5 things to know Thursday: Plan now for your commute home

Five things you should know Thursday, September 3:

1. Take a Falcons game, add in a Georgia Tech game, and just for good measure throw in a vice president. That's a recipe for mega traffic congestion today in Atlanta. [Read the full story here | check our Political Insider blog on Joe Biden's visit]

2. Rachel Dolezal, the woman who made headlines for being outed as white while serving as an NAACP leader, says she's pregnant. [Read more about this story here]

3. Cop pulls man over for "making direct eye contact." Now the city apologizes and investigates. [Read more about the incident here]

4. Georgia wanted him; Tennessee got him. [Find out which commit won't be a Bulldog]

5. Gray skies are gonna clear up, but probably not today. [Get your full forecast here]

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In Georgia’s melon mecca, watermelon wizards’ ears are sweetly attuned

In the heart of Georgia's watermelon country, everyone has a trick to tell if a melon is ripe. One way is the sound a melon makes when it is thumped. Or better, patted.