5 things to know: AT&T loses streetcar lawsuit against Atlanta

Here are five things you need to know this morning:

1. The New Orleans Saints handed the Atlanta Falcons their first loss of the season on Thursday night. [Read more] | [See photos] | [5 things we learned from the game]

2. Longtime Atlanta radio host Steve McCoy says has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. "He wants to win at all costs. Now he is in the battle of his life," friend Vikki Locke said. [Read more]

3. Jamie Zimmerman, a doctor and reporter with ABC News' medical unit, has drowned while on vacation in Hawaii. She was 31. [Read more]

4. AT&T Georgia isn't entitled to be reimbursed the millions it spent to make way for the Atlanta Streetcar, a judge has ruled. [Read more]

5. It feels like ... spring? Today will be clear and dry, with a high of 76. [See the complete forecast]

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