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bizjournals.com	TITANIC ARTIFACTS TO BE AUCTIONED - ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE Thousands of artifacts from the Titanic will be auctioned next year, the artifacts' owner, Premier Exhibitions Inc. , said today. Premier has hired Guernsey’s Auctioneers to sell the artifacts. The results of the auction will be announced on April 15 in New York City. Premier’s collection includes over five thousand artifacts recovered in expeditions to the wreck site in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004....	23rd December 2011
com	JUDGE: SALVAGE FIRM HAS TITLE TO TITANIC ARTIFACTS A federal judge on Monday granted a company title to fine china, ship fittings and other artifacts worth about $110 million that it recovered from the Titanic in a half-dozen perilous expeditions to the famous shipwreck. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk issued the order a little over a year after ruling that RMS Titanic was entitled to full compensation for the roughly 5,900 artifacts. In her August 2010 ruling, Smith postponed deciding whether to give RMS title to the artifacts or sell them and turn the proceeds over to the company....	15th August 2011
York Daily Record	NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN TITANIC ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY IN HARRISBURG An exhibit of artifacts recovered from the wreck of the Titanic brings to town 150 pieces never before seen at Harrisburg's Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts....	30th March 2010
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/arts/Museum-seeking-Titanic-tales-and-artifacts-113219614.html	MUSEUM SEEKING TITANIC TALES AND ARTIFACTS The Manitoba Museum has put out a call for local stories and artifacts related to the sinking of the Titanic....	11th January 2011
The Virginian-Pilot	TITANIC-ARTIFACTS CASE DELAYED FOR APPRAISER A hearing on the future of the Titanic artifacts has been delayed until Nov. 23 to enable a key witness to testify....	10th November 2009
USA Today	FEDERAL JUDGE TO RULE ON FATE OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS Nearly a century after the Titanic struck ice in the North Atlantic, a federal judge in Virginia is poised to preserve the largest collection of artifacts from the opulent oceanliner and protect the ship's resting place....	24th March 2009
Fulton County Daily Report	LAW PROFESSOR HELPS ATLANTA COMPANY BECOME SOLE OWNER OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS With special thanks to Emory University law professor David J. Bederman, an Atlanta company can now make, with a high degree of certainty, this claim: Artifacts recovered from the Titanic wreck site are theirs, all theirs....	8th August 2007
wctv.tv	TITANIC EXHIBIT SAILS TO TALLAHASSEE - SLIDE SHOW - WCTV Artifacts from the Titanic were installed at the Mary Brogan Museum today. The iconic luxury ship sank after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will have more than 100 artifacts conserved from the Ship’s debris field will be showcased. Click here to find out more! The Titanic exhibit opens on September 2nd....	29th August 2011
USA Today	GEORGIA AQUARIUM TO HOST EXHIBITION OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS An exhibition of artifacts from the ill-fated ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic is opening at the Georgia Aquarium.The exhibition will include interactive displays, videos and recreations of rooms aboard the ship. The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912....	19th August 2008
owensoundsuntimes.com	AUCTION OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS SEEMS 'FISHY' SAYS COLLECTOR STEVE SANTINI Santini owns two of what he believes are only about a dozen deck chairs plucked from the ocean. Santini said he hopes the artifacts at auction will be re-assembled into a larger, permanent exhibit. But Santini said he wonders if it may just be a big publicity stunt. "I'm not entirely sure they're for sale."...	9th January 2012
Waterloo Record	THE MUSEUM LANDS MAJOR TITANIC EXHIBIT More than 150 artifacts from the worlds most famous shipwreck are coming to town for a four-month show....	3rd July 2010
The Vancouver Sun	JUST LIKE TITANIC, EXHIBIT GETS ROUGH RIDE The designer of a blockbuster exhibition about the doomed ship said he almost feared it would go down again when he crossed the Juan de Fuca Strait this week to bring the chandelier and other artifacts to the Royal B.C. Museum....	25th January 2007
Boston Herald	TITANIC 3-D MAPPING EXPEDITION SETS SAIL TODAY Imagine swimming through the wreckage of the RMS Titanic peeking in portholes and seeing artifacts from nearly 100 years ago sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean....	19th August 2010
Metro Halifax	PRESERVE TITANIC AS GRAVE EXPERT The Titanic wreck site is still littered with artifacts and it should stay that way according to local expert Steve Blasco....	12th August 2010
Winnipeg Free Press	TITANIC ARTIFACTS SAILING INTO CITY THIS FEBRUARY A show of haunting remnants from the Titanic -- from china dishes to a chandelier and a porthole -- is coming to Winnipeg in February....	9th December 2010
KVOA Tucson News	TITANIC EXHIBIT OPENS THIS WEEKEND This weekend the Titanic comes to Tucson. The Rialto Building will host an exhibition of artifacts recovered during a series of dives to the bottom of the ocean where the ship now rests....	2nd November 2010
Minneapolis Star Tribune	TREASURES FROM TITANIC'S RESCUE SHIP TO VISIT Artifacts from the ship that responded to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 will make their worldwide debut at the Science Museum of Minnesota in June, officials for the St. Paul museum announced Tuesday....	1st April 2009
Canada.com	ON TITANIC ANNIVERSARY, VICTORIA EXHIBIT OPENS Elizabeth Darche's eyes were glassy with tears as she neared the end of the Titanic exhibit Saturday, the lives of people whose time was cut short brought alive by the hundreds of artifacts found in the hull of the sunken ship and now on display at the Royal B.C. Museum. ...	30th April 2007
The Associated Press	TITANIC SALVAGE COMPANY WINS AWARD FROM VA. COURT The company with exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is entitled to full compensation for artifacts worth about $110 million that it has recovered in a half-dozen perilous expeditions to the famous shipwreck a federal judge has ruled....	14th August 2010
Gaston Gazette	TITANTIC EXHIBIT TAKES VISITORS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN The newest exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium - "Titanic Aquatic" - features a display of nearly 200 artifacts recovered from the ship. In 28-degree water, as deep as 12,500 feet off the coast of Newfoundland, the wreckage of the Titanic was found in 1985 after sinking in April 1912....	31st January 2009
Canada.com	TITANIC EXHIBIT LARGER THAN LIFE Visitors to the Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum passed the 375,000 mark Wednesday, making the show one of the top-grossing in the last decade.The number of people who have viewed the nearly 300 Titanic artifacts is significantly more than the museum's conservative prediction of 250,000....	20th September 2007
Charleston Gazette	TITANIC ARTIFACTS EXHIBIT AN AMAZING ADVENTURE When I was in the third or fourth grade, I purchased Robert Ballard's "Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost Was Found" at a school book fair, thus beginning my interest in the Titanic. In fact, for several years, I wanted to be a marine archaeologist and go on expeditions like Ballard....	22nd December 2009
NBC Connecticut	STORY OF TITANIC RECREATED AT FOXWOODS Nearly a century after the sinking of the Titanic, Foxwoods will pay tribute to the tragedy through a unique exhibit. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opens at the Casino on Saturday, February 13th and has more than 100 artifacts from the Shipâ€™s debris giving history buffs an inside look at the iconic ship and its passengers....	19th January 2010
WJHG-TV	TITANIC, THE EXHIBIT HELD OVER ONE WEEK The artifacts from the famous unsinkable ship, 'Titanic' will be docking at the Visual Arts Center in downtown Panama City a little bit longer."Titanic: the Exhibit" was scheduled to close Labor Day, but due to popular demand the museum is extending its stay for one more week....	5th September 2007
Quad City Times	BIG CROWDS TAKE LAST TOUR OF PUTNAM TITANIC EXHIBIT Ten-year-old Alex Gross of Moline puts his hand on a block of ice meant to simulate the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Alex and his mother, Juliet Hunt, were among the last group of people to see the Titanic artifacts exhibit that closed Sunday......	11th July 2011
WXOW.com	TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN MILWAUKEE FRIDAY Items from the ill-fated Titanic sail into the Milwaukee Public Museum this Friday."Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition\" tells the story of the hundreds of people aboard through authentic artifacts and room recreations....	6th October 2008
KVBC	TITANIC EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE LUXOR Never-before-seen pieces of the Titanic are debuting here in Las Vegas as the new Titanic exhibit opens at the Luxor. It includes new artifacts that were recovered from the bottom of the ocean among the ship's remains. Some include dishes, belongings, and even an unopened bottle of champagne....	23rd December 2008
MinnPost.com	NEW TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO SCIENCE MUSEUM Nearly 10 years ago, Minnesotans streamed into St. Paul's Union Depot to see some long-lost pieces of history - artifacts from the Titanic. More than 400,000 people lined up to see clothing and personal items that went down with the ship, along with a 20-ton chunk of the ocean liner's hull. Not to mention the ship's whistle.Well, it's coming back....	20th November 2008
Duluth (MN) News Tribune	DIVES TO THE FITZGERALD SHOULD BE BANNED ALTOGETHER The Titanic, Empress Of Ireland, Lusitania and Andrea Doria are ships that all share an unfortunate bond: Their wrecks have been picked over mercilessly for artifacts.That's especially true of the wreck site of the Titanic, which has become a tasteless carnival for tourist dives. (Note: Registration at site may be needed to read entire article.)...	11th November 2008
Seattle Times	COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY INCLUDE THE START OF A FREE TITANIC EXHIBIT IN REDMOND A free mobile exhibit highlighting more than 60 artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the legendary Titanic rolls into Redmond Town Center today through Sunday....	22nd May 2009
State-Journal.com	"TITANIC' EXPERT TO REVEAL ARTIFACTS FROM SUNKEN SHIP When Frankfort's Titanic authority Roland Herzel travels across the ocean and a storm hits, his mind immediately goes to the night that ill-fated ship sank."There was no moon. There were no waves to allow them to see the iceberg," that night in 1912, Herzel says. The captain, overconfident in his impeccable sailing record, failed to ask for help right away....	7th October 2008
CCTV	'TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION' OPENS IN NEW YORK Ninety-seven years after it sailed from Liverpool, the Titanic has finally reached her intended destination - New York City. A new exhibition, 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition', showcases hundreds artifacts from the 'unsinkable' ship, many of them on display for the first time after being recovered from the ocean floor....
PRLog.Org	EAST TENNESSEE ABUZZ OVER APRIL LAUNCH OF TITANIC MUSEUM The 30,000-square-foot Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. is featured in The Mountain Press as it prepares to set sail in 2010. The world's largest Titanic Museum will feature hundreds of artifacts, interactive galleries, exclusive onboard photographs and will tell the stories of the legendary ship and its passengers....	8th December 2009
Denver Business Journal	TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO DENVER Dressed in its best artifacts, the exhibit "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition" will hit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science full throttle within the next month or so. On April 10 -- the 92nd anniversary of when the Titanic left port -- the museum will make an official announcement of when the exhibit will arrive here and how long it will stay....	30th March 2007
Examiner.com	TITANIC ARTIFACTS ON VIEW IN ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 Almost a century ago on a calm April night in 1912 the "unsinkable" Titantic went down after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 of the 2280 passengers on board the maiden voyage of the world's largest ship perished that night including business tycoons, artists and film stars, government dignitaries and immigrants dreaming of a new life in America.....
travel-news.co.uk	VOICES FROM TITANIC ARRIVE AT A SINGAPORE MUSEUM A Century after RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, just two hours and 40 minutes after striking an iceberg, and with a loss of more than two thirds of the passengers and crew. The story has lost none of its power to shock. The arrival of the long-running artifacts exhibition in Singapore brings the raw emotion of Titanic’s infamous maiden voyage, aided by an audio narrative from imagineear....	6th November 2011
shorenewstoday.com	WORLD TRAVELERS RECALL TRIP TO TITANIC BURIAL SITE Hearing about a display of artifacts from the Titanic at Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township brought back memories for Rose and Bill Povse of Absecon. Not memories back to 1912 â€“ the couple, in their early 80s, laughed at the thought of that â€“ but of a visit to Nova Scotia they took in 2004, where many of the bodies recovered from the ill-fated voyage were taken....	1st December 2011
AZ Central.com	TITANIC TREASURES TO BE DISPLAYED AT FASHION CENTER Artifacts recovered from the sunken liner the Titanic will be displayed at Chandler Fashion Center April 16 through 19. The free exhibit, "Titanic: Treasures from the Deep" will be displayed in Macy's lower level parking lot on the west side of the mall....	11th April 2009
TravelVideo.tv	TITANIC TO DOCK AT LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER STARTING OCTOBER 3, 2009 Tickets are now on sale for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, viewed by more than 22 million people worldwide and hailed as a must-see. The Exhibition features 150 artifacts and opens at the Louisville Science Center in Louisville, Ky., on October 3....	22nd September 2009
International Falls Daily Journal	TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION Exhibit at Science Museum bring visitors closer than ever the real TitanicOn June 12, the Science Museum of Minnesota will open the doors of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, an exhibition that features a spectacular collection of more than 250 authentic artifacts recovered from the haunting wreckage of the world-famous ocean liner....	22nd May 2009
TriCities.com	TAKE A TOUR OF THE TITANIC MUSEUM IN PIGEON FORGE You dont have to plunge to the depths of the icy Atlantic Ocean to see the Titanic. Nope not when a replica of the doomed passenger ship now sits along the parkway of Pigeon Forge. Newly opened for 2010 the Titanic Museum boasts actual artifacts related to the Titanic once touted as the worlds largest passenger ship....	3rd July 2010
	DISCOVERY TSX: TITANIC PREVIEW The Titanic finally arrives in New York City at the Discovery Times Square Exposition. Relive Titanic's fateful 1912 maiden voyage and take on the identity of a Titanic passenger as you explore magnificent reconstructions of the Ship's interior. Discover how the 'unsinkable' Ship met its fate and connect with the passengers and crew, as you view haunting personal artifacts recovered from the wreck....
ca	TITANIC AUCTION NOT POPULAR AT MARITIME MUSEUM - THECHRONICLEHERALD.CA The sale of more than 5,000 artifacts salvaged from the world’s most famous shipwreck is causing concerns for a local museum official. Concerns serious enough the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic will never consider hosting the Titanic relics — even as a temporary exhibit. "No maritime museum in the world that is part of the (International Congress of Maritime Museums) would display any of these items," the museum’s registrar Lynn-Marie Richard said in a recent interview....	8th January 2012
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review	CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER SEEKS LOCAL TITANIC CONNECTIONS The Carnegie Science Center today put out a call seeking local connections to the doomed RMS Titanic. On May 24, the North Shore Science Center will open Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, featuring a recovered piece of the ship's hull and more than 260 artifacts. Western Pennsylvania RMS Titanic descendants are asked to tell their family histories by sending an e-mail....	15th May 2008
Toronto Star	NEW TITANIC ARTIFACTS UNVEILED AT HALIFAX MUSEUM HALIFAX A rosette fashioned from splintered pieces of the Titanic's grand staircase and a simple canvas bag used to transport one man's belongings to his grieving widow were unveiled Tuesday in Halifax, where 150 victims of the infamous maritime disaster are buried.The items, which were acquired in October from an auction in England, have been placed on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 97 years after the ill-fated luxury liner sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic....	16th April 2009
Examiner.com	TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION NOW PLAYING IN SIX CITIES FROM LAS VEGAS TO LISBON After 97 years, the R.M.S. Titanic has finally docked in New York City. On June 24, 2009 Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opened at the Discovery Times Square Exposition for a limited engagement. Located in the heart of Times Square in the former printing press room of The New York Times, the 12,500 sq. ft. exhibition features the largest collection of Titanic artifacts in the world....	30th June 2009
The Virginian-Pilot	MARINERS' MUSEUM ARCHIVIST PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO ARTIFACTS THEFT A former archivist with The Mariners' Museum in Newport News pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felonies related to the theft and sale of museum property on eBay.Lester F. Weber, 46, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mail fraud, theft and filing a false tax return. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7....	11th June 2008
Herald News	SCIENTIST DECRIES HUGE TITANIC AUCTION He said he agrees with Hart, who last saw her father when he wrapped her in a blanket and placed her in a lifeboat with her mother. Hart, who died in 1996, equated taking artifacts from the Titanic site to robbing graves in a cemetery. Blasco said such a thing would never be allowed on land, and watery graves such as the Titanic site should be treated the same as gravesites on land. He likened the American company’s actions to driving a truck into a cemetery, taking things from gravesites and selling them....	16th January 2012
scientificcomputing.com	TITANIC EXPLORER DETAILS NEW DEEP-SEA JOURNEY Oceanographer Robert Ballard, best known for discovering the Titanic wreck, has new plans to plumb the depths of the seas. Ballard said on July 28, 2011 that his latest deep-sea venture will send crews combing through the Black, Aegean and Mediterranean seas for artifacts from ship wrecks and ancient civilizations. His research vessel, the E/V Nautilus, set out from a port in Turkey last week on a four-month mission that will use four remote-operated vehicles and sonar technology to explore lost cities, as well as hydrothermal vents and undersea volcanoes....	2nd August 2011
KARE	TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION A 3,000 pound piece of one of history's best known stories recently arrived at the Science Museum of Minnesota. It came to Saint Paul on a special flatbed truck. Then museum crews had to rent a heavy-duty fork lift to move it....	12th June 2009
nationalpost.com	STEALING THE TITANIC: ARTIFACTS AUCTION DRAWS ACCUSATIONS OF GRAVE ROBBERY On April 15, on the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s sinking, an auction house in New York will sell off $185-million-worth of items salvaged from the wreck: Eye-glasses, antique currency, jewellery, clothing and — the pièce de resistance — a 17-tonne section of the hull ripped clean in the ship’s final violent moments. In Halifax, the burial place of 150 Titanic victims, news of the auction prompted disgust. “We’re into preserving and documenting — not into pillaging,” Lynn-Marie Richard, registrar for the city’s Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, told The Chronicle Herald. The man who located the Titanic sitting upright at the bottom of the Atlantic would agree....	28th January 2012
PR News	WORLD'S LARGEST TITANIC MUSEUM OPENS The Titanic attraction, officially named "The World's Largest Titanic Museum Attraction," opened in March.Museum owner John Joslyn is a former television producer who dove to the wreck in a submersible in 1987 and produced the documentary "Return to the Titanic ... Live."Joslyn has been a collector of Titanic artifacts and opened a smaller, similar attraction in Orlando, Fla., that he sold to build the Branson museum.The Titanic building looms above Missouri 76, Branson's Strip. The 100-foot-tall building recreates the bow of the ship, complete with a pool at its base that sprays water as though it were cutting through the ocean....	30th March 2006
Berkshire Eagle	TITANIC TAMPERING WITH GOWN Trevor Jones A 1909 black, sequined evening gown its owner says is worth at least $3,000. Sometime last month, where it was kept at the Mason Library in Great Barrington, it was damaged. A tear in the fabric. Sequins missing. And with no clear culprit, the owners claim a library employee vandalized the vintage dress. Town officials retort that it's just as likely the owners are at fault. ...	17th July 2009
Montreal Gazette	HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY Railwayman's family passes along prized artifacts to museum Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * ALAN HUSTAK, The Gazette Published: Thursday, August 03, 2006 Valuable family memorabilia once owned by industrialist Charles Melville Hays was donated to the railway museum in St. Constant yesterday by his great-granddaughter to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-born railwayman's birth.Until Hays drowned in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, he was one of Canada's leading magnates. As president of the Grand Trunk Railway, Hays was the architect of a second transcontinental railway line to rival Canadian Pacific, and the person responsible for building the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa and the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg....	3rd August 2006
Titanic Research	RMS TITANIC: A LEGAL UPDATE 2 Gavin Murphy The Artifacts Appeal Decision...	19th April 2002
Unidentified Newspaper	OLDEST TITANIC SURVIVOR PLANS VISIT TO SITE Ceremony will honor tragic sinking BOSTON -- The oldest living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic wants to visit the site this summer and throw a rose into the Atlantic Ocean where her father went down with the ship 84 years ago. ...	10th April 1996
examiner.com	'TITANIC' TO DROP ANCHOR IN TENNESSEE There have been maritime disasters that have taken more lives, and larger ships have sank since, but none have held the fascination like the RMS Titanic. Numerous books, movies, and even a musical have been written about her; there is a Titanic Historical Society, and googling Titanic results in 24,400,000 results....	8th July 2009
	NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
MSNBC	SCIENTISTS STUDY 3D PHOTO MAP OF THE TITANIC WRECK SITE Alan Boyle Experts are still analyzing their newly made 3-D maps of the Titanic shipwreck site, but they can already see that the great ship’s breakup was messier than most folks, including "Titanic" film director James Cameron, may have thought. “...	24th September 2010
Duluth Weekly	TITANIC AQUATIC AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM ATLANTA (April 22, 2009) Premier Exhibitions, Inc. today announced its new blockbuster attraction, Titanic: Aquatic at the Georgia Aquarium, will be extending its run through September 7, 2009, due to the overwhelming demand for tickets. To date, this wildly successful Exhibition has had more than 150,000 attendees during the first few months of the run....	29th April 2009
MinnPost	TITANIC EXHIBIT OPENS ST. PAUL; RESEARCHER SAYS HIT MOVIE NOT ACCURATE As the Titanic exhibit opens today at the Science Museum of Minnesota -- with artifacts from the 1912 shipwreck along with newly discovered articles from the ship that rescued many of the passengers -- a Minnesota writer with a passion for the topic raises questions about the historical accuracy of the 1997 hit movie that catapulted the disaster into the realm of popular culture. ...	14th June 2009
Rochester City Newspaper	REVIEW: "TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION" Ego, wealth, optimism, and opulence. RMS Titanic was the grandest symbol of all this and more. Branded as "practically unsinkable," the largest ship ever built in its time boasted a top first-class ticket price of more than $103,000 in today's currency. Filled with celebrities, dignitaries, tycoons, and immigrants, the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, UK, and sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage....	7th October 2009
Associated Press	TITANIC SHOULD BE ?MARITIME MEMORIAL,' U.S. SAYS Washington - The United States, Canada, Britain and France will work together to increase protection for the Titanic and its wreck site under legislation the U.S. administration sent to Congress Friday.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said concerted action by the four countries most closely associated with the Titanic would effectively foreclose financing for and the technical ability to conduct unregulated salvage and other potentially harmful activities.Much of what remains of the Titanic rests underwater, about 560 kilometres from Newfoundland, where the British liner sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. A total of 1,522 passengers and crew were killed in the wreck. More than 700 survived....	10th June 2006
Orland Park Prairie	TITANIC ARRIVES IN ORLAND PARK It was a honeymoon gone wrong for John Henry Chapman and his bride, Sarah Elizabeth Lawry. Lawry, 29, of Spokane, Wash., was headed from Southhampton, England, to Fitzburn, Wisc. with her husband to be closer to her brother, William....
Santa Barbara News-Press	RUTH BLANCHARD DIES, WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC Ruth Becker Blanchard, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Friday at home in Santa Barbara. She was 90. Mrs. Blanchard died of complications of a stomach ulcer and old age, said Don Lynch, spokesman for the Titanic Hist...	8th July 1990
Knoxville News Sentinel	SHIPSHAPE RE-CREATED TITANIC RISES ABOVE THE LANDSCAPE IN PIGEON FORGE Half of the world's most famous ill-fated ship is being reconstructed in the Tennessee hills. A 30,000-square-foot replica of the Titanic is being built against the mountain backdrop of Pigeon Forge. The forward half of the ship will be re-created; it is half the size of the ocean liner sunk by an iceberg on its 1912 maiden voyage....	15th September 2009
Fox News	TITANIC EXPLORER'S ASHES HEADING FOR SPACE The ashes of a Titanic shipwreck explorer are poised to launch into space on Saturday in a suborbital memorial service to blast off from New Mexico. A small portion of the cremated remains of Ralph White, a cinematographer who documented the 1985 expedition that discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic, will fly to suborbital space and back alongside the ashes of 15 other people when their SpaceLoft XL rocket launches from New Mexico's Spaceport America at about 10:00 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) on May 2....	29th April 2009
Peoria Journal Star	TITANIC EMOTIONS PEORIA - More people have been to outer space than have journeyed 2.5 miles below the ocean surface to view one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Even so, when Lowell Lytle got the opportunity to tag along on a salvage mission to the Titanic in 2000, he had no idea the experience would move him so deeply....	25th May 2009