This plugin allow you to display your post in pages or posts using shortcode

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-post-shortcode

How to use

just put this shortcode in your post or pages

[ cat totalposts="3" category="1,3" thumbnail="true" excerpt="true"]

make sure there is no space between [ and cat. I just put a space to show the code .

Shortcode Attributes

totalposts - your total number of post to display. default is -1
category - category id. use comma , for multiple id
thumbnail - set true if you want to display thumbnail. default is false
thumbnail_height - image size for the thumbnail. default is 130
thumbnail_width - image size for the thumbnail. default is 130
excerpt - set true if you want to display excertp. default is true
orderby - your post will order by . default post_date . check http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for detail

Sample Output

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thumbnail

create custom field key as thumbnail-url and put your thumbnail url in the value area

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Styling

style at your own in style.css
example

.cat-post{
    width:100%;
}
.cat-post-list{
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    position: relative;

}
.cat-post-images{
    float:left;
    width:140px;
    display:block;
}

.cat-content{
    width:350px;
    float:right;
}
.cat-post-title{
    display: block;
    width:100%;
}
.cat-clear{
    clear:both;
}