I immediately thought HTML::Template or jQuery.
Here's an HTML::Template approach:
<table class="newsitems">
<tr>
<th>Title</th>
<th>Author</th>
</tr>
<tmpl_if list>
<tmpl_loop list>
<tmpl_if name="__odd__">
<tr style="background-color: #fff">
<tmpl_else>
<tr style="background-color: #eee">
</tmpl_if>
<td><tmpl_var title></td>
<td><tmpl_var author></td>
</tmpl_loop>
<tmpl_else>
<tr>
<td>No News Items recorded</td>
</tr>
</tmpl_if>
</table>
Another nice touch is to highlight rows as the mouse hovers over them:
CSS:
.follow_mouse tr:hover td { background: #A4D9F7; } /* light blue */
HTML:
<table class="follow_mouse">
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