CORRECTION: 4 taxes unknown 40 years ago
Jan. 3, 2012: A Dec. 20, 2011, article erroneously reported that because employee health care benefits are included on W-2 forms, they count as earnings and can be taxed. The Internal Revenue Service says the benefits are included for informational purposes only and are not counted as income.
CORRECTION: 2011′s biggest turkeys in sports
Nov. 28, 2011: A caption for Vancouver Rioters in this Nov. 21 FOX Sports on MSN list gallery originally said the Vancouver Canucks won the 2011 Stanley Cup. The Boston Bruins won.
CORRECTION: Diabetes Myths Debunked
Nov. 14, 2011: A Nov. 7, 2011, article indicated that lifestyle and genetics play a role in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, it is unknown what exactly causes Type 1 diabetes, but scientists believe that autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved.
CORRECTION: How to get on a game show
Nov. 11, 2011: A Nov. 8, 2011, article misidentified Bev Pomerantz as a casting director for the Game Show Network. In fact, she is an independent casting director who works on programs that appear on the network.
CORRECTION: School gave out X-rated prizes
A Reuters article published on MSNBC.com and featured on the MSN homepage on Oct. 19 about a Florida school trying to retrieve prizes with racy images incorrectly characterized them as being of nude women or X-rated. The pictures found hidden beneath some of the bracelets’ cloth coverings were of women in scanty bikinis.
CORRECTION: Is your kid saving for retirement?
Oct. 17, 2011: An Oct. 11, 2011, column on MSN Money misspelled the name of Ira Rubenstein, a New York principal at MBAF-ERE CPAs, and misidentified the company.
CORRECTION: Reports: Ali suing former homeowners
Oct. 13, 2011: Because of an error by photo provider US Presswire, a woman shown in an Oct. 12 photograph on FOXSports.com and the MSN Homepage was misidentifed as Muhammad Ali’s wife.
CORRECTION: 10 US industries still hanging on
Oct. 13, 2011: An Oct. 10, 2011, article on MSN Money said Struthers-Dunn was the only remaining U.S. maker of electrical relays and controls. There is at least one other.
CLARIFICATION: The 5 worst places to retire in the US
Sept. 29, 2011: Developer Del Webb resumed construction of La Cresta (now called Del Webb Orlando), a 55-and-over community in Davenport, Fla., in 2010. A Sept. 1 article on MSN Money initially implied that no construction had occurred since the company effectively abandoned the project in 2009.
CORRECTION: Appraisals blamed for killing home sales
Aug. 29, 2011: An Aug. 16 post incorrectly described The Appraisal Institute as the certifying organization for appraisers. The Appraisal Foundation, not the institute, sets the standards used by states to certify appraisers. Also, the post said, incorrectly, that the Home Valuation Code of Conduct had been revised. The code actually was replaced by the Federal Reserve Board’s Interim Final Rule on Oct. 18, 2010.
