Listing posts from one category in sidebar.php

I recently switched themes and now my list of posts for a single category is not working. I have searched the forum and documentation and found alternative solutions, but they did not work.

Here is the code I was using on my previous theme:

<?php query_posts('category_id=10&showposts=12');?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('category=10&numberposts=12&offset=0');
	foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<div class="latestvid">&raquo; <a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

When copied and pasted into the new theme, all pages and linked posts return with a 404 error.

If I remove the following strand (below), all pages and links return a 404 error, BUT comments will show up.

<?php query_posts('category_id=10&showposts=12');?>

This makes me think that there is an issue with either query_posts, and that the main loop is not able to call the post/page content.

The only noticeable difference between the coding is that the get_sidebar action came AFTER the main loop in the OLD theme. In the new theme, the get_sidebar action is BEFORE the main loop.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas are welcome. The link to my website is http://bigtimerushtv.com/. Let me know if there is more information that you need to help me squash this tricky problem.