1. I don't want it to be myself but I think that it was decided that it would be at the top in its revival.
2. Last post at time of newspaper archiving
3. I get weird stuff like that too. Just try deleting them and writing them again, it sometimes works
They should really be alphabetized, or something, the order is very annoying. Also, there's still a ton of inactive papers to archive, so if things are getting changed, that'd be cool to take care of, too.
ACME and the archives redirect are at the top of the page because they seem more suited to be there than at the bottom considering my answer to your second question. Which is - every now and then I'll reorganize the papers arbitrarily by the last post date, with the oldest at the bottom of the list. I don't like any of the way LethoMonarchy is organized, to be honest (I'd prefer r3n's suggestion in the Grand Hall thread).