The Day In 100 Seconds: Feeling Lucky

A fever is raging across America. No, it’s (still) not Romney fever, though there has been a bevy of endorsements for the Republican frontrunner in the last few days. A bout of lotto fever has swept the nation, as the Mega Millions jackpot reaches an historic $640 million (a jump of $100 million from earlier this morning), and the cable networks were more than happy to rain on everyone’s parade by pointing out the astronomically small odds of winning.