1. '80s star Amanda Peterson died of drug overdose: A Colorado coroner's office has ruled the death of '80s film star Amanda Peterson an accident due to a morphine overdose. The Weld County coroner's office released its findings Wednesday after toxicology tests came back. [Read more]

2. Labor Day holiday in Atlanta: Dragon Con, free MARTA ride and rain. As weekends in Atlanta go, they don't get much busier than the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. Atlanta police estimate more than 600,000 people will spend the long weekend in the city. [Read more] | [Tips for surviving the traffic]

3. Judge jails Kentucky clerk Kim Davis for not issuing same-sex marriage licenses: Five of her six deputies have agreed to issue same-sex marriage licenses, according to WOWK. The only holdout was Davis' son, who serves under his mother. [Read more]

4. Georgia's biggest companies are standing firm on the 'religious liberty' bill: Responding to a state senator's charge that they are trying to impose their "liberal, far-left cultural norms" on the state, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Coca-Cola and Home Depot all said this week they are standing fast in their opposition to so-called "religious liberty" legislation. [Read more]

5. Tonight's forecast: Partly cloudy skies with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low of 69. Winds light and variable. [Get more real-time weather info]

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Bob Banks is an actor, known for Supercool (2021), Outer Banks (2020), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017), Antwone Fisher (2002), Love Crimes (1992), Midnight Edition (1993), Daddy’s Little Girls (2007) Selma, Lord, Selma (1999), In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) (1991-1993), and I’ll Fly Away (TV Series) (1991-1992). Bob is an accomplished Voice Over (VO) Actor and lives in Atlanta, GA.

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Corbin Spencer, right, field director of New Georgia Project and volunteer Rodney King, left, help Rueke Uyunwa register to vote. The influential group is shutting down after more than a decade. (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2017)

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