1. Honey Boo Boo starts school in metro Atlanta: After a busy summer that included a trip to Panama City Beach – where Mama June posed for a sizzling photo shoot in a red bathing suit – the ladies are back and ready for the new school year in Henry County. [Read more]

2. Billionaire Bill Gates runs afoul of Georgia's Vidalia onion police: "A farm owned by a Gates-related company is on probation in Georgia after neighboring farmers accused it of substituting garden-variety bulbs for renowned Vidalias, the Bordeaux grapes of the onion world," according to Bloomberg. [Read more]

3. DeKalb County voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve an incentive package for Atlanta United FC to build a $30 million soccer complex along I-285 near Memorial Drive. Under the deal, DeKalb will spend $7 million for 6,000 square feet of office space and $5 million for land preparation. [Read more]

4. Kissing and cuddling chickens is bad for your health. Did you really need the CDC to tell you that? [Read more]

5. Tonight's forecast: Some clouds with a low near 75 and light and variable winds. [More weather info]

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