my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
$sth->execute;
$out = '';
foreach my $queryResult( $sth->fetchrow_hashref  )
   $out .= $mask->process( $queryResult )
}
return $out;

##</code><code>##

<table width="50%">
[% MACRO mask BLOCK %]
    <tr>
      <td>
         [% news_title %]
      </td>
      <td>
         [% news_headline %]
      </td>
      <td>[%    WRAPPER link
            action   = "readnews" 
            newsitem = news_id %]Read More...[% END # block test %]
      </td>
    </tr>
[% END # macro block mask %]
[% INCLUDE DB ## db calls macro mask, can be redefined
  query='    SELECT * FROM latestnews;    '
%]
</table>