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Art Pickering of Savannah pauses in the doorway of Boomy's Bar, Sunday, Sept., 10, 2017 in downtown Savannah, Ga. Boarded up in anticipation of Hurricane Irma, bar owners decided to keep serving the few people who did not evacuate late last week. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Irma whips Southeast: 3 dead in Georgia, 1 in South Carolina

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Heavy traffic traveling north bound on Interstate 75 moves slowly, as a major evacuation has begun in preparation for Hurricane Irma, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Forrest Park, south of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Chased by Irma, Floridians endure arduous journeys to safety

By JEFF MARTIN and JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Miami Marlins' Jose Urena drives in Ichiro Suzuki with a line-drive single during the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Jose Urena beats Braves 7-1 to end Marlins’ 5-game skid

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2012, file photo, the bronze statue titled 'Rebirth,' which shows former New Orleans Saints' Steve Gleason blocking a punt against the Atlanta Falcons during the first Monday Night Football game after the Superdome reopened, after Hurricane Katrina, is seen outside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Memories won’t feed a family or rebuild their house, which is why the first thing J.J. Watt brought back to his adopted hometown in the wake of Hurricane Harvey was $28 million in cold, hard cash. So when the Texans open the NFL season Sunday against Jacksonville at NRG Stadium, Watt and his teammates want to deliver a different kind of gift _ one of those iconic sports moments that will live long after the flood waters recede. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Texans’ chance to show Houston was knocked down but not out

By KRISTIE RIEKEN and JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs second baseman Javier Baez (9) is helped by a member of the Chicago Cubs staff after he was injured during a play against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning of a baseball game on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Cubs’ Baez exits against Braves after getting hurt on dive

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Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley (3) scores on a two-point conversion against Florida State during the first half of an NCAA football game, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

No. 1 Alabama smothers No. 3 Florida State in opener, 24-7

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

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The Latest: FAA to investigate crash of police helicopter

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Investigators look over the wreckage of a Gwinnett County Police helicopter that crashed at the Gwinnett County Airport in Lawrenceville, Ga., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. The two officers onboard were taken to a local hospital for treatment. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Police helicopter crashes near Atlanta; 2 officers hurt

By JOHN BAZEMORE and JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

No. 25 Tennessee, Georgia Tech open with plenty of questions

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Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) runs against Cleveland Browns defensive end Tyrone Holmes (91) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Trubisky gets few chances as Bears fall to Browns 25-0

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

Postal workers charged with taking bribes to deliver drugs

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman, right, is caught stealing second base by Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Jon Gray pitches Rockies past Braves 3-0

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

Dream top Fever 79-74 in OT to keep slim playoff hopes alive

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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran works in the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Teheran finally wins again at home, Braves top Rockies 5-2

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2017 photo, a man sits quietly in a warm room inside the Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter in Atlanta. For decades, as many as 1,000 people with nowhere else to turn could come off the street at Peachtree and Pine, no questions asked. But years of litigation wore down the shelter’s operators. After epic battles against the city, tuberculosis, bed bugs and other hazards, the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless settled out of court and sold its enormous industrial building to Central Atlanta Progress, a downtown business group. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Homeless wary as Atlanta closes its last-resort shelter

By JEFF MARTIN and ROBERT RAY - Associated Press

Lyttle, Clarendon lead Dream past Storm 89-83 to end skid

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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold takes a snap during the team's NCAA college football game against Washington in Seattle. USC is in the No. 4 spot in The Associated Press' preseason poll. Darnold, the Heisman Trophy favorite, will be protected by new starting offensive tackles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Top 25 Heat Check: Who is most likely to flop in 2017?

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

This June 23, 2015, file photo shows the carving depicting Confederate Civil war figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Stone Mountain another (huge) test for Confederate symbols

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press