Worpress 3.4.2: How To Pull An Excerpt From A Category

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http://www.ahy4life.com/update_20121008/promos.php right column, center section

 

How do I mod/replace the code below to pull an excerpt from a specific category so that the title populates the top and the excerpt populates the bottom as in <http://www.ahy4life.com/events.php>?

 

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<?php

$featuredPosts = new WP_Query();

$featuredPosts->query('showposts=5&cat=8');

while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : $featuredPosts->the_post(); ?>

<h2><center><?php the_title(); ?></center></h2>

 

 

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

 

<?php endwhile; ?>

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