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At 1227 This Morning Blurred Signals by Wireless Told of Women Being Put Off in Lifeboats- Three Liners Rushing to Aid of 1,300 Imperiled Passengers and Crew of 860 Men---- MANY NOTED PERSONS ON BOARD--- CAPE RACE N.F. APRIL 15 AT 10:25 LAST NIGHT THE STEAMSHIP TITANIC CALLED S.O.S. AND REPORTED HAVING STRUCK AN ICEBERG. THE STEAMER SAID THAT IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED. HALF AN HOUR AFTERWARD ANOTHER MESSAGE CAME REPORTING THAT THEY WERE SINKING BY THE HEAD AND THAT WOMEN WERE BEING PUT OFF IN THE LIFEBOATS. THE WEATHER WAS CLAM AND CLEAR, THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATOR REPORTED, AND...

Campaign 2008: Get the latest news, video, and polls! PHOTOS: Sarah Palin VIDEO: Palin fires back at heckler Alaska Governor Sarah Palin showed her hockey mom side during a rally in Florida. The Republican vice presidential candidate was giving a speech, when a man, not far from the stage started yelling toward her. After a few insults Palin turned to the man and told him that her son is fighting in Iraq for him to protest the event. The crowd erupted.