/*
Skin Name:     The Times
Skin URI:      http://thesisthemes.com/premium-skins/the-times/
Description:   An ultra-premium and ultra-functional skin with an amazing options panel.
Version:      1.5.2
Author:       Greg Rickaby
Author URI:      http://gregrickaby.com
*/

/* --- Universal Styles --- */
.custom #page {
	padding-top: 5px;  /*You can adjust how much padding is on top of the site*/
}
.custom a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
li.widget {
	list-style: none;
}
.custom h3 { /*sets most of the H3's on the site*/
	font-size: 16px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
/* --- Leaderboard Ad --- */
#leaderboard {
	margin: 10px;
	text-align: center;
}
/* --- Top Navigation Area --- */
/*left side of top nav area*/
#top_menu { /*top menu area as a whole*/
	height: 15px;
}
#top_menu a { /*top menu link style*/
	font-size: 12px;
	font-style: normal;
	line-height: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: capitalize;
}
#top_menu a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.top_menu_left { /*left side of top nav*/
	float: left;
	width: 250px;
}
.top_menu_left li {
	display: inline;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
#top_menu_right { /*right side of top nav*/
	float: right;
}
#top_line { /*black line below top menu*/
	height: 5px;
	clear: left;
	border-bottom-width: 4px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
}
/*right side of top nav area (Thesis Nav) */
.custom .menu { /*pull the nav up about 10 pixels*/
	position: relative;
	top: -8px;
	left: 0px;
	border: none;
}
.custom .menu a { /*nix the background color and letter spacing*/
	background-color: transparent;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
	border: none;
}
.custom .menu a:hover { /*nix the background color */
	background-color: transparent;
}
.custom .menu .current > a, .menu .current-cat > a {  /*nix the background color*/
	background-color: transparent;
}
.custom .menu .current > a, .menu .current-cat > a:hover {  /*nix the background color*/
	background-color: transparent;
}
.custom .menu .current > a, .menu .current-cat > a {  /*change cursor to a pointer*/
	cursor: pointer;
}
/* --- Main Logo --- */
#logos_tagline {
	height: 100px;
	width: 365px;
	float: left;
}
.custom #header #logo {
	font-size: 65px;
	font-family: "Georgia", serif;
}
.custom #header #logo, logo a {
	display: block;
	height: 100px;
	width: 375px;
	margin: 10px;
	padding: 10px;
}
.custom #header #logo a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}
/* --- Date & Time --- */
#date_time {
	height: 75px;
	width: 300px;
	font-size: 18px;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	top: 30px; /*push date_time down*/
	left: 40px; /*push date_time to the right*/
}
/* --- Half Banner Ad --- */
#half-banner {
	height: 65px;
	width: 240px;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	top: 25px; /*push banner down*/
	left: 45px /*push banner to the right*/
}
/* --- Category Nav --- */
#cat-nav {
	height: 75px;
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding: 0 5px 0 5px;
	clear: both;
}
ul.dropdown a { /*parent link*/
	padding: 7px 8px 7px 8px;
}
ul.dropdown a:hover { /*parent link hover*/
	text-decoration: none;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}
ul.dropdown .current-cat a { /*current parent link*/
	text-decoration: underline;
	padding: 7px 8px 8px 8px;	
}
ul.dropdown .current-cat, .current-cat-parent a { /*active current parent category*/
	text-decoration: none;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}
ul.dropdown ul.children a { /*child link*/
	background: none;
	border: none;
}
ul.dropdown ul.children a:hover { /*child link hover*/
	border: none;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
ul.dropdown ul.children .current-cat a { /*current child link*/
	text-decoration: underline;
}
ul.dropdown ul.children .current-cat {
	background: none;
	border: none;
}
ul.dropdown, ul.dropdown li, ul.dropdown ul {
	list-style: none;
}
ul.dropdown {
	font-size: 14px;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 597;
	float: left;
}
ul.dropdown li {
	float: left;
	line-height: 1.3em;
	vertical-align: middle;
	zoom: 1;
	margin: 1px 0 0 0;
	padding: 7px 8px 8px 8px;
}
ul.dropdown li.hover, ul.dropdown li:hover {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 599;
	cursor: default;
}
ul.dropdown ul {
	visibility: hidden;
	position: absolute;
	top: 100%;
	left: 0;
	z-index: 598;
	width: 98%;
	margin-top: 0;
	background-image: url(images/child.gif);
}
ul.dropdown ul li {
	float: none;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 4px 0 0 0;
}
ul.dropdown ul ul {
	top: 1px;
	left: 99%;
}
ul.dropdown li:hover > ul { /*on hover show child links*/
	visibility: visible;
}
ul.dropdown li.current-cat > ul { /*show child links when in parent category*/
	visibility: visible;
}
ul.dropdown li.current-cat-parent > ul { /*show child links when in active current parent category*/
	visibility: visible;
}
ul.dropdown-linear {
	width: 100%;
}
ul.dropdown-linear ul li {
	float: left;
}
ul.dropdown-linear li.hover, ul.dropdown-linear li:hover {
	position: static;
}
ul.dropdown-linear ul ul {
	display: none !important;
}
/* --- Custom Home Page Styles --- */
#home {
	width: 960px;
}
#home ul {
	list-style: none;
}
/* --- Breaking News --- */
#breaking-news {
	width: 95%;
	height: auto;
	padding: 10px;
	margin: 0 0 15px 0;
}
#breaking-news img {
	margin-right: 15px;
}
#breaking-news h1 {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}
#breaking-news h2 a {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#breaking-news h3 {
	font-size: 10px;
	font-style: italic;
	color: #333;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: none;
}
#breaking-news a {
	line-height: 50px;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/*the fold area*/
#the-fold {
	width: 955px;
	height: 600px;
}
/*setup the 3 columns inside the fold*/
#left {
	width: 400px;
	float: left;
	padding-right: 2px;
	overflow: visible;
}
#middle {
	height: 443px;
	width: 215px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 10px;
	border-left-width: 1px;
	border-left-style: solid;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#right {
	height: 575px;
	width: 310px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 10px;
	border-left-width: 1px;
	border-left-style: solid;
	overflow: visible;
}
#middle h3 {
	height: 26px;
	width: 90%;
	border-top-width: 3px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	padding-top: 6px;
}
#featured-images {
	width: 625px;
	float: left;
	text-align: center;
	padding-top: 10px;
}
#featured-images-thumb {
	width: 200px;
	padding: 3px;
	float: left;
}
#featured-images-headline {
	font-size: 11px;
}
#header-square {
	height: auto;
	width: 300px;
	margin: 10px;
	text-align: center;
}
/*search box*/
#s {
	width: 270px;
	font-size: 16px;
    background-color:#B30000; 
	color: #FFF;
	padding: 6px 10px 6px 20px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
/* --- BODY 1 STYLES --- */
#left-body-1 {
	display: block;
	height: auto;
	width: 300px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 10px;
	clear: both;
}
#right-body-1 {
	height: auto;
	width: 638px;
	float: right;
	margin-left: 5px;
}
#middle-banner {
	height: auto;
	width: 637px;
	margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
	text-align: center;
}
/* --- BODY 2 STYLES --- */
#left-body-2 {
	height: auto;
	width: 638px;
	float: left;
	margin-left: 5px;
	clear: both;
}
#right-body-2 {
	height: auto;
	width: 300px;
	float: right;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
#bottom-square {
	height: auto;
	width: 300px;
	margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
	text-align: center;
}
#bottom-banner {
	height: auto;
	width: 637px;
	margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
	text-align: center;
}
/*Category Box Styles*/
#cat-box {
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}
#cat-box-title {
	height: 30px;
	width: 100%;
	border-top-width: 3px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#cat-box-title h1 a {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 24px;
}
#cat-box-title h1 {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 24px;
}
#cat-box-thumb img {
	float: left;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#cat-box-headline {
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}
#cat-box-excerpt {
	font-size: 12px;
}
.hp_teaser_permalink {
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 30px;
}
/* --- Custom Footer --- */
.custom #footer {
	height: 150px;
	width: 98%;
	border: none;
}
#custom_footer {
	background-color: #003466;
	text-align: left;
}
#custom_footer p {
	font-size: 11px;
}
#custom_footer h3 {
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}
#custom_footer li {
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}
#custom_footer li a {
	font-size: 13px;
	text-decoration: none;
	border: none;
}
#custom_footer li a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/* --- Footer Widget Boxes --- */
#column1 {
	float: left;
	height: 100px;
	width: 23%;
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 10px;
}
#column2 {
	float: left;
	height: 100px;
	width: 23%;
	padding: 2px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
#column3 {
	float: left;
	height: 100px;
	width: 23%;
	padding: 2px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
#column4 {
	float: left;
	height: 100px;
	width: 23%;
	padding: 2px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
/* --- Vanity Plate --- */
#vanity {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 15px;
	text-align: center;
}