Save this template code as a .tmpl file in template\inc_cntpart\news\

<!--NEWS_SETTINGS_START//-->
; how many news should be listed per row
news_per_row = 2
 
; teaser text rendered as <p></p> = p
; or just line break to <br> = br
news_teaser_text = p
 
; template for files - the same as used
; for content part files , default:
; files_template_list = default
files_template_list = default
files_template_detail = default
files_direct_download = 0
 
<!--NEWS_SETTINGS_END//-->
news_per_row = 1
 
<!--NEWS_LIST_START//-->
[TITLE]<h3>{TITLE}</h3>[/TITLE]
[SUBTITLE]<h4>{SUBTITLE}</h4>[/SUBTITLE]
   <div class="hrNews"></div>
[NEWS_ENTRIES]{NEWS_ENTRIES}[/NEWS_ENTRIES]
<!--NEWS_LIST_END//-->
 
<!--NEWS_LIST_ENTRY_START//-->
   <!--
      Changedate: {DATE:d/m/Y H:i:s lang=EN}
      Livedate: {LIVEDATE:d.m.Y H:i:s lang=EN}
      Killdate: {KILLDATE:d.m.Y H:i:s lang=EN}
   //-->
   <div class="newsEntry[PRIO] prio{PRIO}[/PRIO]">
   [IMAGE]<a href="{NEWS_DETAIL_LINK}"><div class="newsImageTeaser"><img src="img/cmsimage.php/120x120x1/{IMAGE_ID}" alt="{CAPTION}" border="0" /></div></a>[/IMAGE]
   [NEWS_TITLE]<h2><a href="{NEWS_DETAIL_LINK}">{NEWS_TITLE}</a></h2>[/NEWS_TITLE]
   [NEWS_TEASER]<div class="news_teaser">{NEWS_TEASER}</div>[/NEWS_TEASER]
   [NEWS_TEASER_ELSE][NEWS_TEXT]{NEWS_TEXT}[/NEWS_TEXT][/NEWS_TEASER_ELSE]
   [NEWS_DETAIL_LINK]<div class="link"><a href="{NEWS_DETAIL_LINK}">Read more...</a></div>[/NEWS_DETAIL_LINK]
   <div class="hrNews"></div>
   </div>
<!--NEWS_LIST_ENTRY_END//-->
 
<!--NEWS_LIST_ENTRY_SPACE_START//-->
   <!-- space between news items -->
<!--NEWS_LIST_ENTRY_SPACE_END//-->
 
<!--NEWS_LIST_ROW_SPACE_START//-->
   <!-- space between rows of news items -->
<!--NEWS_LIST_ROW_SPACE_END//-->
 
 
<!--NEWS_LIST_START//-->
[NEWS_ENTRIES]{NEWS_ENTRIES}[/NEWS_ENTRIES]
<!--NEWS_LIST_END//-->
 
 
<!--NEWS_DETAIL_START//-->
<div class="news">
   <!--
      Changedate: {DATE:d/m/Y H:i:s lang=EN}
      Livedate: {LIVEDATE:d.m.Y H:i:s lang=EN}
      Killdate: {KILLDATE:d.m.Y H:i:s lang=EN}
   //-->
   [NEWS_TITLE]<h1>{NEWS_TITLE}</h1>[/NEWS_TITLE]
   [NEWS_SUBTITLE]<h2>{NEWS_SUBTITLE}</h2>[/NEWS_SUBTITLE]
   [NEWS_TOPIC]<p>Written on {LIVEDATE:d-m-Y lang=EN} by [AUTHOR]{AUTHOR}[PLACE], {PLACE}[/PLACE][/AUTHOR][AUTHOR_ELSE][PLACE], {PLACE}[/PLACE][/AUTHOR_ELSE]</p>[/NEWS_TOPIC]
   [IMAGE]
      [ZOOM_ELSE]
   [IMAGE_URL]<a href="{IMAGE_URL}"{IMAGE_URL_TARGET}>[/IMAGE_URL]
   <div class="newsImageTeaser"><img src="img/cmsimage.php/150x150x1/{IMAGE_ID}" alt="{CAPTION}" border="0" /></div>[IMAGE_URL]</a>[/IMAGE_URL]
      [/ZOOM_ELSE]
      [ZOOM]
   <a href="img/cmsimage.php/640x480/{IMAGE_ID}" target="_blank"{LIGHTBOX}[LIGHTBOX_CAPTION] title="{LIGHTBOX_CAPTION}"[/LIGHTBOX_CAPTION]>
   <div class="newsImageTeaser"><img src="img/cmsimage.php/200x185x1/{IMAGE_ID}" alt="{CAPTION}" border="0" /></div></a>
      [/ZOOM]
   [/IMAGE]
   [NEWS_TEXT]<div class="news_text">{NEWS_TEXT}</div>[/NEWS_TEXT]
   [NEWS_TEXT_ELSE][NEWS_TEASER]{NEWS_TEASER}[/NEWS_TEASER][/NEWS_TEXT_ELSE]
   [URL]
      <p><a href="{URL}"{URL_TARGET}>[URL_TEXT]{URL_TEXT}[/URL_TEXT][URL_TEXT_ELSE]more[/URL_TEXT_ELSE]</a></p>
   [/URL]
   [FILES]{FILES}[/FILES]
      [NEWS_LIST_LINK]
      <p class="link"><a href="{NEWS_LIST_LINK}">Back to news section</a></p>
   [/NEWS_LIST_LINK]
</div>
<!--NEWS_DETAIL_END//-->

Add this CSS to the frontend.css

/* ------- start news --------- */
 
.newsEntry {
   padding: 5px 0 0px 0;
}
 
.newsImageTeaser {
   float:left;
   border: 5px solid #f6ecee;
   margin: 0px 10px 5px 0;
   padding: 0px 0px 0 0;
 
}
.newsImageDetail {
   float:left;
   border: 5px solid #f6ecee;
   margin: 4px 10px 5px 0;
   padding: 0px 0px 0 0;
 
}
.news_teaser {
   text-align: justify;
}
 
.news_text{
   text-align: justify;
}
.hrNews{
   margin: 0px 0 0px 0;
   padding: 5px 0 0px 0;
   height:0;
   border:0;
   border-bottom:1px dotted #CCCCCC;
   clear:both;
}
 
/* ------- end news --------- */