/* Global */
*{margin:0; padding:0;}

body{
	color: #333;
	background-color: #E9E9E9;
	font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}
p, li{
	line-height:18px;
}
a{
	color:#2181C4;
	/*color: #369;*/
	/*color: #316AC5;*/
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a img{
	border: none;
}
td{
	vertical-align: top;
}
blockquote{
	border-left:5px solid #CCCCCC;
	margin-left:1.5em;
	padding-left:5px;
}
.offleft{
	position:absolute;
	left:-9000px;
}
.crazyclear {
	border-bottom:1px solid #FFF;
	overflow:hidden;
}





/* Basic Structure */
#platform {
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF;
	margin:0pt auto;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-top:10px;
	text-align:left;
	width:1000px;
	/*width:971px;*/
}
#container {
	margin:0pt auto;
	text-align:left;
	/*padding-left:10px;*/
	width:981px;
	/*width:951px;*/
}
#maincontent{
	clear: both;
	/*width:951px;*/
	width:980px;
}
#leftcolumn{
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	/** padding-right: 15px; **/
	padding-right: 5px;
}
#leftcolumn-div{
	overflow:hidden;
	/** width:621px; **/
	width:645px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}
#rightcolumn{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash_vertical.gif) left repeat-y;
}
#rightcolumn-div{
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-top:10px;
}




/****** HEADER ******/
.weekly-subnav {
    display: none;
    background-color: #5c8faf;
    margin: 0; padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    width: 150px;
    position: absolute;
    top:22px;
    left:-15px;
    z-index:9999;
}
.weekly-subnav li {
    display: block;
    float: none;
    text-align: left;
}
.weekly-subnav .publication {
padding: 2px 0 0 15px;
}

#newheader{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/ctnews.com/images/blogs_header_with_nav_v5.jpg) top left no-repeat;
	/*width:951px;
	width:950px;*/
	width:970px;
	height:135px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
#newheader td{
	vertical-align:top;
}
#newheader img{
	display:block;
	border:none;
}
.leaderboard-con{
	padding-top:10px;
}
.leaderboard{
	height:90px;
	width:728px;
}
.sitelogo{
	width:200px;
	height:110px;
}

/****** NAVIGATION ******/
#navigation{
	list-style: none;
	padding-top:13px;
}
#navigation ul{
	display:inline;
	float:right;
}
#navigation li{
	display:inline;
	float: left;
	list-style: none;
	margin-right:30px;
	background:none;
}
#navigation a{
	color:#fff;
	float: left;
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
#navigation { height:22px; }
#navigation li { position: relative; margin-right: 20px !important; }
#navigation a {    height: 25px; font-weight: normal !important; }
#navigation .weekly-subnav li a:link,
#navigation .weekly-subnav li a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
#navigation .weekly-subnav li a:hover { color:#224D6F; }



/****** YAHOO ADS ******/
.yahooads{
	margin-top:10px;
	margin-bottom:5px;
	width:950px;
}




/****** FOOTER ******/
.leaderboard-footer{
	clear:both;
	margin-top:10px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	width:950px;
}
.leaderboard-footer img{
	display:block;
}
#legal{
	padding-top:10px;
	padding-bottom:15px;
}
#copyright{
	clear:both;
	/*background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash.gif) top repeat-x;*/
	padding-top:15px;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	color:#666;
	font-size:16px;
	text-align:center;
}
#copyright p{
	font-size:12x;
	margin-bottom:8px;
}
#copyright img{
	display:block;
	margin:0 auto;
}




/* Styles added for image alignment and captions */
img.centered, .aligncenter, div.aligncenter {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	}

img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
	}

img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
	display: inline;
	}

.alignright {
	float: right;
	}

.alignleft {
	float: left;
	}

.wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
	border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}


*:first-child+html #leftcolumn .commentlist{margin-left:35px !important;}
*html #leftcolumn .commentlist{margin-left:35px !important;}

#leftcolumn .strip_wrapper ul {
	margin-left:0px !important;
}

#leftcolumn ul, #leftcolumn ol {
	margin-left:30px !important;
}


.x05{
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	margin-left:10px;
}
.x05 img{
	display:block;
}
.sponsored{
	color:#666;
	font-size:11px;
	line-height:11px;
	position:relative;
	top:-4px;
	text-align:center;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}
.critical-note{
	color: #c00;
	font-size: 13px;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;
}

/*#category_cloud{
	line-height:20px;
}*/
#category_cloud a{
	padding-bottom:3px;
	padding-top:1px;
	overflow:visible;
}
.flickr-gallery{
	padding-bottom:20px;
}
#leftcolumn .flickr-thumb img{
	margin:0;
}

.comment-note{
	color:#666;
	font-size:11px;
	padding-bottom:5px;
}
.comment-note span{
	color:#c00;
}

.addthis_container{
	clear:both;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	padding-top:10px;
}
.feedItemDate{
	color: #555;
	font-style: italic;
}
ul.twitter{ /*the main ul (if list is activated)*/
}
li.twitter-item{ /*the ul items (if list is activated)*/
	background:transparent url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash.gif) repeat-x scroll center bottom !important;
	list-style:none;
	margin:0 !important;
	padding:6px 0 !important;
}
p.twitter-message{ /*each one of the paragraphs (if msgs > 1)*/
}
.twitter-timestamp{ /*the timestamp span class*/
	color:#9A9898;
	display:block;
	font-size:0.8em;
	font-style:italic;
}
a.twitter-link{ /*the tweet link class*/
}
a.twitter-user{ /*the @username reply link class*/
}