You can create your own lay out with this extra plugin http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-post-list/. For example:
Lay-out template:
The template of the above lay out is:
<H2><a href=”[post_permalink]”>[post_title]</a></H2>
[post_date format=”m-d-Y”] | [post_categories delimeter=”, ” links=”true”] | Tags: [post_tags delimeter=”, ” links=”true”]
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[post_excerpt length=”250″]…
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