Has anyone created an extension that adds Ventrian News Articles and the Latest News modules to this module's functionality?
Not that I know of, but I would imagine it would be fairly simple to build. Here is a link to a How-To article on building extensions in case you are interested in building your own: http://www.itlackey.net/Blog/tabid/865/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11/How-To-Create-a-Page-Last-Updated-Plug-In.aspx