anyone help me move the yellow/red icons (see 1st post) to the right side. thank you

Try this:
templates/*template*/blocks/news_block.tpl
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<tr>
<td class="row2g-left-top">
<table class="empty-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="1"><img src="{SPACER}" alt="" width="1" height="100%" /></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="{INDEX_FILE}?{PORTAL_PAGE_ID}cat_id={articles.CAT_ID}" title ="{articles.CATEGORY}"><img src="{articles.CAT_IMG}" alt="{articles.CATEGORY}" /></a></td>
<td width="1"><img src="{SPACER}" alt="" width="1" height="100%" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td class="row2g-left-top" width="100%">
<div class="post-text" style="padding:2px;">{articles.BODY}</div>
<div class="content-padding">{articles.ATTACHMENTS}</div><br /><br />
<span class="gensmall">{articles.READ_MORE_LINK} </span><br /><br />
</td>
</tr>
Change it with:
<tr>
<td class="row2g-left-top" width="100%">
<div class="post-text" style="padding:2px;">{articles.BODY}</div>
<div class="content-padding">{articles.ATTACHMENTS}</div><br /><br />
<span class="gensmall">{articles.READ_MORE_LINK} </span><br /><br />
</td>
<td class="row2g-left-top">
<table class="empty-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="1"><img src="{SPACER}" alt="" width="1" height="100%" /></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="{INDEX_FILE}?{PORTAL_PAGE_ID}cat_id={articles.CAT_ID}" title ="{articles.CATEGORY}"><img src="{articles.CAT_IMG}" alt="{articles.CATEGORY}" /></a></td>
<td width="1"><img src="{SPACER}" alt="" width="1" height="100%" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
Edit: sorry, wrong copy&paste. Now is correct.