Heres my quick and dirty way to get the month to display with a full-name.
in ubbnews.cgi:
## find:
# strip off images - DONT.
# $name_space{topic_body} =~ s/
]+?>//ig;
##Add below:
($name_space{GetMonth}, $name_space{GetDate}, $name_space{GetYear}) = split(/-/, $name_space{topic_date});
my @UbbnewsMonths = ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$name_space{topic_date} = $UbbnewsMonths[($name_space{GetMonth} -1)] . " " . $name_space{GetDate} . ", " . $name_space{GetYear};