ATLANTA -- Atlanta and Decatur have a new partnership to make homes more energy efficient.

The cities' respective energy efficiency programs, AtlantaShine and DecaturWise, have started a contest to retrofit homes with upgrades worth $10,000. The upgrades will allow the homes to use less energy and lower electricity bills.

Homeowners can sign up for the contest through Aug. 19.

Participants must live in the city limits of Atlanta or Decatur.

To sign up, visit the Home Energy Makeovers website.

MAUI, Hawaii -- Beverly Hall had no idea cheating was going on in her schools, she told 11Alive's Karyn Greer in an interview Wednesday.

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Greer met with Hall at a posh Maui resort where she and her husband have been on vacation for two weeks, 4,000 miles away, but still within earshot of the national scandal that has dominated headlines back home.

"I absolutely knew nothing about the cheating," Hall told Greer.

Hall panned most questions under the advice of her attorney, but the meeting constitutes the first time Hall answered any questions about the scandal that has embroiled her former school system.

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Revenue announced the three finalists in its license plate contest Wednesday. The winning design will be announced Friday by Gov. Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and state Revenue Commissioner Douglas MacGinnitie.

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The three designs, as did all the finalists, came from public submissions. A panel of art professors from colleges and universities across the state narrowed the list to eight semifinalists. The public was given the opportunity to vote on those designs.

After more than 400,000 votes, the three finalists were unveiled on Wednesday.