On the same day President Obama is expected to address the American public about a potential military strike on the Assad regime in Syria, a White House official said the the U.S. commander in chief has agreed to discussions at the United Nations Security Council, which would involve Russia's proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.
Nine former administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration blasted Department of Justice Attorney General's decision to soften its stance on marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. Those two states had allowed legalization of marijuana after voter-approved ballot measures. Over two dozen other states, as well as D.C. allow medicinal marijuana.
Former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, acquitted in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, is being held by Central Florida police after he reportedly threatened his estranged wife, Shellie, and her father with a gun.
Montana prosecutors are appealing the controversial 30-day sentence on Stacey Rambold, a teacher who admitted to raping his 14-year-old
