1. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wins Iowa .
Sen. Ted Cruz and rival Donald Trump seemed neck in neck as the Iowa caucus began Monday evening. But the first term senator eventually pulled ahead, everaging his significant ground operation to pull off a four-point lead over the real estate mogul. The win gives Cruz major momentum heading into next week's New Hampshire primary. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio also surged to a surprisingly strong third-place finish. Read More.
John Coppolella has never doubted his daring course: To make the Braves great by shedding almost every player established enough to have graced a baseball card. But after only 16 months, this raze-to-raise process has accelerated at a rate even its architect couldn't foresee. The Braves' 10 major trades from November 2014 through the 2015 season were the rebuild's launch. Their two big moves of this offseason were booster rockets. Read More
3. 'I was a thief': Jewel-pilfering woman reflects on life
Police believe Doris Payne, 85, has used her seemingly effortless elegance to walk off with pricy jewels in countless thefts around the world over the past six decades. She speaks about her exploits in broad terms and denies ever concealing jewelry in her purse or pockets to steal it. But police dispute that claim. Read more
4. Metro Atlantans get behind efforts to send water
Saint Smyrna Baptist Church in Newnan and other churches in the area came together to send "hope in a bottle" to Flint, Mich. The congregations filled two truckloads of water. "I don't understand how something like this can happen in America," said Cook, pastor of Saint Smyrna and a graduate of Morehouse College. He went to Flint to deliver water and to get a firsthand look at the situation. Read more.
5. In the shadow of luxury, a cemetery for former slaves, in ruin.
A historic black cemetery has been discovered hidden by half-million-dollar town homes in Buckhead. The burial ground is located less than a mile south of Lenox square, which has been largely oblivious to the more than 300 souls resting there, many of them former slaves. But Richard Thomas and his cousins Audrey Collins and Earl Dillard, they know. They grew up in the Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church, which once stood there. Most of their ancestors are buried in the Piney Grove Cemetery. Read more.
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