For the record

Democratic National Convention: An article in Monday's Section A about problems the Democrats are having raising money for their national convention quoted the executive vice president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce as saying his organization was going to donate $250,000 to the convention but had to hold back $150,000 to fight ballot initiatives. The group has donated $250,000, but held back an additional $150,000 it had planned to give.

State propositions: An article in Tuesday's Section A about conservative efforts to place propositions on state ballots said a measure pushed by initiative promoter Ward Connerly to limit affirmative action in government had stalled in Nebraska. Such a measure stalled in Oklahoma, but one is set to appear on the Nebraska ballot.

Tax plans: An article in Thursday's Section A about the presidential candidates' tax proposals and the effect they would have said the deficit was $9.5 trillion. That figure is the overall federal debt, not the yearly deficit.

James Brown, Elvis Presley: The Backtracking column in Tuesday's Calendar said that a new James Brown DVD set and an Elvis Presley CD set were due to be released that day. Both sets will be released Aug. 5.

Budget deficit: An article in Tuesday's Section A about a new report on the federal deficit said that Sen. Kent Conrad was from South Dakota. He is from North Dakota.

La Jolla estate: A headline in Sunday's Real Estate section referring to the Home of the Week placed the home in Orange County. The house is in La Jolla, in San Diego County.

Boutique owner: In Sunday's Image section, an article about how people are cutting back during tough times identified Cameron Silver as the co-owner of Decades. He is the sole owner of the West Hollywood vintage boutique.

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