You can change the period in which the news items are left before they go. I thought the default was 5 turns.
I don't know about the following. In a 1.25 game with 1.03 balance I was saving my turn as I went under a different name. When I finished my turn I had trouble uploading it because it had saved it under my saved turn title. I am pretty sure it didn't do stuff like that before. I had to redo the entire turn without saving at any stage so I could be sure it would save by the correct name.
I guess now I mention it I could save it by the name it was originally, but I guess I got into the habit from se4 of using a different title.