A.M. Links: Four Arrested In Connection With Drugs Found at Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Apartment, CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes, Rep. Rogers Says Greenwald Illegally Sold Stolen Material

  • Four people believed to be connected to the drugs found

    Philip Seymour Hoffman’s
    apartment have been arrested.
  • U.S. officials say that the Obama administration has
    curtailed drone strikes
    in Pakistan as the government there
    works towards holding peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.
  • CVS Caremark pharmacies will
    stop selling tobacco products
    by Oct. 1.
  • Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers
    (R-Mich.) has said that the journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has
    been reporting on the information leaked by NSA whistle-blower
    Edward Snowden,
    illegally sold stolen material
    .
  • A grand jury has indicted
    Ross Ulbricht
    , who is accused of creating Silk Road. CNN
    reports that Ulbricht is charged with “engaging in a continuing
    criminal enterprise, computer hacking, money laundering, and
    operating a narcotics conspiracy.”
  • New Jersey Gov.
    Chris Christie
    plans to embark on a national tour amid the
    so-called “Bridgegate” scandal.

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