Reason Morning Links*: Cigarette Makers Sue FDA Over New Warning Labels, Obama to Talk Economy Back to Life, Long Beach Police Chief Defends Having Cops Double as Critics

Mike Riggs|Aug. 17, 2011 8:46 am

AP: "Seeking a jolt for a wilting economy, President Barack Obama will give a major speech in early September."
Five tobacco companies have filed suit against the FDA on the grounds that new warning labels "would illegally force them to make consumers 'depressed, discouraged and afraid'" of their products.
Tea Party favorite and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli may run for the Senate in 2014.
The Economist's Erica Grieder: "What we get wrong about Rick Perry."
"Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures 'with no apparent esthetic value' is within Long Beach Police Department policy."
College proposes to limit tuition hikes to 1 percent above the CPI.

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*Mea culpa, readers.