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In this artist’s rendering, a patron leaps off the tallest platform at “The Jump,” a new attraction coming to Stone Mountain Park in April. Illustration contributed.
In this artist’s rendering, a patron leaps off the tallest platform at “The Jump,” a new attraction coming to Stone Mountain Park in April. Illustration contributed.
Dec 29, 2015

1. Might as well jump! Stone Mountain Park will add "death-defying leaps into space" to its list of attractions in 2016. [Read more]

2. Smart: 'I couldn't live with myself' if he left Alabama before playoff: Imagine the No. 2 executive at Coke finishing out his duties for two months after he already has been named the No. 1 executive at Pepsi. Now add to this that the same executive had been recruiting for Coke and now is recruiting for Pepsi … while he is still being paid by Coke. Only in college football. [Read more]

3. GOP intelligentsia deeply offended and worried by Trumpism (opinion): The elite's disgust is not limited to Trump. It is also directed at those who support him. [Read more]

4. Atlanta renters are young, female and thinking about buying: Metro Atlanta renters are, on average, a solo-living, youngish-skewing, female-dominated bunch. More so than the United States as a whole. [Read more]

5. Reeves impressed with Falcons coach Dan Quinn: Former Falcons coach Dan Reeves has been impressed with how first-year coach Dan Quinn has navigated his team through some peaks and valleys over the course of the 2015 season. [Read more]

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