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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

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

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

He wasn’t the president yet…

Mitt Romney’s French education

The small church in the Bordeaux suburb of Talence looks the same today as it did in the late 1960s, when Romney and fellow missionaries were photographed in front of it during a rare visit by then LDS church president, Howard Hunter.

In this article you mention that Mitt Romney was in a photograph in the late 1960′s “during a rare visit by then LDS church president, Howard Hunter”.

In the late 1960′s, Howard Hunter was a high ranking church official – a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles”, but was not the President of the Church. He was called to the position of church president much later.

The reason I know this is because I served a mission for the LDS church at about the same time as Mitt Romney (1967-69), but in a different country. In spite of this minor error, I thank you and its author for this informative, interesting and unbiased article.

Dennis

Yes, Hunter became the LDS president in 1994. We have corrected: GBU Editor

The wrong province…

Gwar shock band guitarist found dead on tour

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Cory Smoot, guitarist in the shock-rock band Gwar, was found dead Thursday. The band is currently on tour, and Smoot’s body was found as the band traveled from Minneapolis to Edmonton, Ontario for its next show.

Edmonton is in Alberta, not in Ontario.

Cronin

Indeed it is. This was part of some third-party content which is not edited by us, but the error has been corrected:  GBU Editor

Photo: Gwar album cover

Gone, but not retired

Jobless veterans say military experience is not valued

Rick Combs, a 27-year old who retired as a Sergeant in the Army, says he was given management training in the military as part of becoming a Sergeant. So far, that training has not translated into a comparable private-sector job.

Your writer doesn’t seem to have any knowledge of the military.

No one who is 27 years old can retire from the Army. One must serve a full 20 years to qualify for “retirement.” I doubt Combs joined at 7 years of age.

Wayne S. USAF (ret.)

We corrected it to make clear he was not retired. I’m not exactly sure why sergeant was upper cased, either: GBU Editor

A drill sergeant scolds one of his recruits inside the soldiers barracks during basic training at the Fort Sill Army Post in Fort Sill, Oklahoma November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi 

Not a member…

Commonwealth steps up polio fight, Afghanistan war hinders

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Saturday vowed to step up the fight against polio, but said the Afghanistan war was hindering the fight and warned that without total eradication there could be a resurgence of the crippling disease.

Polio remains in just four countries, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria — all members of the Commonwealth.

I’d like to point out what I believe to be an error in your article.

Afghanistan is not a member of the Commonwealth nor has it belonged to the organization and has no pending applications of intent to join.

Afghanistan has never been a colony or dependency of the UK and was successfully involved in a series of wars with the UK known as the Anglo-Afghan wars.

Amendments to the article to reflect these points would be greatly appreciated.

That’s not a country anymore…

UK’s Cameron rallies EU countries outside euro zone

At Wednesday’s summit, European leaders agreed a plan to provide debt relief for Greece, recapitalize European banks and boost the bloc’s rescue fund, though details have yet to be hammered out. Following a meeting of all EU members, Cameron held separate talks with some of the leaders of the 10 countries not in the euro zone; Sweden, Poland, Denmark and Czechoslovakia. ”

Your article mentions the country Czechoslovakia, which hasn’t existed for almost 20 years. I suppose the author meant Czech Republic.

Ivan

Indeed. We corrected that: GBU Editor

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron leave a news conference at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz