Today's edition of quick hits:
* President Obama returned to New Jersey today, took in some sights, toured the boardwalk with Gov. Chris Christie (R), and declared the Jersey Shore "back in business."
* Rachel will have more on developments in Syria on tonight's show: "The European Union's decision to lift its arms embargo on Syria, after a bitter, 13-hour debate in Brussels, is intended to put pressure on Russia and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria before peace talks scheduled in Geneva next month, with a message that the West will not allow the rebels to be defeated, senior European diplomats said Tuesday."
* A terrifying scene in Maryland: "A CSX cargo train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion that followed rattled homes at least a half-mile away and collapsed nearby buildings, setting them on fire, officials and witnesses said."
* Pakistan: "Two health workers giving polio vaccines to children were shot dead in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, prompting the World Health Organisation to suspend its operations in the area."
* It looks like Jason Furman is poised to lead the White House Council on Economic Advisors, and that strikes me as good news.
* Trayvon Martin case: "A Florida judge ruled Tuesday that George Zimmerman's defense team cannot mention Trayvon Martin's suspension from school, prior marijuana use, text messages or past fighting during opening statements at next month's trial."
* Watching Darrell Issa become Dan Burton: "House Republicans accused the Obama administration of withholding information about its initial response to last year's terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, and issued a subpoena on Tuesday seeking additional information."
* More on this on tonight's show, too: "Federal prosecutors have shut down Liberty Reserve, an alternative payment network that they say was a $6 billion scam 'designed to help criminals conduct illegal transactions and launder the proceeds of their crimes.'"
* Another gang: "Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday proposed a new bipartisan 'Gang of Eight' to draft a bill to create guidelines for future investigations of media leaks by the government."
* Independent Counsels were a very bad idea in the 1990s. The idea hasn't improved with age.
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