AP - Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in the championship of the Korean Open on Sunday.

AP - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Sunday it would be “enormously unwise” for the Bush administration to take military action against Iran before it gets out of Iraq.

AP - The New Orleans Hornets traded forward Cedric Simmons, the No. 15 overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday for David Wesley and undisclosed cash considerations.

AP - Flyers rookie Steve Downie’s NHL debut is on hold. So is Dean McAmmond’s 13-year career. Downie received a 20-game suspension from the NHL on Friday for leaving his feet to deliver a deliberate and dangerous hit to the head of the Ottawa forward, one of the longest punishments in league history.

AP - Hank Williams. Patsy Cline. Alan Jackson. Martina McBride. And now, Josh Turner. They’re all members of the Grand Ole Opry, the nation’s longest continuously running radio show. Turner was invited to join Saturday, and had no trouble accepting.

AP - Hank Williams. Patsy Cline. Alan Jackson. Martina McBride. And now, Josh Turner. They’re all members of the Grand Ole Opry, the nation’s longest continuously running radio show. Turner was invited to join Saturday, and had no trouble accepting.

AP - Hank Williams. Patsy Cline. Alan Jackson. Martina McBride. And now, Josh Turner. They’re all members of the Grand Ole Opry, the nation’s longest continuously running radio show. Turner was invited to join Saturday, and had no trouble accepting.

E! Online - "I think we're trying to make activism cool again for kids."

AFP - Parties loyal to Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, scored a narrow victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to three exit polls published here.

AFP - Parties loyal to Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, scored a narrow victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to three exit polls published here.