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5 things to know: GE says no thanks to Georgia

FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt speaks with workers as he visits the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. General Electric Co. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt speaks with workers as he visits the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. General Electric Co. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Nov 23, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. She knows nothing will bring him back. But Michelle Guthrie wishes she had one more chance to speak with her 16-year-old son.  Alex Desalis died late Sunday after being run over while "car surfing" on a Paulding County street, according to police. It was a mistake that cost him his life. [Read more]

2. Fortune 500 industrial giant General Electric will not be moving its headquarters to Georgia. [Read more]

3. A year after his election, it's harder for U.S. Sen. David Perdue to wield the "outsider" image that helped elevate him above a crowded Republican primary and fueled his victory over a well-funded Democratic opponent. But as his speech Monday at The Atlanta Press Club showed, he's still trying. [Read more]

4. Cobb County school resource officers began wearing something new on their uniforms earlier this month: body cameras.  Increasingly, school officers nationwide are wearing the cameras to record encounters between themselves and students, parents or intruders. [Read more]

5. Bundle up, Atlanta: Tonight's temperatures will dip to just above freezing. [See the complete forecast]

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