Correction: Plavix story WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid....Correction: Mistaken for Deer FERRUM, Va. (AP) -- In a Nov. 18 story about a hunter charged with shooting two college students he mistook for a deer, The Associated Press erroneously attributed information that the students were collecting frogs for a biology class. That came from Kimberly Boudinot, the stepmother of one of the students, not from a Ferrum College spokeswoman....Correction: Vaccine Revolution story MARIETTA, Pa. (AP) -- In a Nov. 18 story about the vaccine industry, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of a government official quoted in the story. The director of the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is Robin Robinson, not Robertson....Correction: Blackstone investment story NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Nov. 16 story about the U.S. holdings of private equity firm Blackstone Group, The Associated Press erroneously reported the type of securities the company purchased related to Southwest Airlines....Correction: Verizon layoffs NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about job cuts at Verizon Communications Inc., The Associated Press, relying on a labor union report, erroneously reported that Verizon is laying off more than 1,000 employees in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia....Correction: Today in History for April 18 In some versions of Today in History of April 18, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the birthday list the age of actress Mary Birdsong. She is 41, not 48....Correction: Petters Trial story ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about the fraud trial of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Petters Group Worldwide accountant who testified. She is Sandy Indahl, not Imdahl....Correction: National parks drilling story SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- In a Nov. 16 story about a federal case involving a college student's disruption of an oil and gas auction in Utah, The Associated Press erroneously described a ruling by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson....Correction: Image makeovers story NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Nov. 6 story citing examples of companies that changed their names to repair their images, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Accenture changed its name from Arthur Andersen as a result of an association with the Enron scandal. Accenture, previously known as Andersen Consulting, operated independently from Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm. Andersen Consulting changed its name before the Enron scandal became public and was in no way tied to the scandal....Correction: Internet conference story SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- In a Nov. 15 story about Egypt's plan to apply for the first Internet domain name written in Arabic, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang. Yang said new Internet users in emerging markets "will need Web content, and want more content in their native language, and still others won't just be bound by language and barriers, but have other challenges such as reading, literacy." Yang did not use the word "liberty" in the passage....
