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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