Correction: An Associated Press story on the Nation page on Oct. 23 mischaracterized a motorized chair a Minnesota man was operating while drunk. Police in Proctor, Minn., where the recliner will be auctioned, said the brand is not La-Z-Boy. Link Report an error
LAST week it was incorrectly stated that Bob Thomas did not finish at the Triathlon World Championships. Thomas did complete the event, in a time of 6hrs 30mins, and received a gold medal for winning his race category. Incorrect information posted on the events website was the reason for the error. Report an error
Nonprofit’s wealthy owners: An article in Monday’s Section A about a nonprofit company, Social Vocational Services, run by a Palos Verdes couple included a garbled sentence that should have read, “In 1999, the Dawsons arranged to sell SVS to ResCare Inc., a for-profit company headquartered in Kentucky.” (The garble said “not sure you kno” in [...]
On Oct. 29, we reported on the death of Chuck Biscuits, the former D.O.A. and Danzig drummer, which turned out to be a hoax. The B.C.-born drummer’s brother confirmed a day later that Biscuits, whose real name is Charles Montgomery, is healthy and living in Seattle. Link Related story here. Report an error
In a story on Page 3-A of Wednesday’s Independent about the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Trail of Terror haunted house, a reaction to strobe lights should have included the word “freaking.†The word was replaced with asterisks, perhaps causing confusion about what was actually said. The Independent apologizes for this confusion and the impression it [...]
Zentai case: Allegations that Charles Zentai had stood over the bleeding, dying body of an 18-year-old Jewish man he bashed to death in Hungary in 1944 and described the noise of blood flooding his lungs as “music” (Killer in our midst? Agenda, page 23, October 31) are disputed by his family. Mr Zentai’s son Ernie [...]
Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws believes in sterilising the “underclass”, whom he identifies as criminals, with no stake in society, who are welfare-dependent, with alcohol and drug problems. He was not referring to all beneficiaries, most of whom are good parents, he says. This correction also appeared in the Dominion Post and the Press. *Correction Nov. [...]
Police chief selection: A story in Friday’s Section A about the risks for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in selecting a new police chief described Willie Williams as the city’s “first American American police chief.” It should have said African American. Link Report an error
In “Hitting criminals where it hurts most – the pocket” (August 23), we reported that Andrew Phillips had been charged with running a brothel, living off the proceeds of prostitution, procuring women and employing illegal immigrants. Phillips was acquitted of the charges on November 26 2008. We regret the omission. Link Report an error
The story titled “He’s got the world on his strings” in C6 yesterday incorrectly referred to guitarist John Williams as the creator of the Star Wars and other movie scores. While the Australian musician is also a composer and arranger, the film scores are the work of the American John Williams. We apologise for the [...]
AN ARTICLE in the Sunday Mail, on April 27, 2007, headlined “Co-op uses human ashes to grit path”, said staff at a Dunfermline funeral home had used ashes to grit a disabled ramp. Despite printing the article in good faith , we now acknowledge and fully accept that this was not the case. We apologise [...]
