arracing - To change those images you would edit the index_newsbits_printable & index_newsbits_sendtofriend templates. As for the header file, could you not just put the image and table in the index_header template?
Yuber - What version of myvbindex & vbulletin are you using? Is the poll and thread open, or was it moved from another forum? What happens if you try to post another poll in the polls forum?
Faranth & alnany - Hope you enjoy the hack.