Politicians' new favorite tactic: Give money and get a chance to win a prize. How did campaigns turn into glorified raffles?

In this collection of light, often interconnected stories, characters move in rarefied social circles where fate rewards the guilty and even tragedy has a silver lining.

Statistics show Southern states have the lowest economic mobility in the country. These phenomena help explain why

Clinton talks of possibly decades-long occupations and orderly regime changes, yet somehow Sanders is the fantasist

The "Girls" creator nabbed a staggering advance for an advice book. And we wonder why big publishers struggle

It turns out that for the past three years, they haven't existed.

Be careful what you wish for tonight. Seventy percent of lottery winners are financially ruined within seven years

His newest novel, which treads similar ground as "Money," features an oddly sentimental turn

America may soon look a lot more like "Downton Abbey" than the Land of Opportunity

It's a sword of Damocles over our banking system, and it looks more and more troubled as time passes

The state has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since April, 11 percent of the game's sales

Watch the unprecedented events of the 2016 Election, from Trump's entry into the race to a shocking election night

The sportswriter says he's dropped hundreds of thousands at Gucci and elsewhere -- and CBS affiliate has the photos

In the most awkward half-hour in televised sports, Chicago wins the NBA draft lottery and a shot at Memphis point guard Derrick Rose.

Imagining a very different presidency, one in which Obama isn't scared to speak in clear and urgent moral terms