A.M. Links: White House Wants to Open Interstates to Tolls, Minimum Wage Bill to Die in Senate, MIT to Give Students Bitcoin for Study

The latest transportation bill
from the
White House proposes allowing states to collect tolls on
interstate highways.
The Democrats’ minimum wage bill is expected to die in the

Senate today after a party line vote.
Oklahoma death row inmate
Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack after his execution was
botched.
China’s economy will surpass the
United States’ economy in size this year, according to
estimates by the World Bank.
Al Qaeda linked militants in northern
Syria are reportedly crucifying rebel fighters.
Students at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology will each receive $100
worth of Bitcoins for a spending study.