| Corrections and clarifications
A list in the Sports section Thursday of the National Football League's AFC and NFC statistical leaders was based on games played through Dec. 17, not through last weekend. Corrected statistics appear today. 12/25/07 A review of the movie "The Great Debaters" in Tuesday's Cue section incorrectly says that teen actor Denzel Whitaker is the real-life son of actor Forest Whitaker. 12/20/07 Because of incorrect information provided by a Milwaukee County Zoo spokeswoman, an article Tuesday incorrectly stated that zoo official Bruce Beehler led a research expedition in Indonesia on which a giant rat and a tiny opossum were identified. A different Bruce Beehler led the expedition. 12/19/07 A panel of three pictures that accompanied an article Tuesday about recalled toys and their effect on charity gift drives incorrectly included pictures of two toys that have not been subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls.
Some target Obama patriotism
He felt it OK to come out of the closet as the domestic insurgent he is," former radio host Mark Williams said on Fox. Gration said he had a copy of the national anthem photo e-mailed to him by a friend who didn't know the facts and questioned how a military man could support someone who doesn't honor the Pledge of Allegiance. "I go to baseball games and football games and there's just a minority of us who put our hands over our heart. It's not an indication of patriotism," Gration said. Gration said he personally wears a flag pin, but "if I meet someone who doesn't have a lapel pin, it doesn't mean they are more or less patriotic than I am." And, he added, "I don't think you can find Barack again not putting his hand over his heart at the national anthem." .
GOP RESULTS: Romney's legwork in state pays off Paul edges McCain for ...
"Landslide" is not a strong enough word for Mitt Romney's victory in Nevada's Republican caucuses Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor, who was the only Republican to mount a serious campaign in the state, took 52 percent of the vote, defeating his nearest rival by nearly 40 percentage points in a field of seven candidates. "It feels great," Matt Romney, the second-oldest of the candidate's five sons, said in an interview as the final results came in Saturday afternoon. "To me, it sends a signal that the people of Nevada, just like Michigan and Wyoming, have said that his message is resonating." More than 40,000 Republicans turned out for their first-ever caucuses, even though the attention paid to their side and the effort put into it was a fraction of the Democrats'.
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