Found something screwy, sorry guys it's a small fix. Forgot I just use a simplified recent topics for my page so I had some things deleted out. Here's the fix...
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" class="forum-table">
<tr>
<td class="row1-e gen">
<!-- IF .latest_topics -->
<!-- BEGIN latest_topics -->
» <a href="{latest_topics.U_VIEW_TOPIC}" title="{latest_topics.FULL_TITLE}">{latest_topics.TITLE}</a><br />
<!-- END latest_topics -->
<!-- ENDIF -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" class="forum-table">
<tr>
<td class="row1-e">
<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" border="0">
<tr>
<!-- IF .latest_announcements --><td class="gen"><strong>{L_RECENT_ANN}</strong><hr /></td><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF .latest_hot_topics --><td class="gen"><strong>{L_RECENT_HOT_TOPIC}</strong><hr /></td><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF .latest_topics --><td class="gen"><strong>{L_RECENT_TOPIC}</strong><hr /></td><!-- ENDIF -->
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<!-- IF .latest_announcements -->
<td class="genmed" width="33%">
<!-- BEGIN latest_announcements -->
» <a href="{latest_announcements.U_VIEW_TOPIC}" title="{latest_announcements.FULL_TITLE}">{latest_announcements.TITLE}</a><br />
<!-- END latest_announcements -->
</td>
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF .latest_hot_topics -->
<td class="genmed" width="33%">
<!-- BEGIN latest_hot_topics -->
» <a href="{latest_hot_topics.U_VIEW_TOPIC}" title="{latest_hot_topics.FULL_TITLE}">{latest_hot_topics.TITLE}</a><br />
<!-- END latest_hot_topics -->
</td>
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF .latest_topics -->
<td class="genmed" width="33%">
<!-- BEGIN latest_topics -->
» <a href="{latest_topics.U_VIEW_TOPIC}" title="{latest_topics.FULL_TITLE}">{latest_topics.TITLE}</a><br />
<!-- END latest_topics -->
</td>
<!-- ENDIF -->
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
