SETTINGS NOT SAVING: mod_news_pro_gk4

I'm having a problem saving settings in News Pro 4. I try to remove the (%AUTHOR %COMMENTS %DATE %HITS %CATEGORY) under "Article Layout" in "mod_news_pro_gk4" module that controls the tabbed news. Some times it changes and removes the tags, but then, a few seconds later, it comes back again and even comes back in a different order and with some missing! EX:

1. %AUTHOR %COMMENTS %DATE %HITS %CATEGORY
2. %DATE %HITS %CATEGORY %AUTHOR %COMMENTS
3. %AUTHOR %DATE %HITS %CATEGORY

Bizzare...

I have set the perameters for each article NOT to show these items, but still, I am having no luck, so I'm just not going to use it.

Anyone know what's up?