It’s been nearly a century since the epic Titanic disaster, and now scientists believe they’ve discovered an unlikely culprit for the historic sinking – the moon. In April of 1912, the massive ship hit an iceberg, as everyone knows. “But the lunar connection may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the [...]

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Now THAT’s a lot of booty! A shipwreck hunter claims he’s found a $3 billion treasure of platinum ingots inside a torpedoed World War II merchant vessel. The 1942 sinking of the ship claimed the lives of two Canadian sailors who apparently tried to board the crippled vessel in an effort to recover its precious [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Wednesday, February 1, 2012: – Florida primary results – Italy cruise ship search comes to an end – Two injured by falling shopping cart in the Bronx – Hero sniffer dog retires in Poland

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You’ve just survived a harrowing brush with death aboard a nearly-capsized cruise ship off the coast of Italy..  So how much is that worth to you? Costa Cruises is hoping that $14,000 per passenger will do the trick. The Italian cruise ship operator is offering that amount to the passengers that were on board the [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, January 19, 2012: – Oil pipeline rejected by White House – Lawyer for cruise ship captain says client is shaken by accident – Snowstorm brings headaches in Washington State – Polar bear cub better after mom left – Oh, and there was also a MASSIVE INTERNET BLACKOUT [...]

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Italian coast guard officials ordered the captain of that crippled cruise ship to return to his vessel to handle its evacuation over the weekend but the captain refused, according to shocking audio made available today. Prosecutors have charged Captain Francesco Schettino with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning his vessel before all passengers were evacuated [...]

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Archaeologists say they have found a shipwreck that was part of a fleet sent to invade Japan by Mongol ruler Kublai Khan more than 700 years ago. The large, wooden ship was discovered off the southern island of Kyushu, lying just under the seabed. The wreck is the most intact Mongol ship ever found in [...]

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When the SS Gairsoppa was hit by a torpedo from a German U-boat 70 years ago, it carried its huge silver payload to an underwater grave. Now, divers are working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck haul in recorded history, valued at over $210 million. Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration has confirmed the identity [...]

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It was on this date 34 years ago, on November 10, 1975, that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald (A.K.A. “Mighty Fritz”) wrecked and sank during a storm while on Lake Superior. Launched on June 8, 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the biggest ship on the Great Lakes for the next 13 years. The big ship went [...]

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