Jackpot!

Published 4:42 pm Tuesday, January 12, 2016

And bring some snacks: Strong sales for the Powerball lottery have driven its jackpot for tonight’s drawing to an estimated $1.5 billion, and the record prize may go even higher.

Along with the $1.5 billion, the winner will be granted most-favored-nation trade status and is expected Friday for bridge night with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

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An under-butler for the under-butler? A judge has jailed a one-time billionaire, who drove a Montana resort into bankruptcy, until he reveals what he did with $13.8 million from the sale of a luxury property in Mexico, defying a court order.

We’d like to know, too, because we’re starting to run out of ideas on how to spend $1.5 billion.

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Fox’s new drama, “Second Chance,” is about a 75-year-old sheriff who dies trying to stop a crime but is brought back to life as a younger version of himself by two tech billionaires.

Close. We’re completely behind the idea of using the power of our fortune for good, but we were hoping to bankroll a superhero.

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