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» Hawaii’s 1st U.S. Congressional District covers urban Hono­lulu and does not include voters living in state House Districts 44 (Wai­anae-Makaha-Makua) and 47 through 51 in Windward Oahu. A Thursday Page A6 map accompanying the vote breakdown for the Mark Takai-Charles Djou race showed Takai winning in those areas.

» Maui County voters Tuesday approved the ballot initiative banning genetically modified organism crops until environmental and health studies are conducted. A Page A7 headline in Wednesday’s early edition referred to the measure’s "loss." The early-edition story was written based on preliminary results when the measure was behind in the voting.

» Two appeals filed separately by Kauai County and four nonprofit organizations are challenging U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren’s decision on Kauai’s Ordinance 960. A B3 story Thursday and a Page B3 story Tuesday reported one appeal was filed by the county and the nonprofit groups. Also, Ka Makani Ho‘o­pono is one of those four nonprofit groups. The Tuesday story misspelled the group’s name.