Honesty: What would you do?
Fox TV in Evansville, IN did a small test: how many people would pocket some “lost” money? »
Tuesday, May. 13, 2008
Monday, Dec. 3, 2007
Hero taxi man returns lost purse
A Christmas superstar’ is shining in Chorley. »
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007
Wallet lost and returned, with a twist
On Aug. 28 I had the misfortune of losing my wallet. Within two hours and after contacting credit card companies it became evident that my card had been fraudulently used. Thus began the long process of cancelling not only my credit cards but also government cards, health card, birth certificate, etc. It was indeed quite a surprise to find on Aug. 30, my wallet had been left between my front doors. »
Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
Angel in disguise returns wallet with valuables
This is the story of an angel in disguise. »
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Bike returned
A Kitimat family is happy to report their stolen bicycle has been returned. »
Friday, Apr. 6, 2007
Honest limousine driver returns lost money to passenger
The long road ahead reflects the path of life for this ‘good’ and honest limousine driver and a bread winner in a family of four, Prateep Sripolnok, who has been in the industry to serve tourists and visitors to the island for over 10 years. »
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Wallet rescue prompts woman to ‘pay it forward’
On Jan. 26, at about 5 p.m. at Cody’s Roadhouse Grill in Bradenton, a very nice lady turned my wallet over to the waitstaff. I had left it in the restroom. I didn’t get to meet her and thank her, so I’d like to do that now. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I have 10 good deeds to do to pay it forward. Thank you again. - Susan Bondy, Bradenton »
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Found money given to honest finder
The Hawaii Police Department has returned $3,500 to a visitor who found the cash in a Kona parking lot last summer. The 73-year-old Australian woman reported the found cash to police on July 29, 2006, the same day she found it. »
Monday, Jan. 8, 2007
Library book returned - 47 years overdue
Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he’d checked out for a ninth-grade assignment - along with a check for 47 years’ worth of late fees. »
Tuesday, Sep. 5, 2006
Money left in restroom returned to family
When Denise Fulk stopped with her family at the Dresbach Travel Information Center on Thursday morning to use the restroom, she took a bank bag in with her. She didn’t want to leave nearly $1,500 in cash unattended in the family pickup. »
Monday, Aug. 21, 2006
Woman’s purse and $1500 returned by Good Samaritan
A GOOD Samaritan made sure a woman’s holiday was not ruined when he handed her lost bag containing £800 (arounc USD $1500) to police in West Hampstead. »
Friday, Jul. 14, 2006
Watches, crucifixes stolen 25 years ago from convent returned
It took a quarter-century, but his conscience finally got the best of a thief. »
Tuesday, Jul. 4, 2006
Owner reunited with missing ring
When a valuable diamond engagement ring was turned in to Guelph Police four weeks ago, it got to spend time in lockup before the owner set it free. »
Friday, May. 12, 2006
$1,714 lost, found and returned
With the money 10-year-old Tyler Bunch found near a bridge on a walk home, he could have bought 21 Game Boy Advance SP portable-video game systems - which come with a price tag around $80. »
Monday, Apr. 17, 2006
Everyone’s proud of boy who found, returned wallet
Several days ago, Brandon Jordon found a wallet on the ground outside his school. Inside was $125 cash and several credit cards. »
Thursday, Mar. 30, 2006
Cabbie of the year returned a king’s ransom in jewelry
Last August, New York City taxi driver Hossam Abdalla held a case that contained nearly a (m) million dollars’ worth of gold, diamonds and titanium.
But he soon got something he considers more valuable: the satisfaction of getting it back to the jeweler who left it in his cab. »
Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2006
Million dollars in jewelry left on park bench, returned to owner
A purse containing a million dollars worth of jewellery was on its way back to its owner in Canada on Tuesday after being forgotten on a bench in a town near San Francisco, police said. »
Friday, Mar. 24, 2006
The Honesty Prize
Temptation is a powerful force, but honesty is even more powerful in some people. David Romero, a 34-year-old ONCE lottery ticket seller, is one of them. He had, in his hands, a ticket worth 35,000 euros, which its owner had cashed in by mistake for 60 euros, and he was determined to find her. He spent nine long days searching, and finally tracked down the rightful owner of the mistaken lottery ticket. »
Sunday, Mar. 19, 2006
Volunteer finds $30,000 in New Orleans wall
The woman who owned the flood-damaged home knew nothing about the money in the walls. »
Friday, Mar. 17, 2006
Woman’s lost wallet returned — with cash
When Rapid City resident Mary Ellen Davis lost her wallet at her grandson’s basketball game a couple of weeks ago in Billings, Mont., she didn’t have high hopes of getting the wallet back, let alone getting it back with money inside. »
Friday, Mar. 3, 2006
Teen’s stolen prosthetic legs returned
Prosthetic legs that were stolen for a second time from a 16-year-old girl have been quietly returned, police said. »
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006
Man Reunited With Rare Guitar
The lead singer and guitarist for the popular rockabilly group, King Memphis, got his guitar back this weekend. »
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006
Wallet left in Utah gas station in 1967 returned to Pa. man
An antiques dealer is being reacquainted with his past after a Utah family returned a wallet he lost at a gas station nearly 40 years ago. »
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006
Man’s Wallet, including money, Returned Nearly 40 Years Later
A man from Wayne County lost his wallet in Utah back in 1967. And after all this time, it’s been found and returned to him, including the money inside. »
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006
Lost handbag with $110 000 jewelry returned
A handbag containing jewellery worth more than $110 000 has been returned to a woman who left it hanging on a shopping trolley in a car park, Australian police said on Saturday. »
$800 returned to owner
Matt Branum could have been a little richer this weekend, but he chose to do the right thing and turn in a pile of money he found laying in the street. »
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006
Fair security chief returned $2,000 he felt was too much pay
A high-ranking Cass County sheriff’s official returned $2,000 in cash to the Red River Valley Fair last fall, saying he thought he was overcompensated for providing private security for the annual event. »
Monday, Jan. 2, 2006
A resolution kept, a book returned - 68 years later
As a St. Vincent’s High School senior in 1938, Lois Lyttle checked “The History of England & Great Britain” out of Vallejo’s John F. Kennedy Library. »
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005
Woman who returned diamond ring to receive diamond ring as award
The woman who found and returned the missing ring in a See’s Candies bag is scheduled this afternoon to receive a $2,500 diamond band as a reward. »
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005
Woman finds angel after losing wallet
Man who found wallet sought to repay kindness shown to him »