CORRECTIONS

· A March 21 Business headline mischaracterized comments in a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. Bernanke said it is unclear whether unusually low long-term interest rates mean the Fed should raise short-term interest rates more than it would otherwise.

· The March 19 and March 20 Metro sections listed an incorrect number for the March 18 Maryland Multi-Match lottery drawing. That Saturday's winning numbers were 3-8-16-18-20-31.

· The Datebook in the March 19 Style section misstated the price for tickets to the March 29 N Street Village Gala. They are $500, not $200.

· The Europe key on a March 18 map showing the spread of bird flu transposed the identifying numbers for the countries Slovakia and Slovenia. The legend also should have specified that the color coding for 2004 included South Korea and Thailand, where bird flu broke out in December 2003.

· A March 17 article about

a Senate bill that would regulate the Bush administration's program of warrantless surveillance of Americans was imprecise about the Justice Department's options for continuing a wiretap beyond 45 days without a warrant. The department would have to notify a small group of House and Senate members. Those lawmakers could not order the administration to stop the surveillance, but Congress could bring pressure in several ways, such as conducting hearings or cutting off funds, according to the bill's sponsors.

· A March 15 Style column about the retirement of

"60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace referred to Detroit radio station WXYZ as a New York station.