body {
			margin: 0;
			padding: 0;
			background-color: #ddd;
			text-align: center;
			/* font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; */
}
#stripes_frame {
			width: 970px;
			background-color: #fff;
			border: 1px #ccc solid;
			text-align: left;
			margin: 10px auto;
			padding: 0;
}
#top_nav {
			background-color: #003284;
			color: white;
			padding: 3px;
			margin: 0;
			text-align: center;
}

#left_nav {
			width: 130px;
			margin-left: 5px;
			margin-right: 0px;
			margin-bottom: 20px;
			border-right: 2px #ccc solid;
			float: left;
			
}
#inner_nav { margin-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;}
#inner_nav table {width: 120px !important;}
#inner_nav table img {position: absolute; display: none;}
.left_nav_button img {position: absolute; display: none;}
#inner_nav td{ padding: 1px 1px 1px 5px;}

#leaderboard { display: none; /* disable until unit is sold */
			float:right;
			padding: 0px 5px 10px 5px;
			margin-bottom: 10px;
			text-align:center;
			width:820px;
			border-bottom:2px solid #CCCCCC;
}
* .ad_notice	{
			/* background-image: url('main_images/ad_bg.gif');
			background-position: top center;
			background-repeat: no-repeat; 
		 	padding-top: 10px} */
			}

#right_column{
			background-color:#FFFFFF;
			margin-right: 5px;
			margin-left: 0px;
			margin-bottom: 20px;
			min-height:600px;
			width: 310px;
			float: right;
			border-left: 2px #ccc solid;
			
}
#right_column_inner{
			margin-left: 10px;
}
#center_content{
			background-color:#FFFFFF;
			width: 490px;
			margin-left: 5px;
			margin-bottom: 15px;
			float: left;
			font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#weather_center_content{/* center content for weather page without ad column */
			width: 500px;
			margin-left: 45px;
			float: left;
			font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#weather_center_content p{
text-align:left;
}
#footer_ad {display: block;
			text-align: center;
			margin-top: 40px;
			margin-bottom: 10px;
			clear: right;
		}
#footer_ad * {margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;}			
#footer {
			clear: both;
			color: #ffffff;
			background-color: #003284;
			background-image: url('http://stripes.com/main_images/content_bottomrule.gif'); 
			background-repeat: repeat-x;
			padding: .2em;
}
.top_navbar {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFF;
	font: bold 11px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.top_navbar:link {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.top_navbar:visited {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.top_navbar:hover {
	color: #FFA;
}
.side_navbar {
	text-decoration: none;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	font: bold 11px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.side_navbar:link {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.side_navbar:visited {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.side_navbar:hover {
	color: #FFA;
}
.side_nested_navbar {
	text-decoration: none;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	font: normal 11px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.side_nested_navbar:link {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.side_nested_navbar:visited {
	color: #FFF;
}
a.side_nested_navbar:hover {
	color: #FFA;
}
.main_teaser_headline {
	text-decoration: underline;
	font: bolder 14px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.main_teaser_headline:link {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.main_teaser_headline:visited {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.main_teaser_headline:hover {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

a.special_section_link {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: bolder 12px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-align: center;
}
a.special_section_link:visited {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.special_section_link:hover {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.above_graphic {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: bolder 22px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}
a.above_graphic:visited {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.above_graphic:hover {
	color: #003284;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
div.bigstory {
	margin: 5px 5px 0 5px;
	padding: 0;
	line-height: 20px;
	}
div.bigstory p {
	font: 12px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000;
	margin: 0 5px 0 5px;
	padding: 0;
	}
.main_teaser_body {
	text-decoration: none;
	letter-spacing: -.03em;
	font: normal 11px/16px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.adv_search_link {
	text-decoration: underline;
	font: bold 10px/16px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
a.adv_search_link:link {
	color: #003284;
}
.header_date {
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: bold 12px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.body_text {
	color: #000;
	font: normal 13px Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
} 
.leftsta {font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 2px;}
.leftsta a {color: #003284; display: block; margin-bottom: 2px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; 
line-height: 16px;}
.leftsta a: link, .leftsta a:visited {color: #003284;}
#footer a:link, #footer a:visited {color: #eeeeee;}
#footer {color: #eeeeee;}

.ignore {display: none;}

#big_board {display: block;}
#big_board_h {display: none;}
#skyscraper {display: none;}
#skyscraper_h {display: none;}
#anchor {display: none;}
#anchor_h {display: none;}

.promo_box {
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0 0 25px 0;
	letter-spacing: -.02em;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color: white;
	list-style-color: red; 
	border-bottom: 2px #cccccc solid;
}
.promo_box li {
	margin: 5px; 
	list-style-position: inside; 
	color: #AB342A;
	padding-left: 0;
	font-size: .7em;
}
.promo_box a:link, .promo_box a:visited {
	color: #003284; text-decoration: none;
}
.promo_box a:hover {
	color: #cccccc;
	text-decoration: underline;
} 
 .promo_box h3 {
	font-size: .8em;
	color: white;
	background-color: #4A6D9F;
	padding: 5px;
	margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;
	border-bottom: 1px #cccccc solid;
	}

#spotted {
		border: 2px #ccc solid;
		font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
		padding: 0px;
		background-color: white;
		text-align: center;
		margin-bottom: 15px;
}
#spotted h4 a:link, #spotted h4 a:visited {
		color: white;
		text-decoration: none;
}
#spotted img {
		border: 1px black solid;
		margin: 5px;
		width: 75px;}
#spotted p {
		font-size: .8em;
		margin: 0px; 
		background-color: #4A6D9F; 
		color: white; 
		padding: 5px}
#spotted h4 {
		background-color: #4A6D9F;
		margin: 0; 
		padding: 5px; 
		letter-spacing: +.1em; 
		font-size: 1.2em}
#spotted p a:link, #spotted p a:visited {
		color: white; 
		text-decoration: underline;
}
#leftnav_specialfeature {
	margin: 5px 0 7px 0;
	padding: 0;
	width: 125px;
	border: 1px solid #003284;
	border-width: 1px;
	color: #000;
	background: #4a6d9f;
	text-align: center;
	}

#leftnav_specialfeature ul {
	margin: 2px 0 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	background: none;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature li {
	font: 12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	padding: 0;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #fff;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature h1 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font: bold 14px Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #4a6d9f;
	color: #fff;
	border: 2px solid #fff;
	border-width: 0 0 2px 0;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature h1 a {
	text-decoration: none;
	}
#leftnav_specialfeature h1 a:hover {
	color: #cfcfcf;
	}
h3.home_header {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #4A6D9F; padding: 3px; border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; border-top: 4px #ccc solid; font-size: .9em; color: #fff; margin-top: 0;}
h3.home_header a:link, h3.home_header a:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #fff;}
h3.home_header a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #fff;} 
#ap_table h3.home_header {margin-top: 15px;}
#ap_headlines {display: block; position: relative; border: 0;}
#ap_headlines table {border: 0;}
#stripes_headlines {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}
#stripes_headlines li a, #ap_table li a {text-decoration: none;}
#stripes_headlines li, #ap_table li {line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 1px #eee dashed; border-top: 1px #eee dashed; padding: 2px; margin: 0;}
#stripes_headlines ul, #ap_table ul {padding-left: .5em;}
#stripes_headlines a:link, #stripes_headlines a:visited {color: #003284;}
#ap_table li a:link, #ap_table li a:visited {color: #003284;}
#stripes_headlines a:hover {color: #000;}
#ap_table li a:hover {color: #000;}
#stripes_headlines h4 {font-size: .8em; color: #003284; padding: 0 .5em; margin-bottom: 1em;}
.ap_mini_navigation {width: 100%;}
.ap_mini_navigation td {width: 50%;}
.main_teaser_body {margin-bottom: 15px;}