Disparity in Free Space Reported

I don't know if I am the only one who is experiencing this, but there is a big disparity in the available free space on my hard drive being reported by the Get Info window and Disk Utility.
I took a screenshot and attached it to make what I am saying clearer, essentially, it appears that the used space and available free space is either incorrectly being reported or is swapped in either Disk Utility. I have already repaired both the permissions and the disk and rebooted multiple times. The only thing I can think of is that I did have a Boot Camp partition for a little while, but it was removed by the Boot Camp Assistant. I am going to report this to Apple, but I am curious if this is something other people have found.

The "Local Snapshots" that Time Machine makes on laptops aren't counted by the Finder or Get Info, because they'll be deleted if necessary in most circumstances. See #30 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questionsfor details.

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