News and Featured image

I am trying to list my news items in 3 columns in a vertical design: image, date, title. I'm having some trouble calling the featured image. Is there a specific function that would help me with this? Also add CSS style to list them in 3 columns?

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My Code:

    <?php 
        $posts = get_posts( 'numberposts=2&order=DESC&orderby=post_title&category_name=news' );

        foreach ( $posts as $post ) : start_wp();
    ?>
            <?php toolbox_posted_on(); ?>
            <h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title() ; ?></a></h4>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
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