[Buddha]

btw, for those interested in breaking up the news items, it's not quite as easy as simply inserting a <br> or a table as listed above. you can add the table tags at the end of the home_newsbit template, but then you end up with a border around it.
if you don't mind that, then no problem... but if you'd rather not have that border, you have to go into the home_news template and remove the table that includes the cellpading and cell spacing. then paste that into the home_newsbit surrounding the whole thing. then add a new <table> tag that does not have a border, at the very end.

i can post my news and newsbit for those that are actually interested. not much to do, but for us that are just getting used to templates and such, it might be handy.