1. Delta Air Lines is canceling nearly 250 flights Tuesday morning as it attempts to recover from a computer outage that wreaked havoc on its operations Monday. Atlanta-based Delta ended up canceling about 1,000 flights Monday. [Read more.]

2. Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson has a wish list for his program. He needs donors to make it happen. "A locker room would be great," he said.  [Read more.]

3. In what may be a glimmer of relief in a sad week for a mother whose twins died in a hot car in Carrollton, Tyler Perry has offered to pay the funeral costs for the two infant girls. [Read more.]

4. Baby Dinah is gone. She was taken off life support Monday afternoon after the badly abused girl's incarcerated parents were scheduled to say goodbye to her. [Read more.]

5. Drivers, be careful on wet roads in metro Atlanta.

Light rain moved through Cobb County and into Paulding and parts of Douglas counties early Tuesday, according to Channel 2 Action News. Showers also wet roads in Atlanta, and rain isn't expected to stop anytime soon. [Read more.]

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