Tewnty Ten Index Page 3 Categories

<?php
/**
 * Index Page with three Categories
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Ten
 * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

        <div id="container">
            <div id="content" role="main">

            <?php
            /* Run the loop to output the posts.
             * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
             * called loop-index.php and that will be used instead.
             */

            /* First Category */
            $catslug = get_category_by_slug('featured');
            $catid = $catslug->term_id;
            query_posts(array(
                'cat'      => $catid,
                'posts_per_page'     => 3,
            ));

            //Output the lines
            get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );

            //Reset the Query
            wp_reset_query();

            /* Second Category */
            $catslug = get_category_by_slug('latest-news');
            $catid = $catslug->term_id;
            query_posts(array(
                'cat'      => $catid,
                'posts_per_page'     => 3,
            ));

            //Output the lines
            get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );

            //Reset the Query
            wp_reset_query();

            /* Third Category */
            $catslug = get_category_by_slug('news');
            $catid = $catslug->term_id;
            query_posts(array(
                'cat'      => $catid,
                'posts_per_page'     => 3,
            ));

            //Output the lines
            get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );

            //Reset the Query
            wp_reset_query();

            ?>
            </div><!-- #content -->
        </div><!-- #container -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>