body {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

body,td,th {
    font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:100%;
	line-height: 1.15;
}

#banner {
	position:absolute;
	top: 3px;
	left: 23px;
	height: 140px;
	width: 750px;
}
	
.banner_headline{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 140%;
	color: #999999;
}
	
.banner_date{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 75%;
	color: #999999;
}

p{
  font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 100%;
}

#leftmenu{
	position: absolute;
	top: 162px;
	left: 20px;
	width: 162px;
}

#leftmenu a:link {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;}
#leftmenu a:visited {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;	color: #000000;}
#leftmenu a:hover {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;	color: #999999;}
#leftmenu a:active {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;	color: #999999;}

#leftmenu .smallprint {font-size: 90%; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;} 
#leftmenu .tinyprint {font-size:  80%; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;} 

#google_ads{
    position:static; width: 165px;
}

#copy{
	position : absolute;
    top : 159px;
	left : 200px;
	width : 570px;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 100%;
}

#copy img {border:none};

/* inline links */
#copy a:link {text-decoration: none; color: #0000cc;}
#copy a:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #0000cc;}
#copy a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #7700cc;}
#copy a:active {text-decoration: underline; color: #0000cc;}

#copy .headline {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 120%; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;} 
#copy .subhead {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; color:#333333; font-weight:normal;}
#copy .normal {font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: #000000;  font-size: 100%;}
#copy .smallprint {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;} 
#copy .tinyprint {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:  80%; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;}  
#copy .captions {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 80%; color: #777777; font-weight:normal;} /* captions */

/* for Starry dome map */
#big_column {
	position : absolute;
    top : 153px;
	left : 20px;
	width : 1200px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size: 100%;
}

/* index page layout follows */