fixing bug 240 - internationalization of news publish status. Making the PLSQL function news_status return only a short name status instead of human readable text. Instead generating human readable text from new Tcl proc news_pretty_status. Bumping version number to 5.0d1. Providing an automated test covering both functions.
writing a Tcl proc with accompanying test case to replace the news__status plsql function. TODO: replace usage of plsql function with Tcl proc and update view
