I've posted a new build for News Articles in the downloads section (members only).

New Functionality Includes:-

• Added new permission: Auto-Secure. This will allow you to select roles that will have the secure checkbox checked by default.
• New tokens, [ISDRAFT][/ISDRAFT], [ISPUBLISHED][/ISPUBLISHED]

Fixed Bugs Include:-

• The RSS icon on the archives page will now disappear when syndication is disabled.
• Using the rating control and the captcha control on the same page will no longer trigger the rating validation message when rating an article.
• Max age in latest articles should work again.
• Max articles should now work as expected.
• Renamed Articles Page Size to Articles per page
• Links in the RSS feed will now always link to the article, as opposed to the attachment (link, page, file).
• The archive module in category mode now passes the correct tab object to the friendlyurl method.
• Pending articles for the current month will no longer appear when viewing this month's archive.

Thanks again for your assistance.