*{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

body {
	font-family: Courier, monospace;
	color: #888888;
	background-color: #444444;
	padding-top: 20px;
	font-size: 1em
}

ul {
	list-style-type: none;
}

img {
	border: 0;
	padding: 0%
}

a {text-decoration: none;}
a:link {color: #888888;}
a:visited {color: #888888;}
a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; font-style: bold;}
a:active {color: #000099;}

#navsidebar {
	position: fixed;
	
	padding-left: 20px;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
	float: left;
	width: 15%;
	font-size: 1em;
}

#navsidebar a {text-decoration: none;}
#navsidebar a:link {color: #888888;}
#navsidebar a:visited {color: #888888;}
#navsidebar a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; font-style: bold;}
#navsidebar a:active {color: #000099;}

/*the maincontent has an extra 15% margin and 20px added to the initial 20px left padding to make space for the fixed navigation sidebar*/
#maincontent {
	margin-left: 15%;
	padding-left: 40px;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
	float: left;
	width: 70%;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#maincontent a {text-decoration: none;}
#maincontent a:link {color: #66FF66;}
#maincontent a:visited {color: #3333FF;}
#maincontent a:hover {color: #FF3300; font-style: bold;}
#maincontent a:active {color: #FFE303;}

#newsperiod {
	border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top: 15px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}


/*can I delete these newsperiod link styles now that they are all applied at the maincontent level?*/
#newsperiod a {text-decoration: none;}
#newsperiod a:link {color: #66FF66;}
#newsperiod a:visited {color: #3333FF;}
#newsperiod a:hover {color: #FF3300; font-style: bold;}
#newsperiod a:active {color: #FFE303;}

#newsdate {
	border: 0;
	padding: 10px;
	margin: 0px;
}

#newsitem {
	border: 0;
	border-top: 1px dashed #FFFFFF;
	padding: 10px;
	padding-top: 15px;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	margin: 0px;
}