For the record - Nov. 22, 2012

Payday loans: A column in the Oct. 30 Business section about payday lending cited a press release for NeedRapidCash.com that was posted on PR Web. The press release was posted by UrgentCashNow.com, not NeedRapidCash.com parent company Selling Source, as the column indicated.

Terrorism case: An article in the Nov. 20 LATExtra section about the arrests of four men in a terrorism case said a confidential source working for the FBI was paid more than $250,000 in October by the federal government. The informant, who has worked as a confidential source for 4 1/2 years, received a total of $250,000 in payments through October.