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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.)

Number of police officers for every 10,000 residents in the District of Columbia, which is the highest rate in the country.
35
Percent decline in government support for America's poorest families (single-parent families with incomes below 50 percent of the federal poverty line) between 1983 and 2004.
Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at the University of California-Los Angeles, arguing that states' rules regarding marijuana intoxication limits and driving don't have anything to do with actual danger or whether somebody’s impaired or not.
Mina Karini, who was arrested and charged with theft after she and a friend took several old Washington, D.C., recycling bins, intending to use them as flower pots. The District is replacing the old bins (indicated by yellow "take me" stickers) and because the city has left so many old bins sitting in front of houses for weeks, Karini believed they were free for the taking.
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Percent of North Carolina's registered voters who participated in primary elections Tuesday.
150
Maximum number of cars rideshare companies can have on the road at any time in Seattle. The city was the first to put a cap on this.
Total cost of Phoenix's public-employee retirement system in 2013. The system's fund now only has enough money to cover about 56 percent of its obligations.
Sign posted at an electronic cigarette vendor's booth at a Tennessee Sheriffs Association conference. E-cigarette companies have begun pushing their products to jails and prisons, which can sell the devices to inmates at a profit.
3/4
Portion of animals in North American zoos that are overweight.
Actor Joel McHale, roasting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie while hosting this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.