Also, a story in some editions Monday on Page 2 about Osama bin Laden’s life said bin Laden died in the lawless badlands of Pakistan along the Afghanistan border. Bin Laden was killed in a house in Abbottabad, north of Islamabad. The story also repeated a paragraph that had some garbled sentences. A timeline in [...]
An article in the April 28 edition about students protesting tuition hikes incorrectly identified a person as Robert Bhavin, 21, a senior political science major from Edison. His name is actually “Bhavin Patel.” Report an error
Paul Mulshine's column on Thursday about airport screening procedures overstated Capt. Chesley Sullenberger's criticism of the Transportation Safety Administration. While Sullenberger called the agency's efforts to combat terrorism inefficient, he did not, as the column said, call "on Americans to "reject the expedient and barely adequate' efforts of the TSA." Report an error
A headline in Sunday's editions incorrectly stated people in Afghanistan were dealing with the problems from recent floods. The flooding is in Pakistan. Report an error
An article on Wednesday about the Greater Newark Holiday Fund incorrectly described Sharon K. Wells as an employee at East Orange General Hospital. She is an unpaid volunteer there. In addition, Wells was the victim of one abusive marriage, not two, and the man who attempted to set her on fire was not her boyfriend. [...]
An article yesterday was unclear about the status of a Montclair shop, Dressing for Pleasure. The township shut down its basement "dungeon," used by a private club for bondage parties. The store, however, remains open. Report an error
A story Sunday about Vietnam veterans counseling veterans of the Iraq war said incorrectly that at one point Vietnam veteran Vic Griguoli had physically abused his wife. In fact, Griguoli, 63, said his relationship with his family suffered because of his untreated emotional problems but he did not physically abuse his wife. Report an error
A story Sunday about a casting call for the game show "Deal or No Deal" in East Hanover erroneously stated that Kathy Shasa, of Rockaway, named her son Duncan because of her love of Dunkin’ Donuts. It was actually her cat that was named Duncan. Shasa’s last name was also misspelled as "Shaysa." Report an [...]
A Page One story yesterday about the women’s social networking website CafeMom and its founder, Andrew Shue, referred incorrectly to Shue’s father as deceased. James Shue lives in Indianapolis. Report an error
An editorial last Monday inaccurately described Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy as having joked that poor aim was a factor in the reduced number of homicides reported in the city. His full comment makes it clear no joke was intended. Report an error
In yesterday’s World of Wonder page, the heading “typography” should have read “topography.” Report an error
In some editions yesterday, a headline referred to a tuition management company that filed for bankruptcy as a “collection firm.” Tuition Program Inc. is not a collection agency. Report an error
A review Sunday of the book “Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World” contained several errors. Randy Mehrberg is not “an energy tycoon.” He is a spokesman for Exelon Corp., an energy firm, whose CEO, John Rowe, kept an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus in his office; it was Rowe who donated the [...]
Due to an editing error, the For Collectors column in Saturday’s Abode section reported incorrectly that the 2009 Double Eagle gold coin would sell for $20. While the coin will have a $20 denomination, it will contain an ounce of 24-karat gold and will sell for approximately $900, depending on the value of gold at [...]
A book reviewer on Sunday of “Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War,” by Patrick J. Buchanan, stated that Hitler wanted the return of the city of Dresden. In fact, it was the Polish city of Danzig Hitler wanted returned to Germany. Report an error
In last Thursday’s Home & Garden section, the price for the frog cable organizer was inadvertently listed as 55 cents. The real price is $4.99. Report an error
The recipe for Simple Chocolate Cake that appeared in yesterday’s Abode section omitted a key ingredient – sugar. The cake calls for 1 cup. Report an error
Frank Verducci, the Barringer High School coach of Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett, is not dead, as was reported in the Saturday Sports section. Frank Verducci’s brother Tony, a coach at Seton Hall Prep, died in 1988. Report an error
Kevin Knarr of Hopatcong was sentenced Friday in Superior Court to pay $1,955 in fines and to register under Megan’s Law as a convicted sex offender. A news brief in some editions yesterday incorrectly identified the person sentenced in the case as Kevin Boula. Boula had in fact been “sentenced to three years in prison [...]
The headline on an article in some editions Sunday incorrectly identified a former Branchburg elementary student as “deaf.” The student, Danica Lesko, now 18, has refiled a discrimination lawsuit against the school board. Though she is moderately hearing impaired, Lesko is not deaf and does not need sign language to communicate. Report an error
