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5 things to know: Why do Georgia football fans keep giving to Richt’s program?

Mark Richt has been Georgia's football coach since 2001.

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Mark Richt has been Georgia's football coach since 2001.
Nov 6, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Despite the sniping and second guessing over Georgia football coach Mark Richt, has been benefiting more than most coaches from a bunch of remarkably heavy spenders: University of Georgia fans. [Read more] | [Richt still hasn't signed his contract, though UGA said it will honor the terms anyway]

2. Johns Creek named "best in the U.S." city at No. 3. [Read more]

3. Ben Carson's camp said Friday the Republican presidential candidate had lied about being accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. [Read more]

4. The woman charged with impersonating a nurse at the Duluth hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown died had a criminal history and had used false credentials to land prior nursing jobs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned. [Read more]

5. Scattered thunderstorms will become more widespread overnight. [See the complete forecast]

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