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OK, so I have something fudged. Using this:

<?php query_posts(array('category__and' => array(15,31))); ?>
  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h6><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h6>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read full <?php the_title(); ?> story</a></p>
  <?php endwhile;?>
<?php query_posts('cat=15&showposts=1&offset=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('category=15&numberposts=1&offset=1');
foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<p class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=16&showposts=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('category=16&numberposts=1&offset=0');
foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<p class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php endforeach; ?>

But it only works if there is a single category along with featured. Categories 15 and 16 are children of category 17, is there any way to have the first post be most recent post in 17, with 1 each of 15 and 16 shown below, but no duplicates?

Okay, I had to drop the “if in_category” part, and put the code right into the single post code (no link to sidebar)

Used this:

<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=6&showposts=15'); ?>
<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<ul><li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li></ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<ul class="lineabove title notopmargin"><li>Client News</li></ul>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=5&showposts=15'); ?>
<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<ul><li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li></ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

BUT had to make sure the beginning of page loop was AFTER the above. Works a treat!

Not exactly (these are single posts), but I might be thinking about this backwards.

Both category a and b are news items. Perhaps I need to make them children category of a master “news” category. Then in this sidebar I can display a list of all child categories and posts within those categories of the master “news” category.

At that point perhaps the code can be the within-the-loop kind. Will investigate this now.

Any tips or alternate ways of approaching the problem appreciated though.

I upgraded (heart-pounding white screen of death for a while!) but that didn’t help. WOuld like to try adding the cache bit but need to figure out where… looks like it goes inside a bit of code so need to find that. Will post when I know.