Yeah, theres a lot of stuff there, I would suggest only displaying a couple days worth of news if you get a lot.. and giving a link to somewhere where people can view the entire week if necessary.. I just felt it was a REALLY long page, and I wouldn't bother to go all the way down to the bottom..
An alternative would be just headline and byline per story.. I don't use newspro on my site, I use News Publisher
GW Scripts available here, that I find very good, easy to use etc..