Prominently styled newest post at top of page

Curious to know if anyone knows how to get something like the following (described) working:

Reader lands on the front page and immediately sees the newest post featured at the top of the blog. This topmost post is styled differently with larger fonts and more prominent styling. Underneath, 8 subsequent posts with a link at the bottom of the page to “view more posts”. This link takes a user to a second page whereby posts are displayed in your standard archives view with no prominent featured post at the top of the page.

The newest post featured on the front page would use your standard:

‘<?php the_content(‘[…]’); ?>’

while the 8 subsequent posts on the front page would use something like:

‘<?php the_content_rss(”, FALSE, ”, 60); ?>’