Correction: Mid-Air Collision story

September 22nd, 2009 Correction: ACORN's TroublesWASHINGTON — In a Sept. 19 story about the community organizing group ACORN, The Associated Press, based on an account in The Washington Post, erroneously quoted a conservative journalist saying he targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos because its voter-registration drives bring minority voters to the polls.

September 8th, 2009 Correction: Labor board storyWASHINGTON — In a Sept. 6 story about gridlock at the National Labor Relations Board, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of one of the nominees for a seat on the board.

September 2nd, 2009 Correction: Health Care OverhaulWASHINGTON — In an Oct. 1 story about health care overhaul, The Associated Press reported erroneously that President Barack Obama repeatedly pledged last year that his health care plan would not raise taxes on any individual making more than $200,000 or a family with incomes over $250,000.

August 23rd, 2009 ELLWANGEN - Four people died in a midair collision involving a helicopter and a light plane near the southern German town of Ellwangen Sunday, police said. The accident happened near an airfield where 1,000 visitors had gathered for a festival.

August 20th, 2009 Correction: CIA-Secret ProgramWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 19 story about a secret CIA program to kill al-Qaida suspects, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Anne Tyrrell is the spokeswoman for Xe Services, a private security company.

August 14th, 2009 Correction: Story on retail sales and economyWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 13 story about July retail sales, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Wal-Mart Corp.'s second-quarter earnings fell.

August 8th, 2009 Correction: Immigration-Detention Conditions storyWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 6 story about planned changes by the Obama administration to immigration detention, The Associated Press reported erroneously that entering the country illegally the first time is a civil violation.

August 5th, 2009 Correction: GOP-Early Democratic Targets storyWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 3 story about the Republicans' Democratic targets, The Associated Press gave the incorrect link to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Web site.

July 10th, 2009 Correction: Florida Plane Crash storyPORT RICHEY, Fla. — In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associated Press erroneously reported that family members of two Quality Powder Coating LP employees were among those on the plane.

June 23rd, 2009 One dead, others hurt in DC rail transit collisionWASHINGTON — At least one person was killed Monday in a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington. A number of other passengers were severely injured, said District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter, in what he describes as a "mass casualty event." He said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out.

June 9th, 2009 Correction: Supreme Court-Tyco Convictions storyWASHINGTON — In a June 8 story about the Supreme Court's rejection of appeals by former Tyco executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the court's action ends efforts to overturn their fraud and larceny convictions.

June 8th, 2009 Correction: Cuba Spies-Damage storyWASHINGTON — In a June 6 story about the arrest of a Washington couple accused of spying for Cuba, The Associated Press, relying on information from Johns Hopkins University, erroneously reported that accused spy Walter Kendall Myers had worked as an adjunct professor at the university since the late 1980s. Myers was an associate professor at JHU in the early 1970s.

May 9th, 2009 Correction: Navy swine flu storyWASHINGTON — In a May 8 story about sailors with swine flu, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Navy, reported erroneously that 18 sailors had swine flu. A Navy spokesman, Lt.

May 8th, 2009 Correction: Meltdown 101 Q&A on tax havensWASHINGTON — In a May 4 story about tax havens, The Associated Press misattributed the fact that Citigroup has 4,000 subsidiaries. The information came from Citigroup, not from the Government Accountability Office.

May 1st, 2009 Correction: Drugmaker dollars storyWASHINGTON — In several versions of an April 28 story about a report on the influence of drugmaker money in medicine, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the head of Stanford University's psychiatry department had stepped down under criticism by a U.S. senator over payments made to him by drugmakers.