I spotted a cute story by a mom based in St. Louis where she saved the day by using Google. In short, one of her daughter's friends lost their car keys in Chicago. She figured, let me do a search in Google and see what I can come up with.
She searched for [Brandon Spells wallet] and spotted a Craigslist post with her daughter's friends keys. I kid you not.
The search result:
The Craigslist post:
Note, I am not sure how the PS is relevant, but it is there.
The mom then posted her story at Google Web Search Help forums for all to read.
I told her, she should make this into one of those Google Search Stories.
Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.