/* basic elements */

html 
{
 margin: 0;
 /* setting border: 0 hoses ie6 win window inner well border */
 padding: 0;
}

body 
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 font-weight: normal;
 line-height: 17px;
 color: #000000; 
 min-width: 1000px;
 background: #FFFFFF;
margin-left: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}

 a 
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: none;
 font-weight: bold;
}

a:hover 
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
 font-weight: bold;
}

a:visited 
{
 color: #CC6600;
 font-weight: bold;
}

a img 
{ 
 border: 0; 
}

table 
{

}

caption 
{
 caption-side: top;
 margin-left: 0 px;
 padding-left: 6px;
 margin-top: 2 px;
 margin-bottom: 2 px;
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-align: left;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

td.home
{
	background-color:#F5F5F5;
	width:100%;
	border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;
	padding-left: 6px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #cccccc;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}


ul 
{
 margin-left: 0px;
 padding-left: 24px;
 padding-right: 6px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 list-style-type: none;
 list-style-position: outside;
 list-style-image: url(/dev/mt-static/images/arrow_black.gif);
}

li {
 font-size: 12px;
 font-weight: normal;
 line-height: 14px;
 margin-bottom: 4px;
}


form 
{
 padding: 0px;
 margin: 0px;
}

input.big 
{
 width: 150px;	border: 1px solid #CC0000;
 font-size: 10px;
 padding: 3px;
}

input.small 
{
 width: 60px;
 border: 1px solid #CC0000;
 font-size: 10px;
 padding: 3px;
}

h1 
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 36px;
 line-height: 34px;
 font-weight: normal;
 color: #333333;
 margin-bottom: 2px;
}

h2 
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 28px;
 line-height: 30px;
 font-weight: normal;
 color: #666666;
 margin-bottom: 2px;
}

h3 
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 20px;
 font-weight: normal;
 text-transform: capitalize;
 color: #666666;
 margin-bottom: 5px;
 margin-top: 10px;
}

h3  a:link,  h3  a:visited, h3  a:hover
 {
 color: #666666;
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 20px;
 font-weight: normal;
 text-transform: capitalize;
 color: #666666;
 margin-bottom: 5px;
 margin-top: 10px;

}

.h3-home 
{
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: normal;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 color: #666666;
 margin-bottom: 10px;
 margin-top: 2px;
}

.h3-home  a:link,  h3  a:visited { color: #666666;
}


h4 
{
 padding-left: 6px;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: normal;
 margin-top: 0px;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
}

h5, h6 
{ 
 font-weight: normal; 
}

h5, h6, p, ol, ul, pre, blockquote
{
 margin-top: 10px;
 margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.makecaps
{
 text-transform: capitalize;
}

.makecaps:hover
{
 text-transform: capitalize;
}

.bold
{
 color: #CC0000;
 font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.bold:hover 
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
 font-weight: bold;
}

.bold:visited
{
 color: #CC0000;
 font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.smallbuzz
{
 color: #CC0000;
 font-weight: normal;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.smallbuzz:hover 
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
 font-weight: normal;
}

.smallbuzz:visited
{
 color: #CC6600;
 font-weight: normal;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}


.box1 
{
 border-color: #CCCCCC;
 border-width: 2px;
 border-style: solid;
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 width: 297px;	
 height: 30px;
 background:  #CCCCCC;
 margin-bottom: 5px;
 margin-top: 5px;
}


.boxhed2 
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 line-height: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #333333;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 letter-spacing: .05em;
 margin-bottom: -6px;
}

.buzzcomment {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 line-height: 15px;
 font-weight: normal;
 margin-top: 8px;
}

.buzz-site-title
{
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-top: 12px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: .05em;

	clear: left;
}

.buzz-site-url
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: none;
 font-size: 14px;
 font-weight: bold;
 margin-bottom: 0px;

}

.buzz-site-url:hover 
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
 font-size: 14px;
 font-weight: bold;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
}

.buzz-site-url:visited
{
 color: #CC6600;
}

.dateline {
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #CC0000;
 text-transform: uppercase;
}




#home-dates-container {
 background-color: #CC0000;
 width: 33px;
 padding-top: 0px;
 padding-right: 2px;
 padding-bottom: 0px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
 padding-left: 0px;
 border-right-width: 2px;
 border-right-style: solid;
 border-right-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-bottom-width: 1px;
 border-bottom-style: solid;
 border-bottom-color: #CC0000;
 float: left;
 text-align:center;
}


#current-date-container {
 background-color: #000000;
 width: 33px;
 padding-top: 0px;
 padding-right: 2px;
 padding-bottom: 0px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
 padding-left: 0px;
 border-right-width: 2px;
 border-right-style: solid;
 border-right-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-bottom-width: 1px;
 border-bottom-style: solid;
 border-bottom-color: #000000;
 float: left;
 text-align:center;
}
.home-dates 
{
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.home-dates:hover 
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-decoration: underline;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

.home-dates:visited 
{
	color: #FFFFFF;

}

.most-read 
{
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
	line-height: 14px;

}

.most-read:hover 
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-decoration: underline;
}

.most-read:visited 
{
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

.most-read-head 
{
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 24px;
 line-height: 32px;
 font-weight: normal;
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-transform: none;
 letter-spacing: .05em;
 margin-bottom: 6px;
 margin-top: 16px;
}


.most-read-sub-head
{
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 line-height: 16px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #333333;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 letter-spacing: .05em;
 margin-top: 5px;
 margin-bottom: 6px;
}

.most-read-text
{
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #000000;

}





.postname {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 line-height: 14px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

.posttime {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 line-height: 14px;
 font-weight: normal;
}


.postcomment {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 line-height: 14px;
 font-weight: normal;
 margin-top: 8px;
}

.red 
{
 color: #CC0000;
}

hr
{
 
 color: #CC0000;
 background-color: #CC0000;
 height: 1px;
}

.sidebar 
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 line-height: 14px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
 color: #CC0000;
}

.sidebar:hover 
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 text-decoration: underline;
 color: #CC0000;
}


.sidebar:visited
{
 color: #CC6600;
}

.sidebar-header
{
	color: #4C4C4C;
	padding-left: 0px;
 margin-left: 0px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	background-color: #C1C1C1;
	display: block;
	text-indent: 5pt;
} 

.sidebar-header:hover
{
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
} 

.sidebar-header:visited
{
color: #4C4C4C;
} 

.subtopic, .subtopic:visited 
{
	  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
margin-left: 1px;
margin-top: 6px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
	color: #000000;
	display: block;
	padding-left: 4px;
	 text-transform: uppercase;
}



.textsmall {
 font-size: 11px;


}
.textsmall :hover 
{
 font-size: 11px;
 color: #CC0000;
 text-decoration: underline;
}

.usergen-box
{
 font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 font-weight: bold;
 line-height: 22px;
 color: #333333;
 background-color: #FFFF99;
}

.usergen-vote
{
 line-height: 22px;
 background-color: #FFFFFF;
 margin: 3px 3px 0 0;
}



/* page layout */


#ad-banner 
{ 
 margin: 15px 0px 10px 0px; 
 position: relative; 
 width:468px; 
 height: 60px;
 display: block;
 padding: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
 border-width: 1px 0px 1px 0px;
 border-style: solid;
 border-color: #CC0000;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
 text-align: middle;
}

#ad-home-left-box
{
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 8px;
	position: relative;
	width: 220px;
}
#ad-leaderboard 
{
	margin: 1px 1px 0px 1px;
	position: absolute;
	width:772px;
	height: 100px;
	display: inline;
	float: left;
	padding: 0px 0px 0 0px;
	border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #fff;
	left: 225px;
	top: 5px;
}

#ad-leaderboardtag {
	margin: 1px 0 0 0;
	width:15px;
	height: 100px;
	display: inline;
	float: right;
	padding: 0px 0px 0;
	
}


#alpha 
{
	margin: 0px;
	width: 469px;
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	float: left;
	min-height: 1px;
	padding: 0px;
	left: 226px;
	top: 135px;
}

#beta 
{
	margin: 0px;
	width: 302px;
	display: inline;
	position: absolute;
	float: right;
	min-height: 1px;
	padding: 0px;
	left: 698px;
	top: 130px;
}
#buzzcontainer
{
	margin: 1px 8px 1px 8px;
	background-color: #efefef;
	position: relative;
	width:454px;
	padding: 0px;
}

#buzzcontainer ul
{
	border: 0;
	margin: 0 0 3px 12px;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-position: outside;
	text-align: left;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 16px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-weight: normal;
}

#buzzcontainer ul li
{
	text-align: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 6px 0 6px 6px;
	list-style-position: outside;
	list-style-type: square;
	line-height: 16px;
	font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

#buzzcontainer ul li a
{

	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: normal;

}

#buzzcontainer ul li a:hover
{

	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: normal;

}


#buzz-date
{
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height: 14px;
	color: #CC0000;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right:0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 4px;
	margin-top:5px;
	text-align: left;
}

#container
{
	position: absolute;
	margin: 0 auto 20px 0px;
	width: 1000px;
	height: 2846px;
	text-align: left;
	background: #fff;
	left: 0px;
	top: 0px;
}

#gamma
{
	margin: 0px;
	width: 220px;
	height: 3340px;
	display: inline;
	position: absolute;
	left: 0px;
	top: 5px;
	float: left;
	min-height: 1px;
	padding: 0px;
	border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #fff;
	background-image: url(mt-static/images/tile_leftcol.gif);
}


#homebox_blog {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 220px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 12px;
}

#homebox_links {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;

	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 220px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 12px;
}

#homebox_topics {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;

	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 220px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 12px;
}


#homebox_poll {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 220px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 12px;
}



#home-dateline {
 width: 210px;
 padding-top: 0px;
 padding-right: 0px;
 padding-bottom: 0px;
 margin-bottom: 5px;
 padding-left: 0px;
 border-bottom-width: 1px;
 border-bottom-style: solid;
 border-bottom-color: #CC0000;
 float: left;
}


#leftcol_dark {
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
	width: 240px;
	height: 3180px;
	display: inline;
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	min-height: 1px;
	padding: 0px;
	border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #fff;
	background-color: #666666;
}
#logobox {
	width: 220px;
	position: relative;
	left: 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
#middle-spacer
{
 margin: 0px 0px 3px 0px; 
 background-color: #FFFFFF;
 position: relative; 
 float: left;
 width:462px; 
 display: inline; /* ie win bugfix */
 padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px;
}

#reader-home
{
 margin: 3px 0px 3px 0px; 
 background-color: #FFFFFF;
 position: relative; 
 float: left;
 width:462px; 
 display: inline; /* ie win bugfix */
 padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;

}

#most-read-box
{
 margin-top:15px;
 margin-bottom:15px;
 padding-right:8px;
 padding-bottom: 10px;
 padding-left: 12px;
 text-align: left;
 background:  #CC0000;
 width: 200px;
 float: left;
}

#navcontainer
{
	margin: 0px;
	background-color: #000000;
	position: absolute;
	width:775px;
	height:24px;
	display: inline;
	padding: 0px;
	left: 225px;
	top: 105px;
	float: left;
}

#navcontainer ul
{
	border: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	
}

#navcontainer ul li
{
	display: block;
	float: left;
	text-align: center;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

#navcontainer ul li a
{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right:5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	float: left;
	text-align:center;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: .05em;
}

#navcontainer ul li a:hover
{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color: #CC0000;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right:5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	float: left;
	text-align:center;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: .05em;
}

#navcontainer a:active
{
background: #c60;
color: #fff;
}

#navcontainer li#active a
{
background: #c60;
border: 1px solid #c60;
color: #fff;
}


#navcontainer ul#sub
{
 border: 0;
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0;
 list-style-type: none;
 text-align: center;
 float: right;
 text-transform: none;
}

.nav
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-decoration: none;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

.nav:hover 
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-decoration: none;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
}

#registerbox {
	width: 294px;
 height:20px;
	background:  #CC0000;
	padding: 3px;
	margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
	position: relative;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style: solid;
  border-color: #CC0000;
}

#right-box-ad
{
	width: 300px;
 height:250px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style: solid;
  border-color:  #4C4C4C;
}

#home-sky-ads
{
	width: 300px;
 height:1215px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style: solid;
  border-color:  #4C4C4C;
}

#home-links-ads
{
	width: 300px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
 border-style: solid;
  border-color:  #4C4C4C;
}

#right-wide-skyscraper
{
 width: 170px;	
 margin-top: 5px; 
 float: right;
 text-align: center;
}
#right-narrow-skyscraper
{
 width: 130px;	
 margin-top: 5px; 
 float: left;
text-align: center;
}
#right-300-skyscraper
{
 width: 300px;	
 margin-top: 5px; 
 float: right;
 text-align: center;
}

#searchbox {
 width: 294px;
  height: 25px;
	background:  #CC0000;
	padding: 3px 2px 2px 4px;
	margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style: solid;
  border-color: #CC0000;
}

#story  {
 display: block;
 background-color: #ffffff;
 width: 469px;
 padding-top: 8px;
 padding-right: 0px;
 padding-bottom: 0px;
 padding-left: 0px;
}

#usergen-container
{
 margin: 1px;
 position: relative; 
 display: inline; /* ie win bugfix */
 float: left;
 padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px;
}

#usergen-item
{
 margin: 0 0 0 0;
 position: relative; 
 display: inline; /* ie win bugfix */
 float: left;
 width: 450px;
 padding: 2px 0px 5px 6px;
 border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
 border-style:dotted;
  border-color: #C0C0C0;
}



#featurebox 
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: bold;
	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 299px;
	padding: 1px 1px 1px 0px;
	margin: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style:solid;
  border-color: #CC0000;
}

#featurebox2
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: normal;
	display: block;
	background-color: #dddddd;
	width: 299px;
	padding: 1px 1px 1px 0px;
	margin: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style:solid;
  border-color: #CC0000;
}

#electionbox
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 9px;
 font-weight: normal;
	display: block;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	width: 463px;
	padding: 1px 1px 1px 0px;
	margin: 4px 0px 5px 0px;
 border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
 border-style:solid;
  border-color: #CC0000;
}

#footer
{
	display: inline;
	position: absolute;
top: 3340px;
left: 0px;
 width: 964px;
 height: 15px;
 text-align:center;
 background: #4C4C4C; 
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
	font-size: 75%;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 4px 4px 4px 30px;
	font-weight: bold;
	background-color: #4C4C4C;
 text-align: center;
}

.footer 
{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #FFFFFF;
}
.footer:hover
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
 text-decoration: underline;
}
.footer:visited
{
 color: #FFFFFF;
}

.sponsor-small 
{
 font-size: 10px;
color: #999999;
}


#article_author {font-size:10px;}



#homebox_topics ul.promos { margin: 0; padding: 0 5px 5px 5px; background: #ddd; list-style: none; }
#homebox_topics ul.promos li a {padding: 0; background: none; text-transform: uppercase; color: #000; font: bold 11px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li a:hover {color: #CC0000;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li { background: none; padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 0; width: 210px; text-transform: uppercase; font: bold 11px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li ul {margin: -3px 0 0 0; padding: 0; list-style:none;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li ul li { padding: 0 0 0 9px; margin: 2px 0 1px 0; width: 201px; background: url(/mt-static/images/arrow_black.gif) no-repeat 0 1px; line-height: .9;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li ul li a {text-transform: none; font: bold 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;  color: #CC0000; padding: 0; margin: 0;}
#homebox_topics ul.promos li ul li a:visited {text-transform: none; font: bold 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;  color: #CC6600; padding: 0; margin: 0;}