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5 things to know tonight: Check out new photos from inside Braves' Suntrust Park

View from home plate of the Braves' new stadium, SunTrust Park, as it rises in Cobb County. The stadium will be one of the few in Major League Baseball to face a southerly direction. The park is set to open for the 2017 season. Read more about it here.
View from home plate of the Braves' new stadium, SunTrust Park, as it rises in Cobb County. The stadium will be one of the few in Major League Baseball to face a southerly direction. The park is set to open for the 2017 season. Read more about it here.
By Staff Reports
May 5, 2016

1. Check out new photos from inside Braves' Suntrust Park. The stadium will be one of the few in Major League Baseball to face a southerly direction. The park is set to open for the 2017 season. [Read more]

2. Carrollton lawmaker on Nathan Deal: 'And we're going to be stuck with him for two more stinking years.' In the last 48 hours, Gov. Nathan Deal has absorbed a great deal of right-flank criticism for his veto of a bill to permit concealed weaponry on public university campuses. But none of the barbs has been as sharp – or public – as that which left the mouth of Kevin Cooke, a Carrollton Republican, on Wednesday. [Read more]

3. Closure of south security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson could mean even longer lines. A three-week closure of a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has begun, and could cause even longer lines to get through screening. [Read more]

4. Delays remain at Spaghetti Junction after truck accident on I-85 ramp. The I-85 southbound ramp to I-285 westbound reopened Thursday afternoon in DeKalb County after an overturned tractor-trailer blocked traffic, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. [Read more]

5. Computer glitches undermine school tests, officials waive results. The Georgia Board of Education voted Thursday to waive implications of the recent state Milestones tests for some students. [Read more]

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