<div id="leftpanel">
    <div align="justify" class="graypanel"> <span class="smalltitle">News</span><br />
    <br />
        <?php
        $news_sql = "SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY news_date LIMIT 3";
        $news_result = mysql_query($news_sql)or die(mysql_error());
        while ($news_rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($news_result)){
            echo '
                <span class="smallredtext">'.$news_rows['news_date'].'</span><br />
                <span class="bodytext">'.$news_rows['news_text'].'</span><br />
                <a href="#" class="smallgraytext">More...</a><br />
                <br />
            ';
        }
        ?>
    </div>
</div>