Error When Running Ubuntu Update Manager

[Michael]

2009-11-27-1045 (2245gmt)

I just attempted running "Update Manager" to check for any updates to my 
Ubuntu. I got the
following error notice:
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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure 
-a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

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I did as indicated above -- "sudo dpkg" and entered my password. Below 
is the results.

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michael at michael-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for michael:
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.0) ...

These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
still available from third parties.

You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
to the file name or packaging format.

--2009-11-27 10:43:28--  
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:43:38--  
http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving switch.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `switch.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:43:48--  
http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving mesh.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `mesh.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:43:58--  
http://dfn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving dfn.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `dfn.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:08--  
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving heanet.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `heanet.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:18--  
http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving jaist.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `jaist.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:28--  
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving nchc.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `nchc.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:38--  
http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:48--  
http://internode.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving internode.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `internode.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:44:58--  
http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving voxel.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `voxel.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:45:08--  
http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `kent.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-11-27 10:45:18--  
http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `internap.dl.sourceforge.net'
sha256sum: andale32.exe: No such file or directory
andale32.exe: FAILED open or read
sha256sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 listed file could not be read
Checksum mismatch for andale32.exe, aborting!
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer
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I have been seeing this problem for some time now and it still has not 
been resolved.

r,
Michael