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Editorials
Editorial: Bellevue Council needs clarity on ethics rules
This editorial originally omitted the fact that an outside investigator later concluded Bellevue City Councilman Kevin Wallace had not violated any laws. Originally published Tuesday, May 21
Business & Technology
deafReview gives a voice to deaf consumers
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the deafReview website is for deaf, blind and hard-of-hearing people to rate businesses. Instead, it is aimed at deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing individuals. In addition, Melissa Greenlee’s self-adopted name is “echo,” not “Echo.” Also, the site has expanded to six other cities after starting in Seattle, not seven. It is in the process of expanding to Austin, Texas. Originally published Tuesday, May 21
Business & Technology
China’s wealthy paying cash for Eastside luxury homes
This story, published May 18, 2013, was updated May 20 to include a broker’s company affiliation. Originally published Monday, May 20
Entertainment Pages
2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest
Eric Pokorny's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this article. Originally published Saturday, May 18
Local News
LGBT students get $600,000 in scholarships from 2 groups
The Seattle-based Pride Foundation will hold its scholarship dinner on Wednesday, May 22. A previous version of this story gave an incorrect date for the dinner. Originally published Friday, May 17
Business & Technology
Nordstrom reviews records on factory safety
This article was originally published online May 14, 2013, and corrected the next day. It originally said that Nordstrom had some production at three factories in Dhaka. However, two of the Bangladesh factories are in Dhaka and the other is in Chittagong. Originally published Wednesday, May 15
Business & Technology
Car2Go a handy option, but it doesn’t come cheap
An earlier version of this column has been updated to include more detailed information on Car2Go’s agreement with the city of Seattle on parking fees. Originally published Tuesday, May 14
Business & Technology
Boeing to shed 1,500 IT jobs here over next three years
This story, published May 11, 2013, was updated May 15. It originally said the Commercial Airplane Services (CAS) engineering work Boeing may transfer to Long Beach, Calif., is now in Everett. That work is now done in Tukwila. Originally published Tuesday, May 14
Editorials
Editorial: Proceed with caution on DUI legislation
A previous version of this editorial overstated the legislative proposal’s impact on the state prison system. Originally published Monday, May 13
Opinion
Guest: Workforce development not a cure for unemployment
This guest column, originally published at 4:58 p.m. on May 5, was corrected at 4:35 p.m. on May 13. An earlier version incorrectly stated that the nonprofit Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County received $20 million in public funding in 2009 and placed 704 people in jobs, at a cost of $29,000 per job. The programs overseen by the council placed 47,000 people in jobs at a cost of $1,000 to $6,500 per job seeker in 2009, according to the council. Originally published Monday, May 13
Business & Technology
Entrepreneur bakes up Starbucks’ sweet pastry plan
As a result of an editing error, an earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Noe Valley as just ouside San Francisco. In fact, it is a neighborhood of San Francisco. Originally published Monday, May 13
Entertainment
Belly up to the Nordo bar for grub and a Western spoof
This story, published May 10, 2013, was corrected May 10, 2013. An earlier version credited the wrong person as director; Erin Brindley is the director. Originally published Friday, May 10
Local News
Coal trains fire up UW chemist
The name of Seattle science crowdfunding website Microryza was misspelled in Danny Westneat’s May 8 column. Originally published Thursday, May 9
Business & Technology
Insider loans rife as bank collapsed
This story, originally published Jan. 19, 2013, was corrected Jan 30. The original mistakenly said the man who arranged loans for Russian amateur homebuilders was a Russian national. Originally published Thursday, May 9
Local News
Obituary: Ken Higgins pushed air safety as Boeing test pilot
An earlier version of this story, in describing an incident during a 777 flight test, mistakenly referred the nose of the jet swinging past vertical. In fact, the plane was banking and it was the wingtip that swung past the vertical. Originally published Monday, May 6
Entertainment
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to play Seattle May 7
This article was corrected on Monday, May 6, 2013. In an earlier version, part of the name of Ensemble DITTO was inadvertently omitted. Originally published Monday, May 6
Business & Technology
Boeing to offer 777X for sale as launch nears
This article was originally published May 1, 2013, and corrected the next day. Emirates was incorrectly identified in the original article as the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. It is actually the flag carrier of Dubai. Originally published Thursday, May 2
Local News
Federal Way pilot convicted of flying while intoxicated
An earlier version of this story originally published April 30 reported the legal blood-alcohol limit is .08 percent. That is the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle. Federal aviation regulations state no person may operate an aircraft with a blood alcohol content of .04 percent or greater. Originally published Thursday, May 2
Editorials
Editorial: Bring Sonics back in a different location without public money
This editorial, originally published at 9:20 a.m. on April 30, 2013, was corrected at 5:40 p.m. on May 1, 2013. An earlier version incorrectly stated that NBA owners did not like a Seattle investment group’s offer to buy the Sacramento Kings. Originally published Wednesday, May 1
Larry Stone
A previous version of this story incorrectly used acclimation in the first paragraph instead of acclamation. Originally published Monday, April 29
Local News
In battle against cyber attacks, these Seattle hackers wear ‘white hats’
The name first name of Yoshi Kohno was misspelled. Originally published Monday, April 29
Business & Technology
FDIC sues officials of failed Frontier Bank
This article, published April 26, was corrected April 28. It originally said Michael Clementz was Frontier’s CEO when the bank failed in April 2010. He stepped down in December 2009. Originally published Monday, April 29
Business & Technology
Amazon posts lower profit but beats forecast
A chart in this story — originally published April 25, 2013 and revised the next day — gave two percentage figures that indicated Amazon’s profit and earnings per share rose in the first quarter from the year-earlier period. Those plus signs should have been minus signs. Originally published Saturday, April 27
Business & Technology
UW students pitch their business plans in competition
This story was originally published on April 25, 2013 and corrected April 26. Gravity Payments is the largest credit processor based in Washington state. The name had been misspelled and its size was mischaracterized in the original story. Originally published Friday, April 26

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