@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

BODY {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size:14px; margin-left:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0}

A:hover {font-weight: bold}

.bold {font-weight: bold; }
.date {font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; color: #999; font-weight: bold; }
.headline {font-size: 24px; font:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif}
.white {color:#FFF;}
.red {color:#F00;}
.blue {color:#00F}
.grey {color:#999}
.nine {font-size: 9px;}
.ten {font-size: 10px;}
.twelve {font-size: 12px;}
.fourteen {font-size: 14px;}
.eighteen {font-size: 18px;}
.ver {font:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif}
.tim {font:"Times New Roman", Times, serif}

/* ~~ this container surrounds all other divs giving them their percentage-based width ~~ */
.container {
	width: 98%;
	max-width: 1024px;/* a max-width may be desirable to keep this layout from getting too wide on a large monitor. This keeps line length more readable. IE6 does not respect this declaration. */
	min-width: 900px;/* a min-width may be desirable to keep this layout from getting too narrow. This keeps line length more readable in the side columns. IE6 does not respect this declaration. */
	background-color: #FFF;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto value on the sides, coupled with the width, centers the layout. It is not needed if you set the .container's width to 100%. */
}