Turning in Found Money - Who Does It?

Fort Collins police are honoring three teenage girls who turned in more than $1,100 in stolen cash they found in a field near their homes.
~Denver News

A google search for "Turning in Found Money" yields results similar to the above story and also links to the "What if you found $5K in a wallet with no identification in a parking lot?" type of question. There are no news headlines about teens being honored for finding $35 and turning it in. Nor does anyone seem to ask "If you found $13 in a wallet with no identification what would you do?"

Honor and ethics/morality it seems, are defined by the amount of $ in question. That does not make sense to me. 3 teenage girls are cited as deserving honor for doing the right thing. I am glad they did the right thing. I am sorry that it is newsworthy as it implies that most people would NOT do the right thing. Would they be in the news if they found a $20 bill and managed to track down the struggling mother of 3 that really needed that money to buy gas to get to work all week? That seems as newsworthy as any story about finding money. I have not read that story in the news. Have you?

Most people, it seems would keep the $20 and chalk it up to good luck. Yet it's possible that they could be helping someone far more by reuniting them with $20 than the "over $1k" that we base the newsworthy honors on. 

Many companies require prospective employees to take pre-employment tests. On such tests you will be asked questions like "If you found $20 in the parking lot when you were rounding up carts, you would:" and there is a multiple choice selection. Out of 4 choices, 2 are reasonable choices: a) would pocket the cash, or b) would turn the cash in to my superviser. c) and d) are variations of the same.

What is the correct answer? Most people, in any number of surveys, say they would pocket the cash. A job applicant wants to answer correctly. The question seems to set you up as a thief or a liar. There is no guide to answering pre-employment test questions readily available on line.

Note: If I find a penny, I pick it up and keep it. A stray penny is good luck.

Something else I learned: Most people do not find $53k in a wallet lacking identification in random parking lots,