I wanted to theme the block using a custom template file like "featured-content-block--1.tpl.php" but it wasn't working.
I have a patch that allows themes to override the template files on a per-block basis, and it also adds an option to include the Node ID #s in the variables provided to the template file. I needed this so that my custom template file could display thumbnail images from the node.
I'll attach the patch to this ticket.
Fixed
1.5
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