/* NEWS */

div.news_item
{
  position: relative;
  margin: 35px auto 0px auto;
  width: 675px;
  background: #ffffff url('../images/backgrounds/bg_news_body.jpg') top left repeat-y;
}


div.news_thumb_container
{
  position: absolute;
  top: -29px;
  left: -14px;
  width: 67px;
  height: 67px;
  background-color: #ddddff;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  z-index: 102;
  cursor: pointer;
}

img.news_thumb
{
  height: 100%;
}


div.news_body_container,
div.news_header,
div.news_body,
div.news_footer
{
  position: relative;
  text-align: left;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
  z-index: 101;
}

div.news_header
{
  background: transparent url('../images/backgrounds/bg_news.jpg') top left no-repeat;
  height: 60px;
}

div.news_body_container
{
  top: 0px !important;
  left: 0px !important;
  height: 0px;
  overflow: hidden;
}


div.news_body
{
  width: 600px;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #111166;
  padding: 0px  !important;
  margin: 0px auto 0px auto !important;
}

div.news_body p
{
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 12px;
}

div.news_body p:first-letter
{
  font-size: 16px;
}

div.news_footer
{
  position: relative;
  height: 32px;
  padding: 0px;
  background: transparent url('../images/backgrounds/bg_news.jpg') bottom left no-repeat;
}

h3.news_date,
h3.news_title
{
  position: relative;
  top: 5px;
  left: 450px;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
  color: #999999;
  cursor: pointer;
}

h3.news_title
{
  top: 10px;
  left: 60px;
  width: 600px;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #ff5500;
}


span.news_author
{
  position: relative;
  left: 60px;
  top: 7px;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #aaaaaa;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
  font-style: italic;
}

img.news_img,
img.news_img_shadow
{
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 101;
  margin: 0px;
}

img.news_img_shadow
{
  position: absolute;
  top: 9px;
  left: 8px;
  z-index: 100;
}

img.news_button
{
  position: absolute;
  right: 11px;
  top: 2px;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
}

div.nr_news_items
{
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 7px;
  right: 15px;
  width: 30px;
  height: 10px;
  text-align: right;
  font-size: 10px;
  color: #aaaaaa;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  font-style: italic;
}