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"},{"_id":"3JYU3YTQSZFAJDRDMU6TKYE23M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It’s a 26-foot red cedar donated by some folks in Floyd County and it’ll rock the rotunda through the holiday season. "},{"_id":"46YX24DJANBYZLO4RUSLLTAG64","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"🌲 Some fun, AJ Willingham-ish facts from the Arbor Day Foundation: “The eastern red cedar is an ancient tree, dating to aboriginal America, where fossil evidence indicates it covered large portions of the continent. Early explorers took note of the tree. Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Amadus were quoted as saying the trees were ‘the tallest and reddest cedars in the world’ when they arrived at Roanoke Island in 1564.”"},{"_id":"Q3C6JRLBXZFGTDJM2QBX7Y5PII","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Who knew? Click here to check out more photos from Monday’s lighting."},{"_id":"RLK5S5YW5ZBXXBGKIXUBEZUR3A","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"ULVMABARFFHULA3POPWRWY7PWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"HAVE A BITE (OR 10)"},{"_id":"72GFQORRLVDCTC6LTKQQ4DADJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Hey … did you know our AJC dining friends are releasing their list of the city’s 10 best new restaurants of 2025?"},{"_id":"TQ4WU5FDOZAJJD2GYAEMX7OE5A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"🤔 Lots of cool spots on there, but can you guess which restaurant this is?"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"KXLGJIFVTVHKBBFAYCNZP7W66A","type":"list","items":[{"_id":"BQQ2O5IYAVCKDLIVCJDCOI5ZBI","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“One of the most universally beloved new openings of 2025, [THIS RESTAURANT] placed No. 9 in the Atlanta 50 amid a spate of national media attention. Rather than shrinking from the hype, [THIS RESTAURANT] has continued to deliver elegant plates of food and an interesting, highly curated wine selection. This is the first new restaurant from Miller Union chef and owner Steven Satterfield in more than a decade, and it appears to have staying power with the talented chef Ollie Honderd helming the kitchen.”"}]},{"_id":"LUF3PIPA4ZE75IDQ5HYV5PTKVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Peep the story (which you’ll also want to bookmark for future date night references) to find out … and don’t forget to consult our ranking of Atlanta’s 50 best restaurants, either."},{"_id":"3ORTTFMH25G6ZCCDGBTACLO6AY","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"GHDFDIF2HNCNFOWYEXDKFSO7ZU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"NEWS BITES "},{"_id":"TOJWA7WAYBDQ3C4CQO4EFMCD4Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Man pleads guilty in 2022 stabbing death of Buckhead grandmother"},{"_id":"4PNMRXZKO5A6DOOHJWIEBPNYAM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Authorities said Eleanor Bowles, 77, stumbled upon the suspect trying to steal her SUV. Awful."},{"_id":"KQGD2SECYZDSTOEYUZXDTVXVDU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Small stockings land Sandy Springs woman on “Shark Tank”"},{"_id":"HVBGYBZHW5BNXPQMM3TN2SQ3GA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"You hang them on the tree and put stuff in them. She’ll explain more on Wednesday night."},{"_id":"PU2TP7RLTVF6DKDGQU3YD2WUVA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Georgia Tech, BYU coaches bonded by favorite Pop-Tarts"},{"_id":"57I26LT7ZFCSFNIY2W4SOMSLDE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Who doesn’t like a strawberry pseudo-pastry? "},{"_id":"LCT7HMQCJJERTLY3GHE6ZWP3T4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Golden Globe nominations offer snubs and surprises"},{"_id":"CHDW4PAFLZALZPZFABBXEN7XSA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“K-Pop Demon Hunters,” a Netflix production, got nominated for … box office achievement. "},{"_id":"MOJ3QOH6WFDGZJWR3W4PBQFD6E","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"2ELNPB654RBELIJPALEWIAX63E","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"ON THIS DATE "},{"_id":"QDJ3V5YZDJGR3E7LVO5HOSSFIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Dec. 9, 1969"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9"},"caption":"","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"name":"AJC","type":"author","byline":"AJC"}]},"subtitle":"OTD1209AMATL – 1969 – Nixon announces Vietnam War is ending","width":2000,"_id":"SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9","keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"OTD1209AMATL – 1969 – Nixon announces Vietnam War is ending.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":594,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2025-12-04T21:37:19Z","last_updated_date":"2025-12-04T21:37:19Z","height":3082,"image_type":"photograph","resized_obj":{"0":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9&width=600&height=400&smart=true"},"1":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9&width=600&height=400&smart=true"},"2":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/SAOXACW32NBRZOD64ZTEYIJ6AQ.jpg?auth=110badab4e06f32ae307671394914b7ad7a1ba7417826f2401cea260a48344e9&width=500&height=500&smart=true"}}},{"_id":"EPTSMQ3VNFAWTOMMK4I3OBMIAM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"War to end regardless of talks, Nixon declares. President Nixon says he intends to announce new U.S. troop withdrawals about Christmas time as part of a plan he declares will result in the Vietnam War ending regardless of efforts for a negotiated peace. … He said the war is cooling off with casualties and infiltration both down now as compared with a year ago."},{"_id":"K4R3HO4NYJDZFDJVUAPMIMXI7Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Spoiler alert: The Vietnam War did not, in fact, end in 1969. The U.S. didn’t pull out until 1973. Saigon didn’t fall until 1975. "},{"_id":"MO3YSO77KBAYVIUWFSOKJZYXKU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Presidents say the darnedest things."},{"_id":"NVZ4TJ62YJH3HOSOBBN4BY6DG4","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"XNGSLRHJURG3NC2N5WO5Q7B6YQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"ONE MORE THING"},{"_id":"GAO3QARMIRESFEYKR3TG3COOQA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The schedule calls for me to return on Friday, but you’ll get newsletter editor Eric Mandel filling in here until then."},{"_id":"S2WCFG3RXRCR3FW6EUOWQU5BS4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Sorry about that. Or you’re welcome. Whichever applies. "},{"_id":"AJ4DGTH4ZRE3BM43B6EAMNPUDU","type":"divider"},{"_id":"LO6E3WBW3VGUJFVZXJSVOLXOB4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Thanks for reading to the very bottom of A.M. ATL. Questions, comments, ideas? 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Families say it delivered them harm."},{"_id":"7KXHSTPWN5EYPCXCOPICEN2Z5Q","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Ahead of her time 50 years ago, she now laments the state of GNETS."},{"_id":"2OGB34JVTJBD3F4ZLSD3ITWA4A","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"‘I’m a bad kid,’ he told himself. How GNETS failed one child"}]},{"_id":"LCS6EO2L2FGUNKDGTM2H77CU2E","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"FZHVWPPJ6ZH2BGRL33TCOGM524","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"SPORTS STUFF, IN BRIEF"},{"_id":"GOMYX2FJUBDULENVJQVC6B55ZY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Folks: It was a very newsworthy sports weekend. Indulge me in a quick recap, won’t you?"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"NWQNQ4NQQJGRZNOP4TIN6HKO6I","type":"list","items":[{"_id":"KK3S5FWMNNHEJHBLSXOHEFSRGQ","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Beloved former Brave Dale Murphy was not elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, despite the AJC editorial board’s best efforts."},{"_id":"ZZOBTEMW4RCXJGDCTFTRVB5PFA","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Georgia football vanquished its Alabama boogeyman in the SEC championship game and earned the No. 3 seed in the looming College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs will play the winner of Tulane and Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. 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Spain headlines, but don’t sleep on the local Cape Verde fan base."},{"level":2,"_id":"5T6YZHTMFZGO7N5M2ICYJ36V3U","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":""},{"_id":"MOJ3QOH6WFDGZJWR3W4PBQFD6E","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"2ELNPB654RBELIJPALEWIAX63E","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"ON THIS DATE "},{"_id":"QDJ3V5YZDJGR3E7LVO5HOSSFIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Dec. 6, 1877"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752"},"caption":"","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"name":"AJC","type":"author","byline":"AJC"}]},"subtitle":"OTD1206AMATL – 1877 – Vote to keep Atlanta as state capital","width":2000,"_id":"RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752","keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"OTD1206AMATL – 1877 – Vote to keep Atlanta as state capital.png","mime_type":"image/png","restricted":false,"template_id":594,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2025-12-04T16:47:25Z","last_updated_date":"2025-12-04T16:47:25Z","height":2651,"image_type":"photograph","resized_obj":{"0":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752&width=600&height=400&smart=true"},"1":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752&width=600&height=400&smart=true"},"2":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/RP5VVK7TI5FX3A3FMBQ4UNJEWM.png?auth=caa1b6a196dde14922d97e14e7912cbd018bb204d05875f9d06a8f5d6a192752&width=500&height=500&smart=true"}}},{"_id":"QDLHEB5BWVBT5MIGHZH4TDDVDY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The result. Our special telegrams this morning embrace returns, either estimated or official, from nearly every point in Georgia. … These estimated figures give Atlanta a majority of a little more than twenty thousand, which, if materially changed by later returns, will be increased. … The fight has been a hotly contested one, and from the first the friends of Atlanta have had up-hill work. … But the contest is over and Atlanta is successful, and in rejoicing over the hard-earned victory her people have no room in their hearts for rancor."},{"_id":"LGGE25HPA5GKZKF62HQRZACPOM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Yes, yes, today is Dec. 8, not Dec. 6. But one should never let a good story wallow in the weekend wasteland."},{"_id":"T2FSOPK7GFDZJMBKLTN7EE2QMM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Nearly 150 years ago, voters decided to keep Atlanta as Georgia’s capital, eschewing overtures to move things back down to their pre-Civil War home in Milledgeville. (M-Vegas has more history than Flannery O’Connor and that old asylum.) "},{"_id":"NVZ4TJ62YJH3HOSOBBN4BY6DG4","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"XNGSLRHJURG3NC2N5WO5Q7B6YQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"ONE MORE THING"},{"_id":"GAO3QARMIRESFEYKR3TG3COOQA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.” "},{"_id":"7IZ2WQLETVANFMJEQRIFY6A4P4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A framed print bearing Ms. O’Connor’s sage advice hangs in my kids’ bathroom."},{"_id":"AJ4DGTH4ZRE3BM43B6EAMNPUDU","type":"divider"},{"_id":"LO6E3WBW3VGUJFVZXJSVOLXOB4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Thanks for reading to the very bottom of A.M. ATL. Questions, comments, ideas? 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The biggest challenge is a decade-old federal lawsuit that accuses the state of “unnecessarily segregating” students with serious disabilities in separate buildings and separate wings of schools. "},{"_id":"ATBOEIB7JVDDPMV5MCIZWMWZB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"In 2004 a teenager at a Gainesville GNETS center was repeatedly placed in seclusion and then died by suicide. A blistering state audit in 2010 cited a lack of accountability and oversight. The 2016 DOJ lawsuit, which lingers in federal court, was followed by a class action suit in 2017, echoing the DOJ’s claims. "},{"_id":"TBNOJ5XA4ZDBXLESLPYZJKNNCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"All of it added up to a public relations nightmare that critics say has drivensome families from the program over the last decade. 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In that case, another federal judge in a 2020 pretrial ruling concluded there was no doubt that the state oversees all aspects of GNETS. "},{"level":2,"_id":"K5MKTUR4MRF3VCNNGLM4QZNQEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"Moneymatters "},{"_id":"37BH7C7VUJAVXMGN77J53I7A44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In 2022, state lawmakers tried to hand responsibility for GNETS students back to school districts. GNETS is funded separately from Georgia’s K-12 public schools, so the plan required a funding change. Officials attempted to combine the two by folding GNETS money into the complicated, 40-year-old K-12 funding formula. "},{"_id":"G6HLVVG6EBCQJLHYCJEFLYXAFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The math didn’t work. The attempt resulted in a $25 million shortfall for GNETS students. 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