Notification Pane Preferences Aren't Sticking After Restart

One issue I'm seeing with Yosemite. My notification preferences aren't sticking. Apple's default for apps in the notification pane is to show the 5 most recent items. For some apps, I'd only like to show 1 recent item. I make the change in my settings and it stays at 1. After a restart, however, everything goes back to 5. Any way to fix this?

I've got the same problem and it drives me up the wall wanting to go back to 10.4.*
I also have to power down (switch off/switch on) my external FW hd after OS X sleep to be able to see or use the drive.
Same behavior for 10.5 and 10.5.2
FW Info
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
(1394 ATAPI,Rev 1.00):
Manufacturer: Prolific PL3507 Combo Device
Model: 0x1
GUID: 0x50770E7777BAA8
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
(1394 ATAPI,Rev 1.00) Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x12804
Product Revision Level:
Sub-units:
(1394 ATAPI,Rev 1.00) SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Gatekeeper:
Capacity: 297.97 GB
Available: 75.87 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/Gatekeeper 2

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