tirelessly to find him.
The Cobb County Commission, by a vote of 4-1, approved a deal Tuesday to build a new Atlanta Braves stadium in the Cumberland Mall area, a location closer to more ticket buyers than Turner Field in downtown Atlanta. The deal commits the county to spending $300 million in public money to build the $672 million ballpark. District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid was the only dissenting vote.
Homeowners. Metro Atlanta home prices continue to climb, up 19 percent over a year ago in September, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller index.
Former Atlanta Braves pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine top the 2014 Hall of Fame ballot. The class will be voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America by Dec. 31 and the results will be announced Jan. 8.
Bad week
UGA quarterback Aaron Murray had ACL surgery Tuesday, which effectively ended his college football career. The record-setting senior had started 52 consecutive games before being helped off the field, cutting short his storybook term at Georgia.
Smoking on Georgia college campuses soon could be over as the regents consider a total ban for all campuses in the university system. The proposal follows a national trend of similar bans seen as health initiatives.
Holiday travelers had to navigate a winter storm that swept across most of the country, including Georgia, making for one of the coldest Thanksgivings on record.
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