Yahoo Deletes Tweet That Included Racial Slur

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) -- Yahoo Finance says a misspelling on their part came out as a racial slur.

The company says it happened when promoting a story about the cost of President-elect Donald Trump's plans to increase the size of the U.S. Navy.

The headline for the story on Yahoo Finance is, "Trump Wants a Much Bigger Navy: Here's How Much It'll Cost." But when it was tweeted Thursday, the word "bigger" had an 'n' as its first letter instead of a 'b.'

The tweet was deleted and Yahoo Finance tweeted an apology, chalking up the mishap to a spelling error. A company spokeswoman referred to the statement when asked for further comment.

Yahoo's mistake quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.

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