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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.)

Amount Americans spent in 2013 on Halloween costumes for their pets. They donated $3.7 million last year to UNICEF through trick-or-treaters.
Washington, D.C., Councilmember Jim Graham reacting to news that Council Chairman Phil Mendelson delayed until after Election Day making a decision about whether he supports a new soccer stadium, leaving voters with no information on where their candidates stand on the massive public investment.
A spokesman for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, Police Department. A squirrel hopped in the back seat of a patrol car last week. Police quickly took photos and posted pictures on the department website before the animal moved on.
Amount of additional money brought into the University of California system last year through increasing the number of out-of-state students, which caused California parents to complain that their kids' admissions chances were being hurt.
Average additional amount people with DUI arrests in the Chicago suburbs pay to keep their licenses. Defendants allowed to stay behind the wheel paid more in fines and fees than those who lost their licenses.
Aiken, S.C., resident Beverly Huff, complaining about how the lack of competition in the state's congressional elections leads to apathy among elected officials.
Darth Alekseyevich Vader, a candidate in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, whose policy plan calls for replacing government officials with computers. Vader campaigns in full costume.
One Washington state shooting range made dozens very sick.
In a nation where few students still walk to school, how has Lakewood, Ohio, gone without school buses for so long?
Starting in 2015 every Vermont middle and high school student will have to create a plan for their futures, including courses, internships, job shadowing and work. Will it matter?