[shan]

Find this in home.tpl

{if $login eq "" } 
{ include file="news.tpl" } 
{else}

replace with

{if $conf.news_show and $login eq "" } 
{ include file="news.tpl" } 
{else}

and run this sql on the database

INSERT INTO xcart_config VALUES ('news_show', 'Show News', 'N', 'Modules', 11, 'checkbox'); 

that should give you the option in admin to turn news box on or off

or ....

just comment out the code in home.tpl like this

{*
{if $login eq "" } 
{ include file="news.tpl" } 
{else}
*}