Incorruptible cabbie. (The Goodness of America).

Mike Brundage drives a cab on weekends in Boulder, Colorado, and averages about $150 per shift. Passengers occasionally leave valuable items -- ranging from cellphones and cameras to computers and cash -- in his cab. When it happens, he turns them in at the end of his shift.

At around 12:30 a.m. on April 27th, a passenger with a rather abrasive attitude asked Brundage to take him to Louisville, some seven miles from Boulder. The man, claiming that he did not have much money, brusquely told the cabbie not to "jack him around" by taking the long way to Louisville. Brundage later recalled, "We did not have a good relationship.... I did not like him questioning my honesty."

The man added a $4 tip to the $20 ride but inadvertently left a backpack behind as he exited the cab. About an hour later, another passenger noticed it and handed it to the driver. When Brundage searched it for some identification, he found instead a small pouch filled with 63 $100 bills.

Brundage considered the ethics of keeping the money and thought about what he could do with $6,300. The April 29th Denver Post quoted him as saying, "I honestly struggled; I have a kid in college, and I could have made people happy by keeping it. I have lots of bills, but I know that turning it in was the right thing to do."

And so he did, handing the cash ...