Nevada’s hookers are begging and pleading for the taxman to cometh.

State lawmakers in Carson City shot down a proposed prostitution tax supported by the Nevada Brothel Association.

The industry, legal in parts of the state, said it wants to help the ailing economy by charging customers a $5 tax on each sex act.

For years, brothels have sought a tax as a way of making their businesses more legitimate.

But making them more legit was exactly the fear of lawmakers who voted against the idea.

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He’s a sorry excuse for a criminal.

A burglar walked out the front door of a Pelham, NH, home carrying jewelry boxes and electronics just as the homeowner arrived.

The sticky-fingered louse apologized and returned the items. Alas, he wasn’t polite enough to wait around for police.

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A Monroe, Wis., woman is making a federal case out of being booted from her senior day center after she complained about how a card game was being scored.

Edith Milestone, 78, was banned after the center’s operators decided she was abusive and disrespectful.

Milestone is demanding a jury trial in her federal suit, which alleges the center violated her right to free speech.

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A court in Klagenfurt, Austria, fined a 73-year- old mom $478 for phoning her son too frequently — up to 49 times a day.

“I just wanted to talk to him,” she told authorities after her son complained about her constant calls.

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A Saudi man has divorced his wife via text message, and a court has finalized the couple’s split.

Under strict sharia law, a man can divorce his wife by uttering the phrase “I divorce you” three times — exactly what the man thrice transmitted.