AP - Standing on a chair with his arms raised as if he were being crucified, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich opened a comedy show Saturday evening lampooning the rise and fall of his own political career.

AFP - Iran has rounded up at least 10 reformist leaders, a party member said, after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election in a deeply-disputed vote sparked riots across Tehran.

AP - North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions.

AP - Bruce Springsteen astonished the Bonnaroo crowd with a passionate three-hour performance, offering sweat and rock 'n' roll to inspire, he said, in 'hard times.'

AP - Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun was hospitalized Saturday after he collapsed following a 50-mile charity bicycle ride during which he fell and broke five ribs.

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to back the creation of a Palestinian state in his key Middle East peace policy speech on Sunday, observers said.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - More than 100 reformists were arrested on Saturday night after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidential election victory led to violent street clashes in Tehran, leading reformist Mohammad Ali Abtahi said on Sunday.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile on Sunday killing three militants in northwest Pakistan, while elsewhere in the region, a bomb blast in a market killed seven people, officials said.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a major policy speech on Sunday and will address the worst public rift with Washington in a decade over Jewish settlement building and Palestinian statehood.

AP - President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America's troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression.

AP - Tehran was mostly calm Sunday after election fraud claims triggered violent street clashes, but the government maintained fairly tight control of information flow and new details emerged of arrests of high-profile reformists.

AFP - Iran cracked down on reformist leaders on Sunday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election win sparked riots across Tehran and complaints of vote-rigging by his defeated rivals.

AFP - The latest in a string of bombs in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Sunday as a US missile strike hit a tribal belt where troops are expected to launch a fresh anti-Taliban onslaught.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police again clashed on Sunday with demonstrators protesting in Tehran against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast in a market killed eight people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a wave of attacks since the army launched an offensive against Taliban militants.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are in a quandary over the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, aiming to raise pointed questions about her record without angering increasingly influential Hispanic voters.

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his re-election was 'real and free' and cannot be questioned — despite accusations of mass voter fraud.

AP - Israel's prime minister delivers a highly anticipated policy speech Sunday in which he could use the re-election of Iran's hard-line president to boost his argument that Tehran poses a bigger threat to Mideast peace than his refusal to endorse Palestinian statehood.

AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people Sunday in a tribal region where Pakistan's top Taliban commander is based, intelligence officials said, breaking a lull in such attacks and posing a test for growing anti-Taliban sentiment in the country.

AP - Like any couple, they've had their fair share of ups and downs. They've feuded publicly and fought privately. They separated for a year and reunited with an understanding that it was best for both of their careers. They've grown older together. Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson have endured.

AFP - Iran cracked down on opposition protesters on Sunday and fresh violence erupted after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hotly disputed re-election sparked widespread street riots in Tehran.

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to unveil his Middle East peace policy on Sunday, but observers do not expect him to bow to US pressure and back a Palestinian state.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police again clashed on Sunday with people protesting in Tehran against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said the vote had been clean.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interior minister said on Sunday the Taliban have stepped up their attacks in many parts of the country and warned the Islamist militants would attempt to sabotage an August 20 presidential election.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen has arrested a man described as al Qaeda's top financer in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, a security source told Reuters on Sunday, and seven Germans, a Briton and a South Korean have been kidnapped in north Yemen.

AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger is calling on authorities to cancel Friday's presidential election, saying it is the only way to restore public trust.

AP - President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America's troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression.

AP - First came the hug, then a guided tour of Buckingham Palace.

AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday defended his hotly disputed re-election as security forces cracked down on opposition protesters in Tehran, where fresh violence erupted.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi demanded on Sunday that Iran's presidential election be annulled and urged more protests, while tens of thousands of people hailed the victory of the hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) - The patients are gone and so are the protesters. Once the site of daily anti-abortion picketing, the Kansas clinic run by murdered doctor George Tiller is busy only with workers shutting down the facility.

AP - Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities. Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked Internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.

AP - A teenager was arrested early Sunday and accused of committing a string of gruesome cat mutilation deaths that had horrified residents of his Miami area community, authorities said.

AP - Christian 'Hitsch' Albin, who fed the world's luminaries for decades as executive chef of The Four Seasons — a restaurant that invented the 'power lunch' — has died. He was 62.

Reuters - Defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi demanded on Sunday that Iran's presidential election be annulled and urged more protests, while tens of thousands of people hailed the victory of the hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Reuters - A bomb blast in a market killed eight people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a wave of attacks since the army launched an offensive against Taliban militants.

Reuters - Afghanistan's interior minister said on Sunday the Taliban have stepped up their attacks in many parts of the country and warned the Islamist militants would attempt to sabotage an August 20 presidential election.

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a major policy speech on Sunday and will address the worst public rift with Washington in a decade over Jewish settlement building and Palestinian statehood.

Reuters - Yemen has arrested a man described as al Qaeda's top financer in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, a security source told Reuters on Sunday, and seven Germans, a Briton and a South Korean have been kidnapped in north Yemen.

Reuters - The patients are gone and so are the protesters. Once the site of daily anti-abortion picketing, the Kansas clinic run by murdered doctor George Tiller is busy only with workers shutting down the facility.

AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his re-election at a mass victory rally on Sunday but his defeated rival demanded the result be scrapped, setting the stage for further tense confrontations after the authorities cracked down on opposition protests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's health secretary on Sunday pushed for a new government-run healthcare program, an idea facing skepticism even in his own party, and a senior Senate Democrat flatly said votes are lacking in Congress for the proposal.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has ordered the military to carry out an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters, a provincial governor said on Sunday.

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will say on Sunday he will accept creation of a Palestinian state if Israel receives international guarantees the new nation will have no military, a senior official said.

MIAMI (Reuters) - A teenager has been arrested in a string of cat killings and mutilations that horrified residents of Miami's southern suburbs, police said on Sunday.

AP - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday called for creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed.

AP - The re-election of Iran's hard-line president amid charges of ballot fraud has put the Obama administration in a tougher spot as it tries to draw theocratic Tehran into nuclear diplomacy without appearing to accept suppression of dissent.

AP - Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities. Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked Internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.

AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests 'he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.'

AP - Along the dusty red road that leads from the lonely airstrip into town, the signs flash by: 'No alcohol,' says one. 'Petrol sniffing kills,' admonishes another. 'Don't bring gunja into our town,' warns a third.

AP - Furie and Cigale eye each other warily, take a step forward and lock horns.

AP - Like any couple, they've had their fair share of ups and downs. They've feuded publicly and fought privately. They separated for a year and reunited with an understanding that it was best for both of their careers. They've grown older together.

Reuters - President Barack Obama's health secretary on Sunday pushed for a new government-run healthcare program, an idea facing skepticism even in his own party, and a senior Senate Democrat flatly said votes are lacking in Congress for the proposal.

Reuters - Pakistan has ordered the military to carry out an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters, a provincial governor said on Sunday.

Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will say on Sunday he will accept creation of a Palestinian state if Israel receives international guarantees the new nation will have no military, a senior official said.

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the first time endorsed the creation of a Palestinian state, saying such an entity would have to be demilitarised and recognise Israel as a home of the Jewish people.

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted on Sunday the U.S.-backed goal of a Palestinian state but balked at meeting President Barack Obama's demand to stop Jewish settlement expansion.

AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed an independent Palestinian state beside Israel for the first time on Sunday, dramatically reversing himself in the face of U.S. pressure but attaching conditions the Palestinians swiftly rejected.

AP - Ta'Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.

AP - The summer slowdown is setting in on Wall Street.

AP - Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover.

Reuters - CIA director Leon Panetta says it's almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the 'harsh interrogation' of terrorism suspects.

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted on Sunday the U.S.-backed goal of a Palestinian state but balked at meeting President Barack Obama's demand to stop Jewish settlement expansion.

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state, provided it was demilitarised, after weeks of pressure from Washington.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA director Leon Panetta says it's almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the 'harsh interrogation' of terrorism suspects.

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to uncommon pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement -- with conditions -- to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

AP - Protesters battled police over Iran's disputed election and shouted their opposition from the rooftops Sunday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest as little more than 'passions after a soccer match' and drew his own huge rally of support.

AP - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hammered Johan Santana in the worst start of his career, routing the Mets 15-0 on Sunday for the biggest blowout in Subway Series history.

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to uncommon pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement -- with conditions -- to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

AP - The Mexican army has captured 25 gunmen in northern Mexico who witnesses say disguised themselves as soldiers.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate plan a rally in Tehran on Monday to protest against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which has sparked two days of violent protests in the capital.

AP - The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival offered, if nothing else, an expanded view of what it means to jam.

AP - The Los Angeles Lakers were one half from their 15th championship, running off 16 straight points in a dominant second quarter to open a 56-46 lead over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals.

Reuters - Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate plan a rally in Tehran on Monday to protest against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which has sparked two days of violent protests in the capital.

AP - Kobe Bryant has the NBA title he needed most — the one without Shaq.

AP - South Korea's president said Monday that the country's alliance with the United States is key to resolving North Korea's nuclear and missile threats as he flew to Washington for a summit with President Barack Obama.