diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index f7cdee7..965062d 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ Bug fixes:
   smarter.
 - Fix for uneven axis margins (report and patch by Paul Kienzle) and
   snapping to ticks (concurrent report and patch by lifthrasiir).
+- Fixed bug with slicing in findNearbyItems (patch by zollman).
 
 Flot 0.5
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diff --git a/jquery.flot.js b/jquery.flot.js
index d64dd42..c44c4cb 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.js
@@ -1848,6 +1848,7 @@
             if (item) {
                 i = item[0];
                 j = item[1];
+                ps = series[i].datapoints.pointsize;
                 
                 return { datapoint: series[i].datapoints.points.slice(j * ps, (j + 1) * ps),
                          dataIndex: j,