Исключить определенные категории из {topnews}

    $db->query( "SELECT p.id, p.date, p.short_story, p.xfields, p.title, p.category, p.alt_name FROM " . PREFIX . "_post p LEFT JOIN " . PREFIX . "_post_extras e ON (p.id=e.news_id) WHERE p.approve=1 AND p.date >= '$this_month' - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AND p.date < '$this_month' ORDER BY rating DESC, comm_num DESC, news_read DESC, date DESC LIMIT 0,{$config['top_number']}" );

    $db->query( "SELECT p.id, p.date, p.short_story, p.xfields, p.title, p.category, p.alt_name FROM " . PREFIX . "_post p LEFT JOIN " . PREFIX . "_post_extras e ON (p.id=e.news_id) WHERE p.approve=1 AND p.date >= '$this_month' - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AND p.date < '$this_month' AND p.category NOT LIKE '24' AND p.category NOT LIKE '25' ORDER BY rating DESC, comm_num DESC, news_read DESC, date DESC LIMIT 0,{$config['top_number']}" );

p.category NOT IN ( 24, 25 )