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Correction published 5/21/2013: Business: John R. Janoso Jr. is president and CEO of Sharon Regional Health System in Mercer County. A story in the May 16 "In The Lead" special section reported an incorrect name for the health system.
Correction published 5/19/2013: Portfolio: The last three words were inadvertently cut from a story Saturday about Margot Woelk, who served as Adolf Hitler's food taster. The last sentence should read: "There she was drafted into civilian service and assigned for the next 2 1/2 years as a food taster and kitchen bookkeeper at the Wolf's Lair complex, located a few miles outside the town."
Correction published 5/18/2013: Page One: Mark Richardson is a neurosurgeon. A photo caption accompanying a story March 17 about Shadyside chef Toni Pais' treatment for Parkinson's disease misidentified Dr. Richardson's specialty.
Correction published 5/18/2013: North Xtra: The Fox Chapel Area school board will conduct a budget information session at 7 p.m. June 6 in the large group instruction room at Fox Chapel Area High School. A story Thursday gave an incorrect location.
Correction published 5/18/2013: Opinion: The letter "Reject Wagner" by Malke Frank of Squirrel Hill was in support of mayoral candidate Bill Peduto. A sentence with that information was omitted from the letter published Friday.
Correction published 5/18/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Comedian Darren Carter will appear at 8 p.m. tonight at Latitude 40 in North Fayette. An incorrect performer and time appeared in Thursday's Guide. Also, the Sunday appearance of the Jazz Conspiracy Swingtet at Jergel's in Marshall has been canceled.
Correction published 5/17/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The Karen Prunzik's Broadway Performing Arts dance recital on June 7-8 will be held at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie. A wrong location was given in a round-up of dance recitals in Wednesday's paper.
Correction published 5/17/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Jawbone purchased BodyMedia for a reported $100 million. A wrong figure was given in a story about wearable tech fashion on Wednesday.
Correction published 5/17/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Avenue B is located in Shadyside. An incorrect location was given in a Little Bites restaurant item Thursday.
Correction published 5/17/2013: Local News: The headline on a story Thursday about a cat that was returned to its 8-year-old owner incorrectly said the cat had been stolen. Police say it was reported stolen, but that has not been proven.
Correction published 5/16/2013: Local News: A news brief Tuesday gave inaccurate information about a museum display that honors Marine Lance Cpl. William Raymond Prom, who won the Medal of Honor. Prom's picture and military medals are on display at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland. On Monday the state Senate voted unanimously to name the 31st Street Bridge in honor of Prom, who was killed in Vietnam in 1969.
Correction published 5/16/2013: Local News: Pittsburgh police Officer Mark Rush is one of the defendants in a lawsuit in which a Beaver County man claims he was beaten at a South Side bar in May 2012. A news brief Wednesday about the lawsuit contained an incorrect police rank and first name for Officer Rush.
Correction published 5/16/2013: South Xtra: Mary Bates of Upper St. Clair won this year's Washington County Bar Association Louis J. Goffman Award. An incorrect first name was listed in "Legal Clinic founder honored" in May 6 South. Also, Bill Speakman's name was misspelled in the story.
Correction published 5/14/2013: Local News: Attorney Philip J. "PJ" Murray, a candidate for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, was rated as recommended by the Allegheny County Bar Association. A story in Monday's editions contained an incorrect judicial rating.
Correction published 5/11/2013: Arts & Entertainment: A commentary Friday on the novel "The Great Gatsby" incorrectly named the area where the old-money "true American aristocracy" live. They live in East Egg, not West Egg, which is where the character Jay Gatsby lived.
Correction published 5/11/2013: East Xtra: A listing for a meeting of Symphony East published in Eastscape contained several errors. Families of home-schooled children are not invited. The reservation deadline for this luncheon meeting is Monday and reservations may be made by calling 724-327-6842.
Correction published 5/10/2013: Obituaries: Herman Kamin Sr. founded Kamin Realty in Shadyside and was the father of Herman "Chip" Kamin, whose obituary Thursday incorrectly identified the company's founder.
Correction published 5/10/2013: Local News: Julie Cullen of Erie was featured in a photo Thursday taken in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Her first name was incorrect in the photo caption.
Correction published 5/10/2013: National: Iowa has a law permitting gay marriage. A national brief Thursday incorrectly said Minnesota was about to become the first state in the Midwest to pass such a law.
Correction published 5/9/2013: North Xtra: Mike McMullen ran unsuccessfully for nomination for a seat on Hampton council in 2011. A story last Thursday on his primary election bid for Allegheny County Council's District 3 incorrectly reported that this was his first run for elective office.
Correction published 5/7/2013: Pittsburgh Marathon: A photo caption with marathon coverage Monday incorrectly said a man was celebrating Cinco de Mayo on Penn Avenue in the Strip District. The man, dressed in traditional Filipino garb, was part of a cheer group organized by the Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh.
Correction published 5/7/2013: City Calendar: The Yom Yerushalayim concert at Congregation Shaare Torah in Squirrel Hill will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The date that appeared in Monday's edition was incorrect.
Correction published 5/4/2013: A-Section: A teenager accused of poisoning his rival with cyanide lived in Maryland. An incorrect state was listed in a story on cyanide Friday.
Correction published 5/3/2013: Sports: The last name of John Tavares of the New York Islanders was misspelled in a headline on a Penguins story in Thursday's editions.
Correction published 5/1/2013: Portfolio: ACTION-Housing's demonstration "green" house in East Liberty is a public model for how to make energy-efficient alterations in old homes. It was incorrectly described in the Walkabout column Tuesday.
Correction published 4/30/2013: Page One: In a graphic accompanying a Sunday story about the teaching of evolution in schools, the color key for the Gallup Poll bar graph should indicate that black, the darkest shade, represents the response "God created humans in present form." The lightest shade represents "Humans evolved, with God guiding." The medium shade represents "Humans evolved, but God had no part in process."
Correction published 4/27/2013: Page One: Chief U.S. District Judge Gary Lancaster enrolled at Slippery Rock State College in 1967 and graduated in 1971. His obituary Friday reported an incorrect date for his graduation.
Correction published 4/27/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Public broadcast station WVIA is in the Scranton area in Eastern Pennsylvania. An incorrect location was given Friday in a story about new strategies at WQED.
Correction published 4/27/2013: Sports: The answer to Thursday's Sports Trivia question should have included quarterback Steve Fuller. The Kansas City Chiefs had two first-round picks in 1979 and used their second No. 1 on him.
Correction published 4/25/2013: Obituaries: Claudia Gallant's last name was incorrect in two references in her news obituary Wednesday. A corrected version of the obituary can be found at http://www.post-gazette.com/news/#obituaries.
Correction published 4/23/2013: Local News: Sunday's story about a lawsuit against the Veterans Affairs health system over the death of John Ciarolla did not provide a full quote from attorney John Zervanos. In the passage that begins, "But they did not give him the right antibiotics," the following sentence should have been included: "His best chance of survival was if he had been on the right drug all of the time after he contracted Legionnaires, and we believe if he had been on the drug with consistent doses he would have lived."
Correction published 4/21/2013: Local News: Authorities in North Huntingdon say they believe Franklin Hutchison killed his wife, Hazel Hutchison, and his son, William, in a double-murder suicide that occurred on Tuesday. A story on Saturday incorrectly identified the son as the shooter and had an incorrect last name for the woman.
Correction published 4/20/2013: North Xtra: An article Thursday about a collection today of hard-to-recycle items at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer listed some items that will not be accepted. These items will be accepted at no charge: computers, televisions, cell phones, printer toner cartridges, compact fluorescent lights, EPS packaging foam (marked No. 6) and polystyrene. These items will be accepted for a fee: paper for shredding, alkaline batteries, fluorescent tubes, specialty lights and small appliances containing Freon.
Correction published 4/19/2013: Sports: Three Steelers wide receivers (Lynn Swann, Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes) have won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award. A story Thursday about the team's history of drafting wide receivers gave an incorrect number.
Correction published 4/19/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The charge for the ballroom dance to be held tonight at Orchard Hill Church in Franklin Park is $15. An incorrect price was published in Thursday's Guide.
Correction published 4/19/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The number to call for information for the Art Sherrod Jr. concert is 412-567-2804. An incorrect number was listed Thursday.
Correction published 4/19/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The singles dance Saturday at the Mars VFW in Adams will begin at 7 p.m., with a lesson given at 6 p.m. Incorrect times were listed in Thursday's Guide.
Correction published 4/18/2013: West Xtra: The Knights Templar Motorcycle Charity Organization will sponsor a benefit motorcycle ride June 22. Afterward, the motorcyclists will meet at Castaways Outside Inn, 608 Washington Ave., Bridgeville. The organization's name and the location of the event afterward were incorrect in last week's story.
Correction published 4/17/2013: Health: The Celebration of Life Memorial Service scheduled for Saturday at Bidwell Presbyterian Church and listed in Monday's health events calendar has been canceled.
Correction published 4/17/2013: City Calendar: The computer recycling program in Shadyside will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The start time in Monday's editions was incorrect.
Correction published 4/17/2013: Opinion: An editing change in the first sentence of Richard Matthews' April 10 letter caused confusion about his viewpoint on the House bill to privatize liquor sales. As was clear in the rest of the letter, Mr. Matthews opposes the bill.
Correction published 4/17/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The website for the broadcast section of WQED's "iQ: smartmedia" project is WQED.org/smartparent. A story Tuesday published an incorrect address.
Correction published 4/17/2013: Sports: Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders will become an unrestricted free agent in March 2014. An article Tuesday reported an incorrect date.
Correction published 4/16/2013: Page One: The South Side establishment S Bar was sold in December 2011 and is no longer associated with Phillip Alan Scott or Gabriel S. Fontana. An article published Monday incorrectly suggested that the two continue to be involved with S Bar.
Correction published 4/15/2013: Local News: Robert "Butch" Burke helps raise money at an annual golf outing for Sharing and Caring, an organization that hosts a river cruise for disabled veterans, as part of his volunteer activities that led to his selection as finalist for Most Outstanding Volunteer in the Jefferson Awards for Public Service program. His role was mischaracterized in a story Sunday about the six finalists.
Correction published 4/13/2013: Arts & Entertainment: A story Friday about Jackie Robinson's visits to Pittsburgh misspelled the name of ABC-TV broadcaster Malvin "Mal" Goode.
Correction published 4/12/2013: Letters to the Editor: Federal spending for fiscal 2013 is $265 billion higher than for 2012. Due to an editing error, a letter Wednesday on the sequester contained an incorrect figure.
Correction published 4/12/2013: Letters to the Editor: Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tallied the number of grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health from 1973 to 2012 to study cholera, diphtheria, polio, rabies and firearm injuries. A letter Thursday about insufficient research on gun violence cited an incorrect source.
Correction published 4/11/2013: Sports: A photo on page C-6 of the Frozen Four special section Wednesday was incorrectly identified as being Yale hockey player Jesse Root.
Correction published 4/10/2013: Business: Green Light Wireless will be offering dedicated Internet service for medical personnel and officials, as well as free Wi-Fi service in Point State Park, for the Pittsburgh Marathon. A story in Sunday's editions incorrectly described the service the company would be providing.
Correction published 4/10/2013: Page One: In Tuesday's story on gun control, a quote from Chris W. Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, was taken from a news release put out by the NRA, not by the law enforcement website PoliceOne.com. The organizations are not affiliated, but the NRA release centered on data from a survey conducted by PoliceOne.
Correction published 4/10/2013: Page One: Jack Kemp was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. In Tuesday's story about Margaret Thatcher's visit to Pittsburgh, he was incorrectly identified as a U.S. senator. Also, he was U.S. secretary of housing and urban development at the time of his meeting with Mrs. Thatcher in 1990.
Correction published 4/10/2013: Portfolio: In his Tuesday column, Tony Norman gave the incorrect denomination for the Rev. Joe Morecraft of Chalcedon Presbyterian Church in Georgia. The full name of his denomination is the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States, which is separate from a larger and international denomination called Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Correction published 4/9/2013: Local News: The Squirrel Hill Tunnel will be closed outbound April 19-22. A story Monday about the closure contained a wrong date.
Correction published 4/6/2013: Page One: An article and map about emerald ash borer infestation in Pennsylvania trees that ran on March 30 incorrectly listed Chester and Berks counties among those where the insects have been found.
Correction published 4/5/2013: South: A craft vendor fair to benefit Dove Bright of Indiana, Pa., will be held May 11 in Finleyville. A caption for a photo accompanying a story Thursday reported an incorrect date.
Correction published 4/5/2013: South: The topic of an April 25 gardening class at the Jefferson Hills Municipal Center is container gardening. An event listing published Thursday in Southscape listed the wrong topic.
Correction published 4/5/2013: Opinion: The Mt. Lebanon School District did not cut back on recess, extend the school day or reduce such services as nursing and counseling to make room for PSSA or other standardized tests. An opinion article published Sunday, "Why I Won't Let My Son Take the PSSA," asserted that it had.
Correction published 4/5/2013: Inside A: The next Pittsburgh mayoral debate is at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pittsburgh Obama school in East Liberty. A story Thursday reported an incorrect time.
Correction published 4/5/2013: Sports: Brian Banks, who signed a contract Wednesday with the Atlanta Falcons, was exonerated of a rape conviction by the California courts in 2012 after his accuser recanted her claim. Mr. Banks' record being cleared was omitted from a brief in Thursday's editions.
Correction published 4/4/2013: Portfolio: Bill McKinley of West Deer was the writer of Wednesday's "Softball Lore" essay about playing against a Western Penitentiary team. His name was inadvertently omitted from the top of the essay.
Correction published 4/4/2013: Arts & Entertainment: A story Tuesday on Estee Lauder "Mad Men" cosmetics included incorrect product descriptions and prices. The lipstick is $30 and the blush is $50. For details, visit www.post-gazette.com/life/
Correction published 4/3/2013: Local News: A preliminary hearing for Beaver County Sheriff George David was postponed Monday and rescheduled. A headline on a story Tuesday about the delay incorrectly said his trial had been postponed. No trial has been scheduled on charges that he threatened two people.
Correction published 4/3/2013: Business: An article Tuesday on economic development projects gave the wrong month for the most recent economic data for the region. That month was January.
Correction published 4/2/2013: Opinion: The state requires schools administering the PSSAs, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, to remove from view posters and other materials that could provide test answers. State law does not require that hallways be stripped bare, as asserted in an essay on the PSSAs that appeared Sunday.
Correction published 4/1/2013: Arts & Entertainment: A website was incorrect in the section dedicated to Larry C. Kerr's book "The Hunley" in Sunday's Briefing Books article. The correct website is: larrykerrauthor.com.
Correction published 3/29/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The name of Shamari Nevels, who placed third in the August Wilson Monologue Competition, was misspelled in a story and photo caption Wednesday.
Correction published 3/29/2013: Sports: Montreal defeated Boston in an NHL game Wednesday night. A headline in Thursday's editions gave an incorrect winning team.
Correction published 3/27/2013: Business: Tuesday's story on U.S. Steel gave an incorrect figure for the results of its steel plant in Slovakia. The company reported operating income of $51 million in 2012 and $44 million in 2011.
Correction published 3/27/2013: Page One: US Airways did not use $12.5 million in government loans offered as part of an incentive package to build a new operations control center in Moon. The airline did not qualify for the loans and used its own money to finance that portion, a spokesman said. A story Tuesday incorrectly said the loans were part of the financing for the center.
Correction published 3/26/2013: Page One: Sabrina Polites is a letter carrier in Greene County. The name of the county was misspelled in a story Monday about a rally to save Saturday mail delivery.
Correction published 3/26/2013: Sports: A story in Saturday's editions listed an incorrect high school for Penn State wrestler Nico Megaludis. He attended Franklin Regional High School. A story in Sunday's editions incorrectly reported where Pitt wrestler Max Thomusseit finished at 285 pounds in the NCAA wrestling championships. He finished fifth. Also on Sunday, a story identified an incorrect conference for Clemson University. Clemson is in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Correction published 3/25/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The "Book of Mormon" opened on Broadway on March 24, 2011. An incorrect year was reported Sunday in the cover story of Sunday Magazine.
Correction published 3/25/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Guest pianist Emanuel Ax performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 on Friday with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The concerto's number was incorrect in Saturday's editions.
Correction published 3/23/2013: Sports: Latrobe will play Parkland High School of Allentown at 1:30 p.m. today at the Ice Works in Aston, Delaware County, for the Pennsylvania High School Class AA Hockey Championship. An incorrect opponent was listed for Latrobe in a report in Friday's Varsity Xtra section.
Correction published 3/22/2013: Magazine & Health: A study of high school athletes participating in a concussion study, reported March 4, involved athletes in several contact sports. The story said players from only one sport were examined.
Correction published 3/22/2013: Page One: North Allegheny Senior High School's Christine Palmieri was recruited by Seton Hill lacrosse coach Kristina Quigley to play at the university in Greensburg. The student's first name was incorrect in a story Thursday about an online appeal honoring Mrs. Quigley, who was killed in a bus accident Saturday.
Correction published 3/22/2013: Food & Flavor: Wood artist John Metzler died in May 2010. The Fresh Finds column Thursday about artisan wood cutting boards incorrectly stated when he died.
Correction published 3/15/2013: Local News: The Pittsburgh area has grown in net population for three years. A headline Thursday had an incorrect number of years.
Correction published 3/15/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Guaranteed Irish is not performing Saturday at Claddagh Pittsburgh, but is playing at Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle. A listing Thursday had the band in two places at once.
Correction published 3/15/2013: Inside A: Loretto, in Cambria County and the home of St. Francis University, is east of Pittsburgh. A story Thursday about Pope Francis incorrectly said the university was west of the city.
Correction published 3/14/2013: Local News: Pittsburgh school board member Thomas Sumpter of District 3 represents the neighborhoods Crawford-Roberts, Middle Hill, Terrace Village, West Oakland, North Oakland, Bloomfield, Garfield, Friendship and East Liberty. A story Wednesday incorrectly listed the neighborhoods.
Correction published 3/14/2013: Obituaries: An obituary for Donna Hollen Bolmgren that appeared Sunday omitted the first name of fellow artist and friend Donnie Day Pomeroy.
Correction published 3/12/2013: Opinion: Detroit has $14 billion in long-term debt, the servicing of which requires nearly a third of what the city collects in taxes. The population of Detroit is the smallest it has been since 1910. Both were misstated in a Jack Kelly column Sunday.
Correction published 3/11/2013: Page One: The first four paragraphs in a story Sunday about the "revolving door" between jobs in state government and the oil and gas industry were incorrectly reported. The leading anecdote to the story recounted how a woman from Bradford County said that a state Department of Environmental Protection inspector who had tested her water well for contamination from a nearby Marcellus Shale gas well had quit to take a job with the gas well drilling company. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette did not independently verify her claim and has subsequently learned that it was inaccurate. The inspector did not take an industry job and still works for the DEP.
Correction published 3/10/2013: Page One: Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Torres is an airframe mechanic and graduated from Center Area High School in Monaca, now Central Valley High School. He is not applying for a Stafford loan. His wife, Kylie, is not a native of Aliquippa. A story Saturday about military tuition aid had an incorrect job description and location for the high school.
Correction published 3/10/2013: Page One: Adam Lyons, founder of Austin, Texas-based Insurance Zebra, is a graduate of Temple University. The school was incorrectly identified in a story about venture capital investment in today's early editions.
Correction published 3/10/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Today's TV Week focuses on CBS's "Vegas" because the network planned to return it to the air on Tuesday. But CBS announced on Thursday that it had changed its schedule -- after TV Week had been printed. Instead, CBS will keep cop drama "Golden Boy" in the 10 p.m. Tuesday time slot, moving "Vegas" to 9 p.m. Friday beginning April 5.
Correction published 3/10/2013: Section A: In a Saturday story about the ongoing FBI probe of funds flowing through the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb was asked how officials at the police bureau missed the diversion of funds to an unauthorized account for several years. The story incorrectly presented the question to make it sound as if Mr. Lamb were commenting about his own responsibility in detecting the fraud.
Correction published 3/8/2013: Opinion: Fistulas -- holes in the vaginal canal -- due to traumatic birthing deliveries can cause paralysis and infections in mothers. They do not endanger babies as stated in an op-ed piece Thursday.
Correction published 3/8/2013: Portfolio: The Web address for the site regarding millage rates within Allegheny County is www.propertytaxestimator.net. An incomplete address was given in Brian O'Neill's Thursday column.
Correction published 3/7/2013: West Xtra: Principals, psychologists and the curriculum and pupil services directors are the Act 93 employees in the Carlynton School District. The job classification was incorrectly defined in last week's school news.
Correction published 3/7/2013: Page One: Cardinal Francis George of Chicago was misquoted in two sections of a story Tuesday about the conclave of cardinals at the Vatican. In the first instance, a paragraph containing a partial quote from the cardinal should have read: The church's response to sexual abuse "will be an important issue. It certainly is on the minds and hearts of many of us." In the second instance, another paragraph including another partial quote from the cardinal should have read: Sexual abuse by clerics "sometimes has not been addressed as it should have been by the Catholic bishops ... That is a terrible wound in the body of the church. It has to be looked at."
Correction published 3/7/2013: Business: A list published Friday of applicants for future rounds of funding for a Department of Energy program encouraging the design and commercialization of small modular reactors was incorrect. It should have listed Westinghouse, Holtec International Inc. of Marlton, N.J., and NuScale Power of Portland, Ore.
Correction published 3/6/2013: Local News: Red's Ringside Cafe in Beltzhoover has no telephone, according to owner William Davison. A story Friday about a shooting near the tavern said a telephone there had been disconnected the previous day.
Correction published 3/6/2013: Sports: A photo of University of Pittsburgh quarterback Chad Voytik was incorrectly identified in some editions Tuesday.
Correction published 3/4/2013: Page One: Michael Tarr is co-director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. His title was incorrect in an article Sunday about Jane Austen and a brain imaging study.
Correction published 3/3/2013: Section A: Pittsburgh police Sgt. Dominick Sciulli was Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's bodyguard at a Stanley Cup Finals game in Detroit. A story Saturday about expenses incurred by the mayor's bodyguards placed them at the wrong event.
Correction published 3/2/2013: Sports: Bethel Park High School junior Megan Marecic, a 5-foot-11 guard, has not committed to a college. A story published Friday in Varsity Xtra incorrectly said she had made a decision.
Correction published 3/1/2013: Food & Flavor: Sister Rose Marie Tumicki's Ruby Jubilee Brownies should be made with 4 ounces, or 4 1-ounce squares, of chocolate. The amount of chocolate was incorrect in the recipe published Thursday.
Correction published 3/1/2013: Obituaries: Joseph W. Krotec's obituary appeared in the Post-Gazette on Thursday. The headline on the obituary contained the wrong first name for Mr. Krotec.
Correction published 2/28/2013: North Xtra: A fundraising event was held last weekend for 9-month-old Marc Curry of Hampton, who was born with Down syndrome and has been diagnosed with leukemia. His age was incorrect in last week's story.
Correction published 2/28/2013: West Xtra: An on-demand shuttle service for commuters who work in the vicinity of Robinson Town Centre is free. A story last week incorrectly reported that a Port Authority transfer receipt was necessary to ride the shuttle.
Correction published 2/28/2013: Page One: State Attorney General Kathleen Kane has discussed Pennsylvania's voter ID law over the past several months; she has not made a statement on its constitutionality. A headline Wednesday incorrectly implied that she had made such a statement.
Correction published 2/28/2013: Page One: In Friday's story on the Allegheny County Airport Authority's shale gas drilling contract, an incorrect time period was given for when council member Barbara Daly Danko received a memo from Director of Legislative Services Jared Barker. Ms. Danko talked to Mr. Barker over the weekend but received his memo on Tuesday.
Correction published 2/28/2013: Arts & Entertainment: In Wednesday's story on Jerry's Records swapping a 78 record for a drawing by Robert Crumb, the headline incorrectly referred to the Bogus Ben Covington record as an LP. Jerry Weber is 65; his age was incorrect. The last name of Jerry Zolten was spelled incorrectly.
Correction published 2/27/2013: Opinion: John O. Brennan has been President Barack Obama's chief adviser on counterterrorism for four years. The number of years was misstated in an op-ed article published Feb. 12.
Correction published 2/27/2013: Opinion: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the Senate that President Obama had "directed both myself and [Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] to do everything we needed to do to try to protect lives there" when told of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. A Jack Kelly column published Sunday said Mr. Panetta had testified that the president had "left it up to them" whether to respond.
Correction published 2/26/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Sewickley Academy is performing "Mame" March 7-9. A list of upcoming high school musicals Sunday gave the wrong information.
Correction published 2/25/2013: Local News: In Sunday's information graphic about the federal investigation of the city police, none of the people whose names appeared under the headings "Pittsburgh Bureau of Police" or "Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union" was personally subpoenaed except where specifically noted. The police bureau and the credit union received subpoenas compelling them to turn over records to investigators.
Correction published 2/24/2013: Opinion: Letters to the editor. The Feb. 17 Issue One letter by Laurette Cribbins ("Wuerl's Wisdom") contained an editing error. The letter should have read: "Pope Benedict XVI recently proclaimed, 'Carpe diem.' " That should have been followed by the letter writer's comment, "Change you, the only one you can change."
Correction published 2/22/2013: North Xtra: A fundraiser from 5 to 10 tonight in the Pittsburgh Millhouse Grill is for 9-month-old Marc Curry. His age was incorrect in Thursday's editions.
Correction published 2/22/2013: Sports: The Philadelphia Flyers won two playoff games at Consol Energy Center during their series with the Penguins last year. A story Thursday gave an incorrect number.
Correction published 2/21/2013: West Xtra: RAT LLC paid $70,000 for property in Oakdale from Best Feeds & Farm Supplies Inc. RAT LLC paid $80,000 for a quarter-acre property and house at 112 Union Ave. Incorrect purchase prices were published last week.
Correction published 2/20/2013: Page One: The first name of former Washington County District Attorney Steven M. Toprani was misspelled in a photo caption Tuesday accompanying a story about him being hired to review some Pittsburgh police policies.
Correction published 2/20/2013: Page One: A police bureau employee who appeared to have signed a withdrawal slip for $4,000 from the Greater Pittsburgh Police Credit Union in 2009 declined comment Monday night. The word "declined" was inadvertently dropped from a Tuesday story.
Correction published 2/20/2013: Business: TechShop, a nationally renowned workshop and fabrication studio, will open its first Pennsylvania facility in Bakery Square in Larimer on March 2. A story Sunday gave an incorrect neighborhood.
Correction published 2/20/2013: Arts & Entertainment: A story Tuesday about the exhibit "Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936" gave an incorrect hometown for University of Pittsburgh track star John Woodruff. He was born in Connellsville
Correction published 2/20/2013: Arts & Entertainment: In a Sunday feature on the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center, the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) was incorrectly identified. TATRC is a program within the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the medical research arm of the Department of Defense.
Correction published 2/19/2013: span style="font-weight:bold;">Local News: Two people injured Friday night in a fire in Young Township, Indiana County, were misidentified in a brief on Sunday. The last name of Brian Shunk and the relationship of his stepson Dominic were given incorrectly.
Correction published 2/19/2013: City Calendar: Walter Jarosh will be the instructor for the workshop "Winter Tree ID." Another instructor was listed in yesterday's editions
Correction published 2/18/2013: Arts & Entertainment: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gala concert with Yo-Yo Ma will be Sept. 27. An incorrect date was published in two articles Sunday.
Correction published 2/17/2013: Local News: In a story in Saturday's editions about Bigfoot, the name of the Patterson-Gimlin film shot in 1967 was spelled incorrectly.
Correction published 2/16/2013: Arts & Entertainment: Film journalist Kirsi Jansa, whose "Gas Rush Stories" documentary screening by Pittsburgh Filmmakers on Feb. 20 was featured in a magazine story Friday, is a native of Finland. Her nationality was incorrectly listed in the story.