With everything new about open, what's next in dining? Can-a-thon under way. Longer hours to shop. Weather: great weekend. Norman Arey's SEC, conference picks.

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New restaurant wave eases; what's next on the menu?
-From Fat Nanny's to Fox's Pizza Den, several new restaurants have opened in recent weeks. A new one is coming downtown soon with another expected to follow. The only others on radar are in 2013.

Reminder: The annual Can-A-Thon is under way until noon today at State Mutual Stadium. Donations will help the hungry of Floyd, Polk counties way into next year.
-Board of Realtors' Christmas meeting today at noon, Coosa Country Club. Includes installation of new officers; Toys for Tots collection.

Longer hours either under way or on the way for shopping sites as Christmas countdown clock ticks away.

Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos:

-In his last No-Nos until the bowl season, Norman takes a very charitable look at the SEC title game: LSU by 13 over Georgia.

John McClellan's High School playoff picks. McClellan
-Calhoun should win by 20, setting up likely rematch with Buford
for the Georgia AA championship once again -- and final time?   

We'll know 2011 NAIA football teams by Saturday evening.

Weekend Buzz:
-New exhibit opens at Tellus Saturday ('Earth From Space')
-Public health restaurant inspection scores.
-Bryan Mullins' downtown entertainment report.

Your latest forecast:
-Friday: Sunny, high of 64, low of 29.
-Saturday: Sunny, high of 63, low of 35.
-Sunday: Cloudy, high of 59, low of 45; 30% overnight showers.

Today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM.

-Join us for John McClellan on high school football playoffs including Calhoun; AJC political insider Jim Galloway on the Cain, Gingrich campaigns; and Don Barbour on AT&T's Rome changes and what's ahead.