1. Dear Coach Spurrier: What the heck was that about? Spurrier seemed to refer to the AJC's Mark Bradley as "the enemy." Bradley wrote about what that was like. [Read more]

2. WellStar Health System seeks to buy five metro Atlanta hospitals: One of Atlanta’s biggest health systems is aiming to expand its reach across the metro area by buying up five hospitals — a move that could set off an intense battle for patients in the northern suburbs. [Read more]

3. Investment losses worry Atlanta's largest city employee pension fund: The fund is looking at its legal options to cut off future investments or recover losses from a controversial money manager's fund, after a recent audit showed that two deals lost $4.5 million. [Read more]

4. The Atlanta Hawks are eyeing three potential locations for a new arena, including the Civic Center, according to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. In addition to the Civic Center, a city-owned property that Reed put up for sale in recent years, the team is also considering an undisclosed Atlanta location and rehabbing Philips Arena, the mayor told reporters on Thursday. [Read more]

5. Jeannette and S. Truett Cathy really were childhood sweethearts: The future first family of Chick-fil-A, Jeannette lived up the street from Truett in Atlanta, and met him while attending West End Baptist Church in Atlanta, when he was 8 years old. The two married in 1948 and remained together for 65 years, until Truett's death. [Read more]

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