CHARLESTON, S.C. - In an Oct. 12 story about the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the State Ethics Commission found that using tax money to pay for preserving the sub does not violate its ethics rules. The commission has never taken up the issue.

Commission attorney Cathy Hazelwood said her quote, "I certainly think it's cozy but I don't see an outright violation," referred to the relationship between a consultant whose company does marketing work for the Hunley and the campaign of state Sen. Glenn McConnell, chairman of the Hunley Commission. She was not commenting on how the sub's bills are reviewed and sent to the Budget and Control Board requesting payment.