INTERNATIONAL
An article last Wednesday about the arrest by local Afghan police officers of a suspect in the disfigurement of an 18-year-old Afghan bride who had fled her arranged marriage misstated the month that the arrest took place. It was in mid-November, not the first week of December. (The arrest was reported by the police in the first week of December.) And a picture caption with the article also misstated, in some copies, the treatment the victim received for her severed nose. As the article correctly noted, she has been fitted with a prosthetic nose; she has not yet undergone reconstructive surgery. (Go to Article)
NEW YORK
An article on Monday about Wal-Mart’s latest efforts to open a store in New York City described incorrectly a deal being discussed between Wal-Mart and the Building and Construction Trades Council. Under the deal, union workers would be used for construction and renovation of all Wal-Mart stores in New York City, not just some of them. The article also described the City Council’s zoning powers imprecisely. While it must approve retail stores over 10,000 square feet, that is the case only in some manufacturing districts, not anywhere in the city. (Go to Article)
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Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 24 about a ruling that five police officers could not be held negligent in the wounding of two bystanders in Harlem in 2005 described their involvement imprecisely. While all five officers fired their weapons, they did not all wound the bystanders, who were hit by one bullet each. (Go to Article)
BUSINESS DAY
The Media Equation column on Monday, about the strategy of WikiLeaks, described incorrectly, in some copies, comments by Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, in which he called for the execution of those responsible for the WikiLeaks disclosures. Mr. Huckabee was referring to Bradley Manning, the person suspected of originally supplying the cables — not to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who disseminated them. The article also misstated, in some editions, the circumstances of Mr. Assange’s arrest in Britain. He was in jail in connection with a Swedish extradition request, not on sex charges brought in Britain. And the article misstated the month that WikiLeaks released a trove of United States diplomatic cables. It was in November, not October. (Go to Article)
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An article last Wednesday about the potential effects of a free-trade agreement between the United States and South Korea gave an incorrect estimate for the growth in American merchandise exports as a result of the agreement. The increase in exports is expected to range from $9.7 billion to $10.9 billion a year — not from $10.1 billion to $11.9 billion. (The United States currently exports about $29 billion in goods to Korea.) (Go to Article)
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An article on Thursday about the effect on public employees of a proposal to cut payroll taxes for one year misstated the size of the cut proposed for those who pay into the Social Security system. It is two percentage points, not 2 percent. (Go to Article)
SPORTS
The Sports of The Times column last Wednesday, about the Jets’ one-sided loss to the New England Patriots on Dec. 6, attributed an erroneous distinction to receiver Santonio Holmes. He is one of two Jets players — not the only one — to have won a Super Bowl championship. (Offensive tackle Damien Woody is the other.) (Go to Article)
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The Sports of The Times column on Dec. 7 , about the rivalry between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, misstated the number of Super Bowl championships that Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots, has won. He has won five, not three. (Besides his three titles as Patriots coach, he won two as defensive coordinator of the Giants.) (Go to Article)
DINING
A report last Wednesday in the Food Stuff column about customized stick-on labels for home cooks misstated the sizes and prices. The labels come in three sizes, not two, and cost $25 for 20 round labels, $30 for 15 oval ones and $40 for 25 rectangular ones. None cost $10 for five. (Go to Article)
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