1. Sandblasting the Confederate faces off Stone Mountain? Yeah, right: It would take a monster of a sandblaster, and raise some highly uncomfortable questions about the selective editing of history, but the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP has called for the removal of the giant carving of Confederate States of America leaders. [Read more]

2. See all the old Pizza Hut buildings in metro Atlanta: There's no mistaking the architecture of an old Pizza Hut restaurant -- the trapzoidal windows, the roof like a cymbal wearing a top hat. There's probably one in your neighborhood, and it probably hasn't served pizza in years. [See the photos]

3. Pop star collapses wearing 12 layers of clothing to avoid bag fees: James McElvar, part of popular English boy band "Rewind," in an attempt to dodge $70 in fees, decided to don twelve layers of clothing before climbing aboard a plane. [Read more]

4. Whole Foods planned for Midtown project: Miami-based residential developer the Related Group plans a new high-rise apartment tower in Midtown Atlanta that will bring with it the ultimate emblem of yuppie status — a "flagship" Whole Foods grocery store at 14th and West Peachtree streets. [Read more]

5. Readers are ready to judge "Go Set a Watchman" for themselves, but even with an air of excitement and speculation surrounding its release, Harper Lee's "Mockingbird" sequel didn't seem to have people lining up at Atlanta stores on Tuesday morning. [Read more]

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