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Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Little could have been done to stop the handcuffed man who jumped to his death Tuesday morning while fleeing a downtown Atlanta court facility, an Atlanta police official said. "It's so unusual," Capt. Michael O'Connor said. [Read more]

2. Here to Serve Restaurants abruptly shuttered 10 of Atlanta's most popular restaurants, including Prime, Strip and Twist, on Monday night — leaving about 1,000 employees and even more patrons bewildered. [Read more]

3. A scandal rocks the fantasy football industry. [Read more]

4. Dr. Kris Sperry took the witness stand and testified that Henry Glover died from a bullet to the back. But Sperry hadn't examined Glover's body — and his opinion was far from unanimous. It was one of more than 500 cases since 2003 in which Sperry acted as a paid forensic consultant, all while employed full time by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. [Read more]

5. It's going to be a clear, cool night. [See the forecast]

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