Updates have been posted. We are still working on the bugs with the news posts...
The news is not %100 up yet. I wrote a long news post, and am getting a "query failed" message when I try to post it... Ouch
Boo! 
Okay ladies and gents, the news system is up again.
Shame on the original (and very lazy mind you) coder of th s system.
Take care.