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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.)

Settlement unanimously approved by the San Diego City Council for Irene McCormack Jackson, Mayor Bob Filner’s former communications director who accused him of repeated sexual advances and lewd comments.
The number of gallons of gasoline California motor vehicles use each year.
Number of roosters rescued from an illegal New York-area cockfighting ring. The rescue, the largest cockfighting raid and rooster recovery in state history, was known as "Operation Angry Birds."
Clarence Anthony, executive director of the National League of Cities, who says mayors have more influence with the public than the federal government.
Total cost of Boston's one-year pilot program to keep the city's transit service running until 3 a.m. on the weekends.
Mark Williams, who patrols Michigan as "Petoskey Batman," referring to his former colleague, Adam Besso (who uses the moniker "Bee Sting"). Williams and Besso are in a dispute over leadership of the Michigan Protectors, a group that fights crime while dressed as superheroes.
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The drop in the approval rating of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the last year from 74 percent to 55 percent.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, on his plan to offer two years of community college for free to every new high school graduate.
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Number of states where Republicans control both the governor's office and the legislature.
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision not to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in protest of its ban on marchers who carry gay-pride signs.