yes like Cooley, but where is a script like that? xD
My index page is written in php and calls the stories via an includes folder and the syntax in my index.php page.
This is what calls it on my index.php page:
<div id="news">
<?php output_News(3,36,750); ?>
</div>
The 3 tells it how many stories to show. The 36 is the forum id that I pull news from, and the 750 is the max number of characters the front page shows before it posts the 'read more' link.
The division id known as 'news' is defined in my includes/style_main.css file.