In the Dec. 16 "Music Box" Fred Kaplan mistakenly said Stan Getz played the alto sax; he played the tenor sax.

The Dec. 16 "Moneybox" column reversed the states' electoral colors, stating that the blue states are areas that supported President Bush in 2000, and that the red states were terrain hostile to Republicans. In fact, it's the blue coastal states that opposed Bush, and the red states that supported him.

In a Dec. 12 "Press Box," Jack Shafer mistakenly described a Joe Conason column has having been published last month. The column appeared last year.

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