Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 14040)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 		$edit = esc_url( get_edit_post_link( $_POST['post_ID'] ) );
 		if ( 'post-quickpress-publish' == $_POST['action'] ) {
 			if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') )
-				printf( '<div class="message"><p>' . __( 'Post Published. <a href="%s">View post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( $view ), $edit );
+				printf( '<div class="message" id="quickpress-post-published"><p>' . __( 'Post Published. <a href="%s">View post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( $view ), $edit );
 			else
 				printf( '<div class="message"><p>' . __( 'Post submitted. <a href="%s">Preview post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 1, $view ) ), $edit );
 		} else {
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
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--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(revision 14040)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 		} );
 
 		$('#publish').click( function() { act.val( 'post-quickpress-publish' ); } );
+		if ( $('#quickpress-post-published').length ) {
+			p = $('#dashboard_right_now .table_content:first td.b-posts a');
+			p.text( parseInt(p.text()) + 1 );
+		}
 
 	};
 	quickPressLoad();