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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.)

John McNesby, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge, said protests are an example of "media-fueled mob rule."
Number of students, which is 17 percent of the total number enrolled, who stayed home sick with the flu last Tuesday in the Polk County, Ga., school system, leading the superintendent to cancel classes and start the winter break early.
South Pittsburg, Tenn., passed a resolution on Dec. 9 that basically prohibits negative comments on social media, raising immediate First Amendment concerns.
The state has had a de facto ban on the procedure for more than five years, predating Andrew Cuomo’s first term, but now it's official.
Amount NASA spent to construct a laboratory tower in Gulfport, Miss., that will never be used. The tower, completed in 2014, was designed to test a rocket program that was cancelled in 2010.
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Percent of American eighth-graders who used an e-cigarette in the previous month, compared to 4 percent who had smoked an actual cigarette.
Aaron Monsey, a carpenter from Sterling, Va., when asked why he waited six months to claim his $1 million Powerball winnings. Monsey realized he won the day after the drawing, but waited until Monday to pick up his prize.
Prosecutors in Alabama and Texas have been jailing pregnant women who have tested positive for drug use. Now Wisconsin is doing it too, even if the women have stopped using drugs.
The potential budget deficit of the state of Alaska, where the falling price of oil is causing severe problems for a state budget based almost entirely on petroleum production.
Caitlin Brook, Bangor, Maine’s downtown coordinator. The City Council approved year-round outdoor dinning in a place where the average high in January is 27 degrees.