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Don't Expect Award-Winning Weather Today

Here are five things to know as you begin your Monday.

1. In case you didn’t stay up for the entire broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards, among the Oscar winners were “The King’s Speech” for Best Picture, Colin Firth for Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in “King’s Speech,” and Natalie Portman as Actress in a Leading Role for “Black Swan.” See the entire list of winners here.

2. Severe thunderstorms could be possible today, says the National Weather Service. We could see showers this morning, with occasional showers and thunderstorms after 7 a.m., with some potentially becoming severe. Meteorologists put the chance of precipitation at 100 percent, so be prepared for wet roads. Also expect wind gusts as high as 20 mph. The day’s high temperature will be near 74, but the night’s low will drop to 41 or so.

3. Few restaurants received health inspections in the past week, but . You can follow that link to the most recent scores and also to other links of our weekly score postings from the last few weeks.

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4. Several readers have already won prizes after the first round of the Patch Georgia High School Basketball Challenge. But even though the basketball tournament is in full swing, there’s still time to . It’s free to enter, and all you have to do is pick who you think will advance in the AAAA and AAAAA tournaments.

5. Paulding County teams unfortunately did not make this year’s tournament, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last bit of local hardwood action. , a fundraising event that will benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates of Paulding County Inc.

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