Thinking of giving a stocking of coal to your misbehaving kids? Here’s a more unique gift idea – lock ’em up in their own prison cell.

Randolph County in Missouri is auctioning off its old jailhouse on eBay with bids starting at $32,500.

Pols got the idea from neighboring Howard County, which sold its jail to a lawyer who plans to make it a country getaway.

“After Howard County sold their jail, we were kind of jealous,” said County Commissioner Jim Myles. “We wished we had been first.”

Move over, mom and dad, your affections may soon be replaced by pajamas that can deliver a cyber-hug to your kids.

Researchers in Singapore are developing pajamas that mimic the feeling of a hug and can be controlled over the Internet.

“These days parents go on a lot of business trips but, with children, hugging and touching are very important,” explained Adrian David Cheok of Nanyang Technological University.

Now all we need are diapers that can change themselves.

Er, honey, could you put in your teeth first?

A new study on prostitution in rural areas of Australia has found that many hookers continue working to the age of 70.

Researcher John Scott says older call girls get away with it because it’s not always about sex with some johns. “A lot of the time these blokes just want a bit of a cuddle, or to talk,” he said.

Equal rights for men and women in Iran? Forget about it!

Under Iranian law, brides can name the compensation they’d want in the event of a split. Sounds fair so far, right?

Well, things didn’t go so well for one Tehran woman who asked for $15 million in gold coins from her former hubby. A court OK’d the demand – then ordered the husband to pay her one gold coin a month for the next 10,000 years!

Saving your soul in Thailand is now as simple as a trip to the mall.

The Ministry of Culture says it’s installing monks in booths at shopping centers to help consumers get closer to religion.