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Daniel Luzer

news editor

Daniel Luzer -- News Editor. Daniel previously worked as the Web editor at the Washington Monthly and as an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. His work has appeared at Mother Jones, Salon, Pacific Standard, the Washington Monthly and Columbia Journalism Review.

(It's pronounced Loot-zer.)

Fraction of U.S. households using only cellphones, which is twice the rate from five years ago.
Michael Abbott, CEO of the New York-based mobile payment service Isis, explaining that the company plans to change its name to avoid association with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the militant group commonly referred to as ISIS. The company was named for the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis.
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Percent of employer costs for public workers' compensation that goes to pay for health insurance and defined-benefit pensions. That's up from 16 percent in 2004.
Number of poll workers hired by Los Angeles County for election days. With 4.8 million registered voters, it's the largest jurisdiction in the United States.
John Kenney, owner of a chain of stores selling sex toys and porn videos, on why his Tysons Corner, Va., location probably won't survive the redevelopment expected to result from Metro's new Silver Line.
Larry Ahlman, owner of Ahlman’s, a gun store in Morristown, Minn. Many firearms training companies across the country are now offering zombie-based tactics classes. The Centers for Disease Control and the Defense Department both use zombies in training documents and simulations.
Amber Stewart, spokeswoman for Tavern at Phipps, a restaurant in Atlanta, Ga. The business made a customer, Lewis Roberts, leave last week for violating the dress code when he came to dine wearing a green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sleeveless T-shirt. Lewis is four years old.
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Number of the top five most polluted U.S. cities that are in California.
The school superintendent's budget will cut the tax rate while increasing Miami-Dade school spending. Overly optimistic tax-revenue projections from the property appraiser’s office might complicate things, however.
Skid row residents criticize the LAPD after the death of a mentally ill man.