Today's edition of quick hits:
* President Obama's second prime-time conference starts tonight at 8 p.m. eastern.
* According to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, nine of the top 10 AIG retention bonuses have agreed to give the money back. The Senate, meanwhile, is slow-walking the House bill on bonuses.
* Good: "Dozens of mountaintop coal-mining permits are being put on hold until the projects' impacts on streams and wetlands can be reviewed, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday."
* Obama had an op-ed today arguing for "the urgent need for global economic cooperation." In an unusual twist, it appeared in more than 30 newspapers around the world.
* Nice to see some of those Treasury Department vacancies getting nominees.
* The president and some school kids called space today. I love stuff like this.
* There's plenty of blame to go around for AIG, but very few are blaming the president.
* The latest in a series of reasons to be suspicious of Zogby poll results.
* Al Gore will have a new book out later this year on climate change.
* The state Senate in Vermont approved legislation yesterday in support of same-sex marriage. The final vote was 26 to 4.
* NPR experiences a ratings boom.
* Interview of the Day: Benjamin Sarlin talks to Bo Lundgren, Sweden's minister for fiscal and financial affairs.
* Remember David Vitter's airport trouble? He's in the clear.
* Bill O'Reilly's ridiculous hatchet job on Amanda Terkel.
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