Yesterday’s article “Ferry master reckless, court told” incorrectly said a dinghy involved in a harbour accident had a 250-horsepower outboard engine. It was a 25-horsepower motor.
Dave Reichert’s compensation for the TV adaptation was “well below” six figures, not “in the low six figures” as originally stated in March 30, 2008 story. 
A story in Thursday’s Rio Rancho Journal incorrectly stated that Manuel Fidel Chavez faces up to 21 years in prison. It should have said Chavez could be held at a detention center until he turns 21, depending on the sentence he is given at a later date.
THURSDAY’S article “Plastic bag use surges by billion” said the more than 4 billion bags which were imported into Australia last year contained about 22 million tonnes of plastic. To the relief of shoppers, the correct figure is about 22,000 tonnes.
The market capitalisation of the US investment bank Bear Stearns was once again misreported when we said it was once valued at $70bn (Does anybody know what went wrong?, page 6, G2, March 24). As we pointed out in this column last week, it was worth about $25bn at its peak and its highest value in the week of its collapse was almost $7.5bn.
Weight loss: An article about personal versus online weight-loss support in Monday’s Health section reported that the Weight Watchers website had more than 17,000 unique visitors in January. The site had 17 million visitors. 
A March 16 Style & Arts article about the film “Under the Same Moon” misstated the number of unaccompanied minors apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol in 2005. The agency apprehended 11,890 unaccompanied minors that year, not 115,000, The latter figure is roughly the total number of minors apprehended, including those seized along with adult family members. 
A March 14 
An article in Business Day on Tuesday about the rising price of diesel misstated the amount of diesel and gasoline used by Americans in 2007. They used about 3.395 billion barrels of gasoline, not 3.395 billion gallons, and about 1.55 billion barrels of diesel and heating oil, not 1.55 billion gallons. (At 42 gallons to the barrel, the correct figures in gallons are 143 billion gallons of gasoline and 65 billion gallons of diesel and heating oil.) The article also misquoted Jim Frieze, equipment director for O & S Trucking of Springfield, Mo., who commented on the driving practices of some truckers. He said that gearshifts that take the engine over 1,800 r.p.m. — not 8,000 r.p.m. — waste fuel. 
A story in Wednesday’s paper reported that 90,000 people attended the Canadian Idol auditions in Hamilton the previous weekend. In fact, only 900 people attended. 
A correction from the paper’s 
Because of an editing error, an article on Wednesday about a lawsuit filed against energy companies by an Alaska Native coastal village that is being forced to relocate because of flooding caused by the changing Arctic climate misstated the estimated cost of moving the village. It could cost up to $400 million, not up to $400,000. 
Shock tactics, page 9, Environment, February 20, included a quote: “when you put the kettle on, there is a horrific jump (from 200 watts) to 2,000 kilowatts. That’s scary.” More scary than was intended; we meant to say 2,000 watts or 2 kilowatts, not 2,000 kilowatts. 
Hypatia of Alexandria lived around 400AD, not BC (Meet the mothers of invention, page 16, G2, February 1). 
CHINA’S NEW TAX-EXEMPTION RULES mean the government will give up 30 billion yuan, or $4.2 billion, in revenue. In some editions yesterday, a 
On Metro Page B1 Thursday, a headline incorrectly said $211 billion in state funds had been promised for regional levee repairs. The correct amount is $211 million. 
In a Feb. 2 story about a settlement in lawsuits stemming from the deadly 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island, The Associated Press reported erroneously that dozens of people and companies sued because of the fire. Hundreds of people filed lawsuits against dozens of people and companies. 
To protest NBC’s planned new TV series, “Mafia Wives,” call Vince Manze at NBC’s Burbank studios: 818/840-4444. [The editor thanks reader John Spiciati of New York, for this clarification.]
In the Jan. 29 “Other Magazines,” Noreen Malone incorrectly stated that the total amount spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts was $5 billion. The actual figure is $500 billion. -
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