2. Earlier Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the credibility of the international community and Congress are on the line if a chemical attack on civilians in Syria goes unanswered. He delivered that message at a news conference in Sweden. 

 

3. The three victims of Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro haven't commented on Castro's suicide in an Ohio prison. But the prosecutor who handled the case said it shows that Castro couldn't take, even for a month, a small portion of what he dished out to the women for more than a decade. 

 

4. Stocks rose on Wall Street after automakers reported sharply higher sales for August, the industry's best month in six years.