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5 things to know: Teacher wants name cleared since child porn charges dropped

By Staff reports
Dec 23, 2015

Five things to know Wednesday, Dec. 23:

1. A former middle school teacher wants his reputation back now that federal child pornography charges against him have been dropped. [Alexis Stevens has the story on William Matthew Kimbrell]

2. Comments by the CEO of Sam's Club have some people calling for a boycott of the company. [Jennifer Brett tells you what was said and who is upset]

3. Evangelist Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, says he has lost faith in all political parties and is abandoning the GOP. [Jim Galloway has more about this in the Political Insider blog]

4. It's Whiskey Wednesday. Really. [Details on what that means, plus three more fun things to do today]

5. If Mother Nature keeps this up, she'll get a lump of coal in her stocking. [Find out when the rain will end in our Atlanta weather forecast]

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