Magento: featured items

./app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/featured.phtml
<?php
$URL="http://www.panticz.de/sites/default/files/magento/featured/featured.phtml";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Create cms page
Admin > CMS > Pages > Add new page
Page Title: featured
URL Key: featured
Content: {{block type="featured/featured" name="product_featured" as="product_featured" template="catalog/product/featured.phtml"}}

view on other page
<?php
$URL="http://www.panticz.de/sites/default/files/magento/featured/featured.view.phtml";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Links
http://inchoo.net/ecommerce/magento/featured-products-on-magento-frontpage/