CORRECTIONS

-- A Sept. 9 A-section article misspelled the last name of Laura Bauman, associate state director for community outreach at Colorado AARP.

-- A Sept. 9 Economy & Business article incorrectly said that the top 20 percent of the nation's households in terms of income make at least $150,000 a year. That figure is the average income for the top 20 percent of households.

-- Two captions with a Sept. 9 Metro article on Maryland slot machine proposals incorrectly described the images as depictions of a proposed slots casino in Baltimore. Both of the renderings were of a proposed venue in Anne Arundel County.

-- A Sept. 9 Style article on a festival in New York incorrectly referred to the New York Knickerbockers basketball team as a baseball team.

-- A Sept. 7 A-section article about the discovery of three genes that affect a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease incorrectly identified Stephen Snyder as the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging. He is the deputy director of the institute's neuroscience division.

-- A Sept. 6 Metro article on Eastern equine encephalitis incorrectly referred to the area of Virginia where the disease has largely been concentrated, which includes the Tidewater region, as the southwestern part of the state. The disease has been found largely in the state's southeast, which includes Tidewater.

-- A Sept. 4 Sports item about John Glenn was accompanied by an incorrect photograph. The man labeled as Glenn was another former astronaut, Neil Armstrong.

-- An Aug. 31 Sports article incorrectly said that Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg would not be available to play this season because he was on the team's 40-man roster but not on its 25-man major league roster. From Sept. 1 through the end of the season, the entire 40-man roster is eligible to play for the major league club.

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