1. Forsyth man kills wife, her two boys and then himself in murder-suicide: He called his mother to say he'd shot four people and planned to kill himself. By the time Forsyth County deputies arrived shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, the alleged shooter was dead, according to police. [Read more]
2. A frustrated Chris Johnson hopes the Braves trade him: The third baseman didn't complain publicly for three months while he played sparingly, relegated to starts mostly against left-handers in a year when the Braves have faced far fewer lefties than usual. [Read more]
3. First Ashley Madison customer reportedly outed following hack: A Brockton, Mass., resident may be the first person "outed" for having an account on AshleyMadison.com, a website that encourages infidelity, after it was reportedly hacked last week, exposing the identities of millions of users. [Read more]
4. Cobb Comissioner says police officer tailed her because she wasn't white or in an affluent neighborhood: Commissioner Lisa Cupid says police in an undercover vehicle improperly followed her late at night last week — at one point speeding behind her car as if to ram it — and that the incident has left her shaken and angry. [Read more]
5. Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council awarded pay raises to more than a third of its employees this week. One group that felt left out? Public safety workers. Reed has for two years refused to award raises to police officers and firefighters while the city remains embroiled in a legal challenge to his 2011 pension reform. [Read more]
