Extreme Makeover: Space station edition

Astronauts will be heading up to do a little remodeling at the international space station, which will soon have more rooms, a second fridge, an extra toilet and exercise equipment. The station is also getting a recycling system that will turn urine into drinking water. If you’re suddenly feeling a little green, it’s probably not because you’re environmentally friendly.

If your mattress has gotten too full to hide any more cash, consider investing in cranberries. Oregon farmers are getting $150 a barrel for their berries. For maximum profits, buy several barrels, hide them in the garage, and sell them for twice as much to desperate people who got to the grocery store too late the day before Thanksgiving.

No accord was reached Saturday at a summit on sagging pants convened by a Dallas councilman in an effort to reduce underwear sightings. That’s not all bad, though. It gives scientists a little longer to discover the gravity-defying properties that make it possible for a pair of pants four sizes too big to hover between the hips and the knees instead of causing a spectacular face-plant onto the sidewalk.

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