#newssection {
	float: left;
	padding-top: 1em;
	width: 65em;
	background-color: transparent;
}
#news {
	float: left;
	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
	padding-top: 0;
	border: 0 solid #111;
	background-color: transparent;
}
#news #newsblock {
	float: left;
	width: 55em;
	border: 0 solid #111;
}
#news #newshead {
	color: #f80;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#news #newsitem {
	padding-top: 0.2em;
}
#news #newsitem p {
	font-size: 1.2em;
	color: #ccc;
	margin-bottom: 0.3em;
}

/*** note: keep all to px sizes, to keep text size fixed on scaling ***/
#dateblock {
	background: url(img/dateblock.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width: 66px;
	height: 82px;
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 9px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 3px 10px 0 0;
	padding-top: 7px;
}
#dateblock #day {
	font-size: 26px;
	color: #000;
	padding-top: 7px;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
}
#dateblock #year {
	font-size: 8px;
	color: #000;
	padding-top: 0;
	margin-top: 2px;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
}
#dateblock #posted {
	font-size: 8px;
	color: #f80;
	padding-top: 8px;
}

/*** drawers for news ***/
#news1, #news2, #news3, #news4, #news5, #news6, #news7, #news8, #news9 { 
	margin: -0.5em 0 1em 2em;
	padding: 0.5em 1em 0 1em;
	background-color: #111;
	border: 0.1em solid #ccc;
	display: none;
}