That’s some return on his investment.

A Tennessee man sold a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence for $477,650 after he bought it at a thrift shop last year for $2.48.

The “official” copy of the document was one of 200 printed in 1823, commissioned by then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.

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Officials in one California town have bought 1,000 air horns to help scare off coyotes that residents say have been killing their pets.

“The taxpayers don’t want us to say, ‘It’s not our job,’ ” said Oxnard code-compliance manager Dirk Voss. “They want us to come up with something.”

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Loneliness in life is sad enough, but for one Chinese man it’s even more depressing in death. So he has taken out an ad seeking a female tomb-mate so he won’t be alone when he dies.

“I don’t want a relationship with, I just want to find someone to share the lonely tomb,” said the man, identified by Chinese newspapers only as Mr. Li.

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A Scottish drinker has been banned from his local pub because of his constant gas-passing.

Stewart Laidlaw was barred from Thrisy Kirsty’s in Dunfermline, Fife, for “basking in the glory of his smells,” the pub owner said.

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A British man is finally set to marry a woman whose name he tattooed on his arm 32 years ago – right before they broke up.

Andy Cheeseman got his girlfriend Annette Law’s name inked on his arm when he was 17, but they broke up before she even saw it.

Now, after two failed marriages, they have gotten back together and are ready to get married.

“It’s very emotional,” Cheeseman said.