Ex-Notre Dame worker to repay much of $29,000 tip

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A woman mistakenly tipped $29,000 by the University of Notre Dame in her catering paycheck will return more than half of the money in $50 monthly payments over the next 28 years.

Notre Dame sued Sara Gaspar of Granger to return the money because she should have been paid only $29.87 but a clerical error resulted in a check for $29,387 in April.

Under a settlement filed in St. Joseph Circuit Court, Gaspar agrees to pay back nearly $17,000 in the monthly increments. She put up as collateral a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta she bought with the money. Gaspar also agreed to pay Notre Dame's attorney fees.

Gaspar has said she tried three times to tell Notre Dame about the overpayment but university staffers didn't return her calls.

Pa. couple has 49-year marriage but no documents

WILMORE, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple still plan to celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary even though they recently learned their marriage paperwork was never filed.

Frank and Betty Skrout were married Oct. 6, 1960, at a Catholic church in Wilmore, a tiny borough 55 miles east of Pittsburgh. They still live there.

They learned of the paperwork problem when she recently applied for pension benefits and was told she was still listed as single.

The priest who married them never filed a return of marriage document proving he performed the ceremony.

The Skrouts are working with the church to fix the problem but for now are joking about it and say they have no plans to live apart.

Fla. cops caught playing video game during raid

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Some central Florida police officers may be disciplined after surveillance video caught them playing a Wii video bowling game during a drug raid.

Video obtained by WFLA-TV in Tampa shows various officers enthusiastically playing the video game after storming the house near Lakeland armed with a search warrant in March.

Unbeknownst to the officers of the anti-drug task force, video surveillance had been set up in the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco, who was already in custody.

One Polk County sheriff's detective cataloging evidence is seen repeatedly putting down her work and picking up a Wii remote to bowl.

The police agencies involved say they are investigating.

Teenage pair catch cash, not fish

SYDNEY (AP) - Two Australian teenagers who found almost 100,000 Australian dollars ($87,000) in cash during a fishing trip have handed it over to police - after spending some time thinking about it.

The pair discovered the money earlier this month near the New South Wales town of Nimbin - a center of hippie culture where members of numerous communes annually celebrate a festival to promote cannabis use.

The teenagers contacted police, after revealing the find to an unidentified adult they know and getting some legal advice, police said in a statement.

Inspector Greg Moore said police were investigating whose money it might be, and whether the stash of cash was linked to crime. “It could be proceeds of ill-gotten gains,” Moore told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday.

Police had searched an area at Tuntable Creek where the teenagers found the money, but found no more cash and no clues, he said.

He said the teenagers, who were not identified, might be able to claim the money if no one else comes forward with a legitimate claim.