For the record - Dec. 20, 2013
Zimmerman painting: In the Dec. 18 Section A, an article about a George Zimmerman painting for sale on EBay said that some bidders appeared to raise their bids even when they were already the high bidder, perhaps to boost the painting’s price. In fact, those bids reflected an automated process in which the highest bidder’s bid automatically increases — up to a preset maximum — when others attempt to outbid him or her.
Patty Murray: In the Dec. 15 Section A, an article profiling Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and her leading role in negotiating a budget accord in Congress said that she had previously led the Senate’s Democratic majority to approve the chamber’s first budget without dissenting votes in four years. Four Democrats voted no.
U2: An article about the band U2 in the Dec. 19 Calendar section misspelled the last name of drummer Larry Mullen Jr. as Mullens.
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