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A story in yesterday’s Spectator gave Red Wings winger Marian Hossa short shrift. He’s 6-foot-1, not 5 foot-1 as the wire story reported. We apologize for shrinking him. Link  Report an error

OUR article 2.3 million in rates owed published on May 26, 2009, may have implied that Frank Gallo owed the council a substantial sum for unpaid rates. In fact, there are no rates owing by Mr Gallo. There are continuing negotiations between him and the council regarding culvert construction works. We apologise for any embarrassment [...]

Retail space: An article in Business on Saturday about rising vacancy rates at retail centers said pottery studio Color Me Mine had “closed its doors” on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, implying that the store had gone out of business. The business moved to another commercial space, on 4th Street in Santa Monica. Link  Report [...]

Deadspin was sent this image (click for larger): The Belmont winner was in fact Summer Bird.  Report an error

An obituary on Thursday about Thomas Berry, a Roman Catholic priest and influential environmental theologian, referred incorrectly to one of his brothers. His brother Francis died before him; he is not a survivor. Link  Report an error

A solicitation for Write Your Own Column in the Sunday Gazette-Mail Life & Style section was outdated and in error. There is no pay offered for columns that are selected and printed. Link  Report an error

In our article (July 6, 2008) headlined Met Marksman gets £5,000 payout over ‘serial killer’ quip, we quoted a senior police officer saying the Met marksman was known as ‘Killer’ and that “he revelled in his nickname”. We have been assured by the marksman that he does not have that nickname and consequently could not [...]

IN an article on page 7 of Tasmanian Country published on May 29 2009 this newspaper published an allegation that Mr Chris Oldfield, the Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, had a conflict of interest over managed investment schemes. That article included the words that it “had been implied in media [...]

In our review of “Ruined”, Lynn Nottage’s play, “Political charge” (May 23rd), the phrase “violent genital mutilation” was written as “violent genetic mutilation”. Our apologies.  Report an error

A report by The Associated Press in the National Briefing column on Jan. 6 about the resignation of Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, from three corporate boards misspelled part of the name of one of the companies. It is Procter & Gamble, not Proctor & Gamble. A reader pointed out the error [...]

A column wrongly included Herman Daly in a list of great dead economists. He is, in fact, alive and well and a professor at the University of Maryland (It’s a funny old game, 1 June, page 22). Link  Report an error

Steve Chapman’s Commentary column on Sunday indicated that women have a Y chromosome. Women have two X chromosomes. Link  Report an error

A story in Monday’s Spectator about the Sheraton falcons incorrectly reported that Bill Manson, husband of volunteer Ann Manson, had died. In fact, Bill Manson is alive and well and still very active in the community. We apologize for the error. Link  Report an error

On May 22, *The Toledo Free Press reports that columnist Maggie Thurber resigned after one of her columns was found to have included plagiarized material. From the story: Thurber’s column for May 24, “A History of Memorial Day,” was accused by a contributor of SwampBubbles.com of containing plagiarized lines. Upon learning of the accusation, Toledo [...]

Crossed consonants: the accidental substitution of an “r” for an “x” led to the incorrect labelling of Paros and Antiparos as “Paxos” and “Antipaxos” in our map of “Greece’s Hidden Corners” (Escape, 10 May), thus relocating the latter from the Ionian to the Aegean sea. And, furthermore, the capital of Turkey is Ankara, not Istanbul, [...]

We incorrectly said that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had killed himself. It was actually former President Roh Moo-hyun who committed suicide. Link  Report an error

Internet reviews: In Meghan Daum’s column Wednesday about Internet customer reviews, the average rate of sales of Three Wolf Moon T-Shirts was incorrect. The shirts are selling at about 100 an hour, not 100 a minute. Link  Report an error

We incorrectly referred to a gay rights group as “Equity Illinois.” It is actually called “Equality Illinois.” Link  Report an error

In Thursday’s 24 hours, Coun. Alex Cullen was quoted as saying the costs of the transit tunnel were “now being lowballed.” The quote should have read “not being lowballed.” 24 hours regrets the error. The word “not” was inadvertently omitted from a photo caption accompanying a story about dairy farming on Page A1 in Thursday’s [...]

A May 22 editorial on Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary incorrectly stated that Terry R. McAuliffe had described himself as a “huckster.” In his autobiography, Mr. McAuliffe described himself as a “hustler.” Link Via Andrew Sullivan and Matt.  Report an error

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of girls younger than 18 who were allegedly invited to a villa by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. Mr. Berlusconi is alleged to have invited about 40 women to the villa, but only some of them were allegedly younger than 18 at the time, not [...]

The wrong stuff: Who can blame Russell Crowe for his cynicism about journalists getting things right? In a feature article (Mind games, page 16, SEVEN days, May 23) we misspelt the name of his character in his new movie State of Play and erred about his Academy Award. His character in the film is Cal [...]

An op-ed column yesterday incorrectly referred to Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s family as “an immigrant Puerto Rican family.” Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and its native-born residents are U.S. citizens.  Report an error

Local: A headline Thursday should not have said that a Mankato roofer was implicated in a labor scheme involving immigrant workers. In fact, Kato Roofing was a client of a labor-leasing company that has been indicted in relation with the scheme. But Kato Roofing has not been implicated or associated in any way with the [...]