Two questions about the website

Okay, these might have been answered somewhere, but I haven't noticed.

One, is the new "How to use ChinesePod" series replacing "News and Features"?  This is really just out of curiosity.  I normally don't listen to the "News and Features".

Two, is it just me, or was the site offline for about half a day this last weekend?  If yes, what is being done about this?  This is the second weekend the site has gone haywire.