body {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color:#fff;
	color: #000;
	font-size: 74%;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
a, a:link, a:visited {
color: #001D79;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
color: #c00;
}
#exterior_wrapper {
	width: 763px;
	border-right: 1px solid #999;
	background-color:#fff;
	color:inherit;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#exterior_wrapper h1 {
display:none;	
}
/* begin ads */
#ad_banner_top {
	background-color: #e1e1e1;
	margin: 0;
	width: 763px;
	height: 95px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
#topad  {
	position: absolute;
	top: 5px;
	left: 20px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
	
/* end ads */

#splash_wrapper {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#splash_wrapper table {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	font-size:.9em;
	text-align:center;
	background-color:#e1e1e1; 
	border-bottom:1px solid #666;
}
#content_well_wrapper {
margin:0;
padding: 0 20px; 0 20px;

}

#left_wrapper {
width:228px;
float:left;
padding:0;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
}
#center_wrapper {
margin: 0; 
width:228px;

float:left;

}
#right_wrapper {
width:228px;
float:right;
}


/*headers*/
h3 {
margin:0;
padding: 0;
line-height: .2em;
}
h5 {
margin:0;
padding: 4px 4px 0 8px;
color: #001D79;
background-color:inherit;
font-size:1em;
}
p {
margin:0;
padding:2px 4px 8px 8px;
font-size:1.05em;
}
#content_well_wrapper h6 {
margin:0;
padding:6px 0 0 8px;
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:normal;
}
#lower_wrapper {
clear:both;
width:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.morestories {
background-image:url("images/more_stories.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 230px;
height: 21px;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
.morestories_bottomone {
background-image:url("images/morestories_bottom.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 471px;
height: 21px;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
.morestories_storypage {
background-image:url("images/more_stories_storypg.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 164px;
height: 20px;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
.morestories_box {
border:1px solid #ccc;
width:100%;
margin: 0 0 15px 0;
padding:0 0 10px 0;
}
.morestories_box p {
line-height: 1.3em;
}
#quick_vote {
background-image:url("images/quick_vote.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 230px;
height: 21px;
}

.morestories_box form {
padding: 15px 10px 15px 10px;

}
.morestories_box .button {
float:left;
}
.morestories_box form font {
display:block;
line-height: 1em;
}
#quick_vote_question {
color: #001D79;
background-color:inherit;
font-size:1.3em;
font-weight:bold; 
}

#questions {
background-image:url("images/questions.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 215px;
height: 18px;
}
p a {
font-size: .9em;
}
#time_archive {
background-image:url("images/time_archive.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 230px;
height: 21px;
}
#sponcer_box {
background-image:url("images/disc_channel.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 230px;
height: 21px;
}
#web_guide {
background-image:url("images/web_guide.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 230px;
height: 21px;
}
.time_logo {
margin: 0;
padding: 4px 0 20px 8px;
}

#boilerplate {
margin:0;
padding: 20px 20px; 0 20px;
background-color: #999;
text-align:center;
}
#quicklinks {
margin:30px 0 0 0;
padding: 10px 20px; 10px 20px;
border-top:1px solid #999;
text-align:center;
}




/*story page styles*/

#banner {
padding: 8px 0 0 12px;
margin:0;
}
#outer_pagewell_wrapper {
padding: 0 12px 0 12px;
margin:0;
}
#left_column {
float:left;
width: 163px;
margin:0 16px 0 0;
padding:0;
}
#center_column {
float:right;
float:left;
padding:0;
margin: 0;
width: 385px;
}
#right_column {
float:right;
width: 160px;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-align:center;
}
#subhed_box {
width:375px;
}
span.dek {
display:block;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight:bold;
}
#quick_vote_storypage {
background-image:url("images/quick_vote_storypg.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:bottom left;
width: 166px;
height: 21px;
}
#top_border {
background-image:url("images/top_border.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:top left;
width:375px;
height:14px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#text_box {
background-image:url("images/side_dots_border.gif");
background-repeat:repeat-y;
margin:0;
padding:0 8px 0 8px;
}
#outer_pagewell_wrapper h2 {
font-size:1.7em;
color: #001D79;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#bottom_border {
background-image:url("images/bottom_border.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:top left;
width:375px;
height:14px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
span.date_time {
display:block;
color: #001D79;
font-size:.9em;
}
#center_column p {
line-height: 1.4em;
}
