The versions 1.0 are not supported any more.
You must make evolve your core to the last stable version. I think that you will have to also update your modules.
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// $sql = "SELECT storyid, topicid, uid, title, created FROM ".$xoopsDB->prefix("stories")." WHERE (published>0 AND published<=".time().") AND (expired = 0 OR expired > ".time().') ';
$sql = "SELECT storyid, topicid, uid, title, [b]topic_title[/b], created FROM ".$xoopsDB->prefix("stories")." [b]as s left join ".$xoopsDB->prefix("topics")." as t on s.topicid = t.topic_id[/b] WHERE (published>0 AND published<=".time().") AND (expired = 0 OR expired > ".time().') ';
.......
if ($display) {
$ret[$i]['image'] = "images/forum.gif";
$ret[$i]['link'] = "article.php?storyid=".$myrow['storyid']."".$searchparam;
$ret[$i]['title'] =[b] $myrow['topic_title']." - [/b]".$myrow['title'];
$ret[$i]['time'] = $myrow['created'];
$ret[$i]['uid'] = $myrow['uid'];
$i++;
}