#news ,#TICKER { display: block; width: 96%; background-color: #f6f6f6; padding: 7px; border: 1px solid #dedede; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; position:relative; font: 12px "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Arial, sans-serif; color: #666; margin:8px;}

.title { display: inline; float: left; }

#headline,
#headline_slide { display: inline; float: left; width: 80%; position:relative; } 
.item { width: 80%; background-color: none; position:relative; text-decoration:none;} /* background-color fixes IE 6 bold fade bug. */
.item a { text-decoration:none;}