A.M. Links: Senate To Hold Hearing on Digital Currencies, Google Implements Anti-Child Porn Software, Deadly Tornadoes Hit the Midwest

  • The Senate is holding its
    first ever hearing
    on how to regulate digital currencies today.
    It will take place before the Senate Homeland Security and
    Governmental Affairs Committee.
  • Google is
    implementing software
    to block links to child pornography.
    Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt explained that Google as well as
    Microsoft and other corporations already work with law enforcement
    to eliminate illegal images.
  • Mary Cheney, daughter of Dick Cheney, criticized her sister and
    Wyoming Senate candidate Liz Cheney for her
    opposition to gay marriage
    .
  • Tornadoes tore across the Midwest yesterday,
    killing at least six
    in Illinois, injuring many more, and
    leveling towns.
  • Israel has
    indefinitely detained
    an alleged Al Qaeda weapons specialist
    for over three years without charges or a trial.
  • A gunman
    opened fire today
    in the building of left-wing French
    newspaper, Liberation, leaving one man seriously
    injured.

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