ERIE, Pa. – Police say a 70-year-old man told them he tried to solve his financial problems with a grocery bag, bandanna and a 50-year-old handgun that doesn’t work.

Instead, Donald Cesare is in the Erie County Prison on federal bank robbery charges stemming from a holdup Thursday at the First National Bank in Millcreek Township.

Authorities say Cesare has no criminal record and immediately apologized for the robbery when they tracked him down based on his description. Cesare also wants to apologize to the teller, police said.

Cesare has applied for a federal public defender. Police said they found a gun and about $6,000 in a bag at his home.

Hong Kong politician sings rap song to make gesture

HONG KONG – A 67-year-old Hong Kong politician responded to accusations of being unpatriotic by lip-synching to Cantopop star Scott Hui’s “Proud to be Chinese” in a rap music video on Youtube.

Anson Chan, a prominent pro-Democracy reformer, was criticized for suggesting that she and other contenders for a legislative seat hold a debate in English.

Chan said debating in English might reach a wider audience as many ethnic minorities in this former British colony don’t speak Cantonese, the Chinese dialect native to Hong Kong and southern China. But her detractors suggested she was more Western than Chinese.

The video of was one of many submitted by Chinese around the world in a competition organized by MTV Asia and the Web site, Proud to Be Chinese. Winners will see their video aired on MTV, and win a contract to produce Hui’s next music video.

From Associated Press reports