Get Posts

This is a basic get_posts

<?php $args = array(
    'numberposts'     => 5,
    'offset'          => 0,
    'category'        => 5,
    'orderby'         => 'post_date',
    'order'           => 'DESC',
/*    'include'         => ,
    'exclude'         => ,
    'meta_key'        => ,
    'meta_value'      => ,
*/    'post_type'       => 'post',
/*    'post_mime_type'  => ,
    'post_parent'     => ,
*/    'post_status'     => 'publish' ); ?> 

<?php $newsposts = get_posts( $args ); ?>
<?php foreach($newsposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>

// normal post tags and content

<?php endforeach; ?>