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Not for home use…

TearLab gets FDA nod for home use of dry eye test

Please issue a correction. The test was CLIA-waived for professional office use, not home.

S.K.

We issued a correction to clarify that the test was approved for wider professional use, not home use: GBU Editor

Anti-government protesters react as they celebrate the signing by Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh of a deal to step down in Sanaa November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Bad pronunciation?

Your correspondent reporting on the Mapuche indigenous people’s protest in Chile, pronounced their name incorrectly at least 2 times during the video.

She said Machupe instead of Mapuche, a big difference.

This was disrespectful to the Mapuche people. Please have your reporters familiarize themselves with the subjects of their stories.

Nancy R.

We pulled the piece with the mispronunciation and replaced it with a new narration: GBU Editor

Spelling of city’s name…

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko charged with tax evasion

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that the capital of Ukraine is misspelled in your article.

You refer to Ukraine’s capital city as ‘Kiev.’ I would like to point out that this is an obsolete version of the name, which was abandoned by Ukraine after its declaration of independence in 1991, and replaced by the name ‘Kyiv.’

There are many previous cases where countries have made a decision to change names, and the media have adapted.

For example, in 1996 India officially changed the name of the city Bombay to Mumbai. This is also the case with the capital of China, Beijing, formerly known as Peking, and the country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

So my question is: why should the name of Ukraine’s capital city be an exception?

I.T.

The wrong school

Penn’s new athletic head has no plans to cancel football

STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) – Penn State’s new acting athletic director said on Friday there are no plans to cancel the rest of the Nittany Lions’ football season or to remove Joe Paterno’s statue from outside Beaver Stadium.

Your headline: “Penn’s new athletic head has no plans to cancel football” is absolutely incorrect.

Penn is not Penn State. Penn is The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, and is not connected in any way to the child abuse scandal at Penn State University. You should print a retraction and an apology. And perhaps educate your headline writers.

A Penn alumnus

We heard about this headline from several unhappy readers: GBU Editor

A board covers a broken window at Jerry Sandusky’s home in State College, Pennsylvania November 19, 2011. The window was broken by unknown people on November 18. Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, has been arraigned for 40 counts of child sexual abuse. REUTERS/Pat Little

Recalling the facts…

McDonald’s dumps egg supplier after safety, cruelty concerns

Last year, more than half a billion eggs were recalled after Salmonella sickened more than 1,000 people, the largest egg recall in U.S. history. The recall did not involve Sparboe Farms.

I believe the last line in the McDonald’s/ Sparboe Farms article today is incorrect.

According to the FDA, Sparboe packaged the eggs included in the big recall last year.

Brian

You are right. We corrected the story: GBU Editor

An Egg McMuffin is seen in an undated handout photo. Reuters/McDonald’s/Handout

Long before dawn

Judge upholds eviction of Wall St. protesters

Protesters who had been kicked out in a surprise predawn raid were allowed back 16 hours later but were banned from bringing the tents and sleeping bags that had turned a square-block park near Wall Street into an urban campground the past two months.

Hundreds of police stormed the camp around 1 a.m. and dismantled tents, tarpaulins, outdoor furniture, mattresses and signs, arresting 147 people, including about a dozen who had chained themselves to each other and to trees.

Hi there, just a quick comment on this story.

Are there short nights in New York?

I appreciate that the move by police to evict Occupy Wall St protesters was pre-dawn in the strictest definition of the term, but does 1 a.m. New York time really qualify, when sunrise is around 6:40 a.m.?

Nick

Never say Never say Never…

Black Sabbath announce new album, 2012 world tour

The four musicians, now all in their 60s, released their last studio album of all original material in 1978 with “Never Say Never.”

Your reporter and editor were incorrect when they stated the name of the last Black Sabbath album from 1978. They called it “Never Say Never”.

It was in fact called “Never Say Die”.

You should at least Wikipedia the bands discography prior to printing things.

Mark L.

While I disagree that Wikipedia should be the definitive journalistic resource for such things, you are right about the name. We corrected it: GBU Editor

South of what?

14 dead as Niger clashes with convoy from Libya

NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s army has clashed with a heavily armed convoy of vehicles that entered its territory from Libya, killing 13 in the convoy and suffering one casualty on its side, military sources in the West African country said on Wednesday.

The sources said Nigerien authorities took a further 13 prisoners after the incident, which took place on Sunday around the remote northern Nigerien mining town of Arlit just south of the border with Libya.

I think you mean just south of the border with ALGERIA. The Libyan border is 800 km to the northeast.

Chris S

Yes, we corrected: GBU Editor

Passengers stand outside their taxi during a sandstorm raised by the annual dry “Harmattan wind”, along the road that links the historic center of Agadez with Arlit, in the Agadez region, December 19, 2006. REUTERS/Florin Iorganda

Profane pictures?

I have a complaint about profane pictures.

I visit reuters.com with my family to read news together with my children.

We appreciate if the site continues to stay clean. Now we have started noticing that it displays pictures of Victoria’s Secret fashion show, or video on a beheaded Mexican blogger.

Please refrain from making your site sensational, and continue to keep it neat and elegant by placing visuals with more discretion.

A Florida reader

I understand your point, but not all of our content is intended for all readers, and it should have been pretty clear what to expect from those items in particular.

The wrong organization?

Mariah Carey hid pregnant body from hubby Cannon

Carey is the latest celebrity to become a spokeswoman for Jenny, following “Dreamgirls” actress and singer Jennifer Hudson and former “Cheers” star Kirstie Alley.

Your story about Mariah Carey incorrectly cites Jennifer Hudson as a spokesperson for Jenny. She is the spokesperson for Weight Watchers.

Check your facts.

Martha

Yes. We corrected: GBU Editor

Mariah Carey smiles during a press conference announcing that she will be the new brand ambassador for the weight-loss program Jenny, in New York, November 8, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton