Decathlon: An article in Tuesday’s California section about Moorpark High School’s victory in the state Academic Decathlon said Moorpark senior Christie Calle and her brother, Colin, finished first and second, respectively, in the Varsity division and described that category as made up of A students. The Calles’ division, Varsity, is for students with a C average. The category for A students is the Honor division. Link
Martinez column: In Monday’s California section, Al Martinez said that Stephen Glass “must hold some kind of record for writing 23 pieces for Nation magazine that contained partial or total lies.” Glass wrote for the New Republic. 
Daly Riordan property: The March 2 Hot Property 
Dolly Parton: A review in Friday’s Calendar section of Dolly Parton’s new album, “Backwoods Barbie,” identified her as “one of the greatest country writers and singers of the last half-decade.” It should have read “one of the greatest country writers and singers of the last half-century.” Link
Crossroads School: A Feb. 19 story about Crossroads School head Roger Weaver stepping down included a comment from Weaver that the book “Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon — The Case Against Celebrity” — which includes allegations of student sex- and drug-fueled scandals at Crossroads — was filled with fabrications. The article should have included comment as well from Mark C. Ebner, one of the book’s authors, who denies that the book contains fabrications. The Times regrets the error. 
Presidential debate: A news analysis Friday in Section A of the Democratic debate in Texas between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton said that before the New Hampshire primary, former President Clinton had called Obama’s candidacy a “fairy tale.” Clinton called Obama’s account of his opposition to the war in Iraq, not his candidacy, “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” 
CBS sitcoms: In some copies of Wednesday’s Calendar section, an article about the shows “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” said Joel Murray, a director of “Big Bang,” is the son of the actor Bill Murray. He is his brother. Also, a caption accompanying the article misspelled the name of the show as “The Big Band Theory.” 
Ethiopia: In a Feb. 25 commentary about the Ethiopian military’s actions against civilians, a reference was made to “Somalia’s Darfur region.” Darfur is in Sudan. Also, Ethiopia was misspelled in the headline as Ethiopa. 
Sleeping pills: An article in Monday’s Health section referred to the interaction between sleeping pills and alcohol as “more than just addictive.” It should have said the combination is more than just additive. In the same article, Greg Thompson, associate professor at USC’s School of Pharmacy, said that “with Benadryl, you probably couldn’t fit enough in your stomach to kill you.” Thompson adds that though a lethal overdose is unlikely, too much of the over-the-counter drug could damage the heart. However, he adds, if a person who has taken massive amounts of Benadryl gets emergency room care, he or she will survive with no side effects. 
Musician’s life: A Critic’s Notebook in Sunday’s Arts & Music section said that the late pianist and composer Ervin Nyiregyhazi probably had an affair with the wife of conductor Artur Rodzinski. He did not. Also, a photo caption accompanying the article identified Nyiregyhazi as Romanian. He was Hungarian. 
Airport ratings: An article in Sunday’s Section A about the Disney Institute’s program to help businesses improve service said Miami International Airport received the lowest customer satisfaction rating in the 2007 J.D. Power and Associates analysis of 61 airports in North America. In fact, 16 other airports in the large-airport category scored in “the rest,” the lowest of four assessment levels. The three higher ratings are “among the best,” “better than most” and “about average.” 
A photo caption in Saturday’s Section A with an article about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigning in Los Angeles misidentified City Councilman Jose Huizar as Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez. 
Celebrity activists: A photo in the Dec. 30 Opinion section was incorrectly identified as an image of Bono, the lead singer for the rock band U2. It was a photo of a Bono impersonator named Pavel Sfera but was incorrectly captioned by the photo agency that transmitted the image. 
Obama in Las Vegas: An article in Saturday’s Section A misquoted presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as saying, “Since I’m in Las Vegas, I’m going to say: I’m the jackpot.” Obama said, “I hit the jackpot.”
Translations: An illustration accompanying the article on learning languages overseas in the Jan. 6 Travel section included the German phrase “Ich bin verloren” as a translation of “I’m lost.” That is a more metaphorical translation of the phrase, indicating a state of distress. “Ich weiss nicht wo ich bin” is the correct phrase for not knowing one’s whereabouts. 
Pakistan: Rosa Brooks’ Thursday column about political dynasties cited a quote from Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Facebook profile. Facebook has since found the entries to be “not authentic” and disabled them. 
Lupe Fiasco lyric: A review in Tuesday’s Calendar section of rapper Lupe Fiasco’s new album, “The Cool,” mistakenly had “hat” in place of “that” in an excerpt from the song “Dumb It Down.” It should have read: “I’m earless / And I’m peerless / That means I’m eyeless / Which means I’m tearless.” 
Motorcycle tour: An article that appeared Dec. 2 on a motorcycle tour of northwestern China said that the Uygurs are an Uzbek ethnic group. The Uygurs are of Turkic origin, not Uzbek. The town of Aksu was misspelled as Akso. The population of Aksu was mistakenly reported at 3 million; the area has just more than 2 million residents. The story also reported that the city Jiaohe is a few hundred years old. Its age is estimated to be 2,000 to 2,300 years. 
UCLA football player: The USC-UCLA notebook in Sunday’s sports section referred to a Bruins tackle by the wrong first name, and misspelled his last name. Brian Abraham was referred to as Ben Abrahams; an item in Wednesday’s “For the record” corrected only his first name. 
James McAvoy: An article in Sunday’s Calendar section about actor James McAvoy said he received an Oscar nomination this year for “The Last King of Scotland.” He was not nominated. 
“Border War” game: In Saturday’s Sports section, an article on the Kansas-Missouri football rivalry said the game is called the “Border War” and dates to before the Civil War. However, it is the name “Border War” that dates to before the Civil War, when Missouri was a slave state and Kansas was a free state, not the game itself. The same article said “fans still argue about a massacre in Lawrence supposedly caused by a band of Missouri fighters shortly before the Civil War.” A massacre in Lawrence is well documented by historians; however, it occurred during the Civil War, when Confederate guerrillas attacked the abolitionist town. 
Presidential turkey pardon: A caption in the Nation in Brief in Wednesday’s Section A said that the Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning turkeys dated to President Truman. The Truman Library has been asked for years about that claim but has found no evidence to support it. 
Homeless: An article in Monday’s California section about a Los Angeles County proposal for helping 50 of the most vulnerable homeless people on downtown’s skid row misquoted Philip Mangano of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. He was quoted as saying the chronically homeless are “fragile in terms of both fiscal and psychological health.” He actually said “physical,” not “fiscal.” 
Celine Dion: An article about Las Vegas in Thursday’s The Guide stated that Celine Dion sang with Elliott Smith at the 1998 Oscars. They each performed separately.-
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