prueba asi:
Código PHP:
$connect=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
$db=mysql_select_db("sistemanoticia2",$connect);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, titulo, fecha, headlight FROM noticias Order By id Desc Limit 2 ") or die(mysql_error());
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<p></p><span class='news'><a href=\"newsroom.php?id=".$row['id']."\"> $row[headlight] </a> ";
echo"...";
echo $row[fecha];