1. Casino gambling back up for debate? Consider this another sure-fire sign that the push to legalize gambling will resurface next year: James Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International, is slated to speak Monday at the Rotary Club of Atlanta. [Read here]
2. Report: Atlanta attorney shoots wife. Prominent Atlanta business executive Diane McIver was accidentally shot and killed by her husband as the SUV in which she was riding passed by Piedmont Park Sunday night, according to a report issued Thursday. [Read here].
3. Jimmy Carter is turning 92 on Saturday. Carter's scheduled activities this weekend include being serenaded by a former Miss America Saturday night and then turning right around and teaching Sunday school the next morning. [Read here]
4. Braves sweep Phillies. Freddie Freeman's streaks ended, but Dansby Swanson and Matt Kemp made sure the Braves kept rolling. Swanson's first Turner Field homer was game-tying leadoff shot in the sixth inning, then he scored from first base on Kemp's double off the right-field wall in the eighth, giving the Braves their first lead en route to a 5-2 win. [Read here]
5. Cool and sunny in Atlanta. Temperatures were 53 degrees in Atlanta, 42 in Blairsville and 50 in Griffin just before 6:20 a.m. Atlanta could reach a high of 75 degrees after 3 p.m. [Read here]
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