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5 things to know: Atlanta's black students more often required to wear uniforms
1. In frantic 911 call, mom begs police to save her from sons' attack: "I don't know why they've done this, I really don't," she says in the 8-minute call released Tuesday, three days after the Saturday morning attack inside the family's Snellville-area home. "I guess they have something, they want the insurance money, I'm not sure." [Read more]
2. Coach Dan Quinn purges Falcons of Thomas Dimitroff's mistakes: It's not at all unusual for the new boss of an NFL Team to make drastic changes to the roster when he inherits a bad team. It is very unusual for the executive who built that flawed roster to still be around. [Read more]
3. A total of nine SEC teams were selected in the Top 25 of the new Amway Coaches Poll, with three coming in the Top 10: Ohio State remained in the top spot after its 42-24 victory over Virginia Tech on Monday. Alabama jumped up to No. 2 following the Crimson Tide’s win over Wisconsin, and TCU bumped down to No. 3. [See the complete rankings]
4. School uniforms are more often required of metro Atlanta's black students: Hispanic and black students in Georgia and throughout the U.S. are more often required to wear school uniforms than white students. Across the metro area, about half of black students and one of every four Hispanic students wear uniforms, while about one of every 20 white students do. [Read more]
5. Tonight's forecast: Isolated thunderstorms this evening with a few showers possible overnight and a low around 70. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain is 60 percent. [Get more real-time weather info]
