Wake County school leaders have announced the date, time and location for the public to meet the three finalists for schools superintendent.

The forum will take place Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh. The forum is part of a two-day series of events for the three people vying to replace Tony Tata as Wake’s permanent superintendent.

The word is that you'll have to submit your questions in writing. A moderator will determine which ones to ask.

Overture, a Triangle technology survivor of the dot-com bust, has raised $8 million in its latest round of capitalization.

The 200-employee company said the funding round includes an option to raise up to $11.7 million. Overture, which has raised more than $50 million in its 13-year history, did not disclose the identity of its latest funders.

Overture said also it has opened offices in Massachusetts and in India to augment its existing engineering team in Morrisville.

Overture supplies hardware, software and services used by communications service providers like AT&T and Windstream to provide commercial data service, residential broadband and mobile service.

The company, which employs about 140 people at its Morrisville office, is the product of a 2011 merger of two local tech competitors: Overture Networks and Hatteras Networks, both founded in 2000.

Attorney General Roy Cooper has ordered debt settlement firm World Law Group to stop collecting what his office says are illegal upfront fees.

Cooper filed a lawsuit this week against Swift Rock Financial of Austin, Tex., which also operates as World Law Group, and the company's owner Derin Scott.

Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. on Thursday approved Cooper's request to halt World Law Group from offering debt settlement services in the state. The company can't enter into contracts with consumers while the case is going forward.

PowerSecure International, the fast-growing Wake Forest energy services company, announced a series of acquisitions Thursday valued at $4.3 million.

The 700-employee company said it bought the final 10 percent ownership stake from Southern Energy Management and the final 33 percent ownership stake in IES LED lighting business. Both acquisitions had been previously announced with options to buy out the entire business.

PowerSecure also said it acquired Powerline EHV & Safety Training, a utility infrastructure safety training business. This acquisition strengthens PowerSecure's focus on safety industrial programs, the company said.

PowerSecure has several lines of business: solar panel installations, high-efficiency lighting, emergency power generators,and utility infrastructure maintenance and services.

Andrea Weigl, our food writer and author of our Mouthful blog, has got a nice giveaway going on.

Leave a comment on her blog and you'll be entered to win a copy of "The Grilling Book" from Bon Appetit and a pair of grilling gloves from Trudeau.

You have until noon, Friday, May 31st to enter. Andrea will pick a winner at random.

And a friendly reminder: Don't leave a comment on this post. You must comment on Andrea's blog to be entered.

Mike Krzyzewski isn't planning on leaving the Duke sideline anytime soon. Credit: CHUCK LIDDY

Flanked by Duke president Richard Brodhead and athletic director Kevin White, Mike Krzyzewski announced that he would return at USA Basketball’s head coach for a third Olympics.

He also talked about his long-term commitment to Duke.

If the state Senate gets its way, North Carolina will join a small but growing number of states that collect extra fees or taxes from drivers of all-electric cars and hybrid fuel-electric cars.

I'm reporting on this issue. I'd like to hear from drivers of all types of cars: electrics, hybrids, and old-school fuel: What do you think about the proposed new fees? Please email me with your name and daytime contact info. Tell me your name, what car you drive, and what MPG you're getting.

The budget rolling through the Senate this week includes new annual fees of $100 for electric cars and $50 for hybrids. The Senate figures this would generate an extra $1.5 million a year for state transportation needs.

The rationale for electric cars is straightforward: They use our public roads, but their drivers don't pay the fuel taxes that help build and maintain the roads.

When it comes to hybrids, the issue is murkier: They use gas or diesel fuel, so their drivers already pay fuel taxes. Are hybrid owners to be penalized for taking steps to improve their fuel economy?

If you had a chance to ask a question to the three finalists for Wake County schools superintendent, what would it be?

Would you ask about student assignment, academic achievement, school budget or school construction? Or would you ask something else to the person who will be in charge of leading the 150,000-student school system?

Share your question on the blog or shoot me an email at khui@newsobserver.com. We may run some of them in print on Tuesday.

The Carolina Hurricanes won't just be playing in a new NHL division next season. They'll also have a new look on the ice.

The Canes are significantly changing up their home and road uniforms for the first time in their 15-year-history in North Carolina. The team will unveil the new uniforms June 4 at PNC Arena.

The team said Thursday that the Hurricanes logo and colors will not change. But the sweaters, pants and socks will have a new design.

The Canes, under the NHL's realignment, will be playing in a new division with the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils and Columbus Blue Jackets.

Target has launched a new coupon program that gives shoppers another way to save at the big-box retailer.

The best part for price-conscious shoppers: these new "Cartwheel" coupons can be combined -- or stacked -- with manufacturer coupons and Target coupons.

And in a move to appeal to the tech-savvy as well as old-school shoppers, the coupons can be redeemed using a smartphone or they can be printed on paper and redeemed the old-fashioned way.

Another big plus: many of the Cartwheel coupons are on items for basics such a eggs, produce, bread, shoes and bedding.