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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.)

The Democratic National Committee said on Monday that it had narrowed its list of possible convention sites in 2016 to Columbus, Ohio; New York City; and Philadelphia.
Word of the decision set off a new wave of anger among hundreds who had gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department. Police officers in riot gear stood in a line as demonstrators chanted and threw objects toward them as the news spread.
UVA has drawn fire for its unsteady response to a report, published last week by Rolling Stone, that even students who had admitted to sexual assault had invariably escaped expulsion.
Excerpt from a petition filed to block the execution of Scott Panetti, a mentally ill man scheduled to die by lethal injection in Texas on Dec. 3. Panetti, who was convicted of kiling his in-laws, tried to call President John F. Kennedy and Jesus Christ as witnesses and wore a purple cowboy suit and a 10-gallon hat to court during his trial.
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Number of U.S. states with commercial casinos. Up from two states in 1978.
Former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, when asked about his evening activities several years ago.
Miami-Dade must reapprove the budget and tax rate after Florida finds that the county messed up a single number in a newspaper advertisement in mid-September detailing its proposed taxes.
Despite GOP success, the New Jersey governor still doesn't have much support among fellow Republicans.
The warmer temperatures and half-an-inch of rain could mean intense flooding for the beleaguered region.
The ski industry, which expects higher temperatures, less snow and shorter seasons in the coming decades, is seen a bit like the canary in the coal mine of climatology.