CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — Matthew McKnight hopes nobody manages to top his feat in the Guinness Book of World Records.

That’s because McKnight holds the record for “Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident” in the book’s 2008 edition.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Don’t try telling Donnie Register about guys who don’t want to wear a wedding ring.

Police credit his wedding band with possibly saving his life.
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Tabitha Cain has fed a feral cat she calls Wild Oats for several years, but now she’s thinking of changing the feline’s name to Survivor.

That’s because she says the cat survived for 19 days with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head.
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WINDBER, Pa. Talk about throwing away money. Piles of old coins worth as much as $200,000 were found in a long-abandoned home, including scores that the owner had apparently thrown down a hole in the wall.

Jeff Bidelman, owner of Rare Collectibles near Johnstown, said he was helping the family clean out the house after the death of the owners, who had not lived there for two decades.
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NEW YORK - A painting stolen 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at auction.

Elizabeth Gibson didn’t know anything about the brightly colored abstract work she spotted on her morning walk four years ago on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Sotheby’s auction house will be selling the work next month for the now-widowed original owner.
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PERTH, Australia - An Australian man wearing only his underpants survived a 98-foot fall from his ninth-floor apartment after trying to walk to a neighbor’s balcony while balancing on a plank, police said Tuesday.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The owner of a stolen boat took to the air to find his $180,000 pleasure craft.

An hour and a half after Steve Boone rented an airplane and took off from Olympia Airport, he spotted the 34-foot boat, then followed it from above as it was towed along a highway until two people were stopped and arrested Thursday.
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