Here are five things you need to know this morning:
1. Georgia has executed 47-year-old Kenneth Fults for the 1996 murder of his neighbor. There was no one in the execution chamber for Fults, so he had no final words for witnesses from the media and the state who had gathered. But he ended the prayer offered by the chaplain with, "Amen." [Read more]
2. In a video message to the community Tuesday afternoon, Lilburn Mayor Johnny Crist vowed that city police would find the man who killed a young Walmart security guard Sunday night. By then, investigators already had a suspect in handcuffs. [Read more]
3. Gov. Nathan Deal said the uproar in North Carolina and Mississippi over new laws that critics say curb gay rights should give supporters of the "religious liberty" measure in Georgia second thoughts, and warned that he's willing to pull out the veto pen again next year if similar legislation lands on his desk. [Read more]
4. Starbucks launched its reformatted rewards program on Tuesday, despite some outcry from customers. The new program rewards customers based on how much money they spend in their coffee shops instead of how often they make purchases. [Read more]
5. The winless Braves didn't blow a late-innings lead Tuesday, but they wasted their best pitching performance of the young season and found another wrenching way to lose. [Read more]
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