Today's edition of quick hits:
* The major indexes on Wall Street dropped a little lower today, and the Dow is now prepared to have its single biggest annual drop since 1931.
* The initial estimate on coal waste in central Tennessee was more than 360 million gallons of sludge. Now, it appears the total will be more than 1 billion gallons. The CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority today pledged to clean up the massive spill.
* The Obama transition office has re-opened its "Open for Questions" feature, and it seems more user-friendly now.
* The war in Iraq may not be over, but the major U.S. television networks have stopped sending full-time correspondents to cover the conflict.
* An upside to the economic crisis that only Tom Tancredo could love: fewer immigrants are trying to sneak into the country now than at any point in 30 years.
* Is the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy staking its claim as a legitimate progressive rival to the Federalist Society? It certainly looks like it.
* It's not at all cool for Anderson Cooper to take not-so-subtle shots at Rachel Maddow.
* What did happen to Bernard Madoff's money?
* Bernie Kerik just can't stay out of trouble. Remember when Bush believed he was the best person in America to lead the Department of Homeland Security? Good times, good times.
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