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You can simply go to edit template
admin menu -> system -> templates -> news -> news_item.html
find:
<div class="itemInfo">
[color=ff0000]<span class="itemPoster"><{$lang_postedby}><{$story.poster}>span>[/color] <span class="itemPostDate"><{$lang_on}> <{$story.posttime}>span> (<span class="itemStats"><{$story.hits}> <{$lang_reads}>span>)
div>
just delete the code with red color. anyway, if you don't have any clone template... just make one clone template and set it as default template at system admin -> preferences -> general settings. or you can edit modules/news/templates/news_item.html. update your modules.
that's the way you can do it. hope that make sense.
SMD