First Slice 10-11-15: MLK monument to be placed on top of Stone Mountain

The leaders who oversee Stone Mountain, the DeKalb County state park and shrine to the Confederacy during the Civil War, will build an 18-foot-tall tower with a bell at the rock’s summit to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
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? Some Buckhead residents are aghast at the idea of adding bike lanes to Peachtree Road. They’re also apparently irked by the idea of yielding to bicyclists traveling in those proposed lanes.
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? Naomi King, the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s younger brother, says she was never afraid while a man punched her during a carjacking on Friday night.
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? Atlanta Police are investigating what led to an officer shooting at an SUV after an incident that started at Magic City in Downtown.
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? Ponce City Market turned on its sign last night during its “Party on Ponce.”
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? Is your family one of the 158 families that’s chipping in nearly half the cash to help support Republican and Democratic presidential candidates during this election cycle?  
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? The United State’s men’s national soccer team lost last night to Mexico, missing out on a chance to play in the 2017 Confederation Cup.