In the July 12 "Today’s Blogs," an error introduced in the editing process attributed a post made by Daily Kos contributor Rainey to a commenter, TeresaInSammamishWA.

In a July 11 "Obit," James Grady misidentified a character in Ed McBain's novels as Cotton Hawes. The character's name was Arthur Brown.

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