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Correction: Ship of Platinum story

Feb 3, 2012, 5:31 PM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – In a Feb. 1 story about a man who claims to have located a sunken treasure off the coast of Cape Cod, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an attorney representing the British government. The attorney’s name is Timothy Shusta, not Anthony Shusta.

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