The Wall Street Journal-20080213-Corrections - Amplifications
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Corrections & Amplifications
Full Text (358 words)Sen. Barack Obama won last week's Missouri Democratic primary. In some editions on Feb. 6, a page-one article on the Super Tuesday primaries incorrectly said Sen. Hillary Clinton carried the state, based on a report from the Associated Press.
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The Republican Party Convention will be held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., though other events will be held in nearby Minneapolis. A page-one article Friday on the withdrawal of Mitt Romney incorrectly said the convention would occur in Minneapolis.
(See: "As Romney Quits, Right Is Still Wary Of McCain" -- WSJ Feb. 8, 2008)
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A BTU, or British thermal unit, is a unit of energy equivalent to about one-third watt-hour of electric power. A quiz in Monday's Journal Report on Energy incorrectly said that it was equal to a third of a watt of electric power.
(See: "Energy (A Special Report) --- Quiz: How Well Do You Know . . . Energy Terms?" -- WSJ Feb. 11, 2008)
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A map that accompanied a Corporate Focus page article Friday on airline merger talks showed the market share of Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., Continental Airlines Inc. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines in their five largest markets. It should have noted that the figures didn't include the market share of smaller airlines owned by the same parent companies.
(See: "Corporate Focus: Airlines Face a Wary Audience --- Major Hurdles Await as Carriers Seek to Combine, Create Industry Giants" -- WSJ Feb. 8, 2008)
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North Capitol Street was mislabeled as 16th Street Northwest in a map of Washingon, D.C., that accompanied a page-one article yesterday about high-interest lenders that target the elderly and disabled.
(See: "Social Insecurity: High-Interest Lenders Tap Elderly, Disabled" -- WSJ Feb. 12, 2008)
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The Humane Society of the United States has been pressuring food retailers and producers to integrate animal-welfare into their businesses. An article yesterday about Safeway Inc. failed to give the organization's complete name.
(See: "Safeway Embraces Animal Welfare" -- WSJ Feb. 12, 2008)
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