NEW YORK – In a Sept. 29 story about a federal judge’s decision to block secret and unchallengeable government searches of Internet and telephone records, The Associated Press described the government’s right to conduct such searches as part of the Patriot Act of 2001. The right originally was granted under a 1986 law and expanded under the Patriot Act.

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A “From Police Files” item in Friday’s State section contained an inaccuracy. Pepino’s Taco Stand is not closed for the season. It is open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily.