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5 things to know: Decatur man, 81, dies after driving into fallen tree

A medical examiner and Atlanta firefighters work a scene where a driver was killed after he drove his vehicle into a tree that fell on Woodhaven Road in Buckhead, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
A medical examiner and Atlanta firefighters work a scene where a driver was killed after he drove his vehicle into a tree that fell on Woodhaven Road in Buckhead, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
Nov 9, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1.  A Buckhead motorist died early Monday after slamming into a tree brought down by the morning's gusty wind and saturated soil. The incident happened in the 3400 block of Woodhaven Road, just off West Paces Ferry Road behind the Governor's Mansion. [Read more]

2. Oprah Winfrey just invented Atlanta's new nickname. [Read more]

3. Veteran civil rights activist and former state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, 70, was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in federal prison for tax, mail and wire fraud. [Read more]

4. Things to do in Atlanta tomorrow: Drink the first ITP bourbon since Prohibition. [See more events]

5. Tonight's weather will be cold and wet and foggy (again). [See the complete forecast]

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