Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China

“It’s no secret that my father was a troubled person. Anybody who’s read my first book, ‘Dreams of My Father’, knows that, you know, he had an alcoholism problem and that he didn’t treat his families very well,” the president said.

Regarding your article about President Obama meeting briefly with his half-brother in China, you listed the name of his book incorrectly as “Dreams OF My Father.” The correct title of the book is “Dreams FROM My Father.”

F.W.

Several readers pointed this one out to us. We corrected it. Interestingly, several other news organizations made the same mistake: GBU Editor

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He called Eastwood, whose line “Come on, make my day” from Dirty Harry became a global catchphrase, “a myth, a giant, an example of the admiration we have for American culture.”

Jim S.

Several readers noticed that one. We corrected: GBU Editor

U.S. director and actor Clint Eastwood reacts after he was named as a Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris,  November 13, 2009.  REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool

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A Morgan Stanley star falls in China

Interviews with those who know and have worked with him say his story is one of an ambitious and hard-working expatriot who appears to have crossed the line in his zeal to get ahead in the Chinese business world.

In the story on Garth Peterson he is called an ‘expatriot’ which would make him a Benedict Arnold or a turncoat. Given the context of the story it would seem the correct word would be ‘expatriate,’ defined as a person who has withdrawn from his native land, but not a former citizen or supporter.

E.S.D.

This is not a question. The word “expatriate” is misspelled as “expatriot.” This should have been caught by an automatic spelling-checker.

Young

Yes, or caught by a human editor.

A street sign stands near the Morgan Stanley worldwide headquarters building in New York May 8, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Ford Hood shooting suspect still alive, Army says

KILLEEN, Texas, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The suspect in a shooting rampage at Ford Hood Army post on Thursday in which 12 people were killed and 31 wounded is in a hospital in stable condition, contrary to previous reports he had been killed, an Army general said.

Shooting at “Ford Hood”? I believe the Army uses the alternate spelling, F-o-r-t. This was a featured link on Google News highlights so I am sure lots of people saw it.

I had to look three times to make sure it wasn’t a joke on purpose. You know, hood possibly being an automobile component and Ford being an auto manufacturer just made it funny to me.

J.B.

Ouch. Not a great week for headline editing, if you look at the two items before this one as well. Yes, this one did get noticed: GBU Editor

Major Nidal Malik Hasan. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout

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Brussels set to complain over Oracle’s deal to by Sun-FT

I am sure someone has made you aware of this ERROR…. The word you want is BUY.

Kelly

Yes. Readers did, as you say, make us aware of this one: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo Robert Galbraith

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Canada takes step to scrapping long-run registry

OTTAWA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada took a step on Wednesday to scrapping a controversial gun registry, though rules will still remain much tougher than in the United States.

It’s Canada’s long-GUN registry, not “run.”

Tim

Indeed: GBU Editor

Ziad Richa, a Lebanese marksman, takes aim during practice at a club in Dbayeh area, east of Beirut, July 26, 2008. REUTERS/Cynthia karam

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Phyllis manager backs Hamels, may start a Game Seven

Seriously, Phyllis manager? Who is doing your editing, are you outsourcing it to some third world country?

It should read Phillies……the mispelling of words and misused phrases in sentences or just sentences that do not make sense seems to be an ever increasing problem here and on other sites…..keep the work in this country please

Nik

It’s Phillies!!! Wow, who let that one get by???

Opus

What kind of headline is this? ” FIX THE HEADLINE!

WXCBS

Lots of readers noticed this error, which was introduced in an online news feed. Understandably. We corrected: GBU Editor

Irish turn out for apparition, defying church plea

The head of the local Roman Catholic archdiocese issued a statement on Monday urging the faithful to disregard the forecasts by Dublin-based “spiritual healer” Joe Coleman that Mary, worshipped by Christians as the mother of God, would reappear.

Your report on Knock shrine in Ireland states that Catholics worship the Virgin Mary. This is incorrect.  Catholics venerate Mary , which is completely different than worship.

Thomas W.

Mary is never worshipped. She is a creature like us. Worship is only given to God. We do honor her, though, as the Mother of God.

Gill

Several readers pointed out this one. We corrected: GBU Editor

A woman lights a candle in front of a shadow of the Virgin Mary in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin in a 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

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Senate seen extending home buyer tax credit soon

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should act later this week to extend a $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers that is scheduled to expire soon, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said on Monday.

“The existing law ceases to exist on November 1. This would be an extension for a limited period of time,” Nelson said.

Your story says that existing law ceases November 1st. Please check your sources and the actual existing law which actually ends December 1st. NOT November 1st!

Thought you should know before you have a million readers freak out cause Nov 1st is just a few days away and they really have about a month left with current law.

Christian

This one was a bit complicated because both the lawmaker who spoke and the reporter who did the story were on a plane at the time we spotted the wrong date. We fixed the problem by dropping the quote, but not before some readers noticed the wrong date.

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) steps off Air Force One with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) as they arrive in Miami, Florida, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Travel Picks: Top 10 chocolate museums

3. Pannys Amazing World of Chocolate, Phillip Island Chocolate Factory; Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria, Canada

You have an error in this article. Number three is listed as Pannys Amazing World of Chocolate, Phillip Island Chocolate Factory; Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria, Canada.

It’s not in Victoria Canada, it’s in Victoria, Australia.

Lorri

Indeed. We corrected: GBU Editor

Model Nikole poses in a dress of chocolate wrapping in front of the Cologne cathedral in a 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

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