Re: newsgroups & pine
hmmm... can you check if your nntp entry is still defined? is the expanded view of folder enabled? (under setup => config)
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try resetting the above and restarting pine.
If these are set o.k. - then all I can think of is that you need to add the newsgroups under the Folders List.