How much are good Boston parking spaces worth?

To Lisa Blumenthal, the answer is $560,000.

That’s what she paid in a winning bid for two off-street spots near her multimillion-dollar Back Bay home.

The IRS had seized the spaces from a tax deadbeat and auctioned them off Thursday.

Bear in mind, the average price of a one-family home in Massachusetts is a mere $310,000.

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For years, staffers at Nahant Marsh in Davenport, Iowa, struggled but failed to rid the wetland nature preserve of poison ivy, garlic mustard and other nasty invasive plants.

Then they called in a herder with 24 voracious goats, which quickly ate away the growth.

“It’s unbelievable the amount of work they are doing — and how cost- effective they are,” said naturalist Amy Loving.

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Mmmm, scorpion fish.

The latest restaurant trend is “trash fish” dining.

Dubious seafood that used to be thrown back is turning up on pricey plates.

Among the specialties are butter-poached scorpion fish, roasted fish heads and moon snails.

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A New Jersey judge was suspended for failing to alert cops that a suspected armed robber — her boyfriend — was hiding at her home.

State Superior Court Judge Carlia Brady, 41, was charged with hindering the apprehension of Jason Prontnicki, who had been charged with the robbery of an Old Bridge pharmacy.

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They got burned.

Two teen girls messing with a magnifying glass in the hot Arizona sun started a grass fire large enough to bring out the Flagstaff Fire Department.

Neighbors tried to dose the blaze with water from buckets and garden hoses but it grew to 200 square feet.

The girls were referred to juvenile court to face charges of “reckless burning.”