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<div class="news-holder cf">

    <ul class="news-headlines">
      <li class="selected">



      <?php $recent = new WP_Query(array( 'cat' => $categories, 'showposts' => 1 , 'offset'  => 0 )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

                            <?php if (  (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())  ) { ?>

                                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"></a>

                            <?php } ?>


                                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php short_title(68); ?></a>


      </li>



<?php endwhile; ?>

  <li >



      <?php $recent = new WP_Query(array( 'cat' => $categories, 'showposts' => 5 , 'offset'  => 1 )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

                            <?php if (  (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())  ) { ?>

                                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"></a>

                            <?php } ?>


                                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php short_title(68); ?></a>


      </li>



<?php endwhile; ?>

      <!-- li.highlight gets inserted here -->
    </ul>


    <div class="news-preview">

      <div class="news-content">

        <?php $recent = new WP_Query(array( 'cat' => $categories, 'showposts' => 6 )); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

                            <?php if (  (function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())  ) { ?>

                                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'large-thumb', array( 'class' => 'img-large' ) ); ?></a>

                            <?php } ?>

        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php short_title(84); ?></a></p>

        <p><?php echo excerpt(43); ?></p>

        <?php endwhile; ?>
      </div><!-- .news-content -->





    </div><!-- .news-preview -->

  </div><!-- .news-holder -->



<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/vertical.news.slider.js"></script>


<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/css/vertical.news.slider.css" />
 <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="js/jquery-1.8.1.min.js"><\/script>')</script>
  <script src="js/vertical.news.slider.js"></script>
  <script>
    var _gaq = _gaq || [];
    _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-1965499-1']);
    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

    (function() {
      var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
      ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
      var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
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  </script>