Newsday.com - Corrections

March 18, 2006
A headline on a Thursday business section story incorrectly characterized the impact of the state attorney general's delaying a contract review of LIPA's contract with KeySpan. The delay referred to the timing of the contract's approval, not KeySpan's proposed acquisition by National Grid.

March 17, 2006
A graphic in yesterday's Fold incorrectly identified the Omni as a hotel. It is an office building.

March 16, 2006
Dancer Matthew Rogers performs with the Tere O'Connor Dance Company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Dance Theater Workshop with the premiere of "Baby," opening March 22. A photo caption in Sunday's Fanfare identified Rogers incorrectly.

March 15, 2006
A story and headline in yesterday's Newsday inaccurately described Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice's plan for handling first-time driving while intoxicated offenders. Her plan does not call for mandatory jail time for such offenders.

March 14, 2006
The Thierry Mugler perfume Alien was listed in Beauty Spot in yesterday's Part 2. The name of the perfume was incorrect.

March 12, 2006
Because of an editing error, a time line about the Nassau University Medical Center in Wednesday's editions mentioned Nassau Health Care Corp. board chairman Lawrence Gottlieb only by his last name.

March 11, 2006
Because of an editing error, a story Friday on the death of former Suffolk Democratic leader Dominic Baranello incorrectly stated Richard S. Schaffer's position. He is the current county Democratic chairman.

March 9, 2006
Michael P. Mulhall of Point Lookout, whose letter about Tom Suozzi was published yesterday, is a former Republican committeeman. That identification was omitted.

March 8, 2006
The Kaufman Astoria Studios Film & Video Gallery is in the Whitney Museum, 945 Madison Ave. in Manhattan. The Artifacts item on the Whitney Biennial in Sunday's Fanfare gave an incorrect location for the gallery, where most screenings take place.

March 7, 2006
Councilmen James Hennessy, a Republican, and registered Democrat Thomas Sofield Jr. are members of the Republican-led minority in the Long Beach City Council. Also, John Laffey was named city manager in January by the three-member Democratic majority of the five-member council. The party affiliations were incorrect in a story yesterday.

March 7, 2006
Federal attorney Robert Henoch, who is prosecuting the "Mafia Cops" case, is the father of a boy and a girl. A Newsday story yesterday profiling the attorneys in the case incorrectly stated the gender of one of his children.

March 4, 2006
Doreen Banks was appointed Nassau County parks commissioner in 2002 and in 2004 changed responsibilities to oversee the Nassau Conservancy, but retained her title. Also, in 2004, Friends For Long Island's Heritage filed for dissolution. The information was incorrect in a story and graphic on Friday about the new county parks commissioner.

March 4, 2006
Welsbach Electric of College Point has a contract with the city worth $70 million. The name of the company was spelled incorrectly in a story Friday about a federal investigation into contract rigging.

March 3, 2006
The New York Racing Association owes the state more than $1 million in back taxes. A story yesterday misstated the amount.

March 2, 2006
The animal trap pictured yesterday with a story about a new law in Southampton is a leg-hold steel trap, which will not be banned. Because of an editing error, the caption suggested it was a body-gripping animal trap, which will be banned.

March 1, 2006
Construction on the "Reflecting Absence" World Trade Center memorial is to begin this month. Because of an editing error, a story yesterday about demands for a new memorial design incorrectly stated the month construction is to start.

February 28, 2006
"Failure to Launch" opens March 10; "Goal!" opens May 12. The Hot Stuff listing in Fanfare Sunday gave incorrect opening days for the two movies.

February 28, 2006
"Failure to Launch" opens March 10; "Goal!" opens May 12. The Hot Stuff listing in Fanfare Sunday gave incorrect opening days for the two movies.

February 26, 2006
The skiing column on page H3 that appeared in the Saturday and Early Sunday editions was written by Shaun Powell.

February 25, 2006
In a story Tuesday about the National Weather Service, the name of John Murray was incorrect in a photo caption and in a subsequent correction.

February 24, 2006
A story yesterday about cutting down the Fairhaven Beech tree at Planting Fields Arboretum gave the wrong date for Earth Day, which is April 22.

February 23, 2006
A Feb. 21 story on the alternative minimum tax mischaracterized recent legislative activity on the matter. A bill approved by the Senate includes a temporary extension of tax relief measures; a House budget reconciliation measure contains no such extension.

February 22, 2006
A 2003 photo accompanying a Feb. 14 story about a dispute over upscale hair-care products involving Quality King Distributors of Ronkonkoma included Michael Sosnowik, who was then president of the pharmacy division. Sosnowik no longer works for Quality King.

February 21, 2006
Tim Delaney's new book is "Seinology: The Sociology of 'Seinfeld.'" The subtitle was incorrect in a review in Sunday's Fanfare.

February 21, 2006
Because of an editing error, the "On the Move" profile of Cathy Baron Tamraz in yesterday's business section carried an incorrect byline. The story was written by Iris Quigley.

February 20, 2006
In a story on stem cell research that ran in Sunday's editions, the process of altered nuclear transfer was misidentified.

February 18, 2006
The sponsor of a meeting during which French farmer and activist Jose Bove was scheduled to give a speech last week was misidentified Feb. 9. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund sponsored the meeting, which preceded the Global Companies conference sponsored by Cornell University and other schools.

February 17, 2006
Allstate is the largest homeowner insurer in New York State, not the second, as we said yesterday.

February 17, 2006
The Eighth Assembly District has 34,500 registered Republicans and 19,400 Democrats. The jurisdiction was misstated because of an editing error in a story Tuesday.

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