'news', 'post_per_page' => '3' ) ); $howmanyposts = $args['post_per_page']; $thiscategory = $args['category_name']; ?>

$thiscategory, 'posts_per_page' => $howmanyposts ) ); ?> have_posts() ) : ?> have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>