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Nation & World

Scouts’ vote on gays met with celebration, sadness

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the Boy Scout motto is “God and Country.” The motto is “Be Prepared.” Originally published Saturday, May 25

Jerry Brewer

Jesus Montero demotion was a no-brainer

A previous version of this story spelled Kelly Shoppach's last name incorrectly. Originally published Friday, May 24

Business & Technology

McNerney: Boeing will squeeze suppliers and cut jobs

This story, published May 22, 2013, was corrected May 23. It should have made clear Boeing aims to return to shareholders 80 percent of its roughly $4 billion in free cash flow, not of its $8 billion in total operating cash flow. Originally published Friday, May 24

Mariners

Tony Lazzeri's son recalls days of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio

A previous version of this story misspelled Oregon basketball player Jim Loscutoff's last name and said he played for Oregon State. Originally published Thursday, May 23

High School Sports

Five Things to Watch in girls track and field

A previous version of this story reported that Gina Flint won discus titles in both 2011 and 2012. She won in 2012. Originally published Wednesday, May 22

Business & Technology

Amazon’s plan for giant spheres gets mixed reaction

This story, published May 21, 2013, was updated May 22 to clarify comments by architect Mathew Albores. He said the pedestrian experience, not the style, of the Amazon spheres would be similar to that of the EMP Museum and the Seattle Public Library. Originally published Wednesday, May 22

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

Local News

Police: Brother-in-law ‘heavily involved’ in disposal of Susan Powell’s body

In an earlier version of this story published May 20, 2013, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012. Originally published Tuesday, May 21

Local News

UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT

The UW offers 14 courses through Coursera and 200,000 students have accessed the classes. A previous version of this story had incorrect numbers. 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

Just wait, or too late?

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