Advanced Front Page Settings not updating

I'd like to start by saying I am a newbie to Drupal and Open Source in general. I've been charged with maintaining a Drupal site developed by someone else with little training on the site or Drupal in general. Please bear this in mind when reading this issue.

I have 4 Front Pages setup (for Anon, Auth, XXAdmin, XXMember) using the Front Page module. These pages are used to put content on the main spash/login page. The pages are defined with simple HTML in the editor windows (<p></p>, <br>, and text), Type=Themed, Redirect To=Node, Default Front Page=front_page.

I had to make a change to the text. The editor window showed nothing until I clicked Show HTML. Then I updated the text and clicked Save Configuration (Received confirmation that configuration changed). After logging out, clearing browser cache, closing browser then re-opening browser to site; I notice the changes did not take effect.

So, I tried the following: I reset the Advanced Front Page Settings to default figuring I would just recreate these pages over again. When I try to recreate those pages (from pasting text into the Show HTML view cause I can't do anything with the editor view) it pastes fine. After saving configuration and going back into the Show HTML view the only text there is
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So now, not only do my Front Pages not show up on the main (login) page but now my 'front page' (Membership page) for those who login does not show up either. When I tried promoting this page the settings said they changed but after logging out/in and checking the settings again, the had not changed at all.

The only other thing that seems weird is that I have the nicEdit module installed and for all content pages except for Front Page the editor appears. However, for Front Page I can only use the Show HTML view.

I found several posts in the forums from other folks having this issue (or similar) dating back as much as year asking for help but no one has posted any reply comments.

Help? Ideas? Suggestions??