a new kind of front page

Can U help me please to make a new front page that it’s a very strong challenge for me?
Now my frontpage (www.mediweek.it) is a static frontpage of an italian daily online journal. I make it “by hand??: I write title and except everytime by hand, and it’s very difficult for me, and very expensive.
Is there a way to have automatically the same result? I.e. Can I put the articles/posts for the first page in a appropriate category and make so that ten main articles can be visualizing by an order I give them, in a table structure?
I thank U in advance. If You can help, will make me a great present… for a great 2006!