A:LINK { color:#F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
A:ACTIVE { 	color:#F5580C; 	text-decoration:none; }
A:VISITED { 	color:#F5580C; 	text-decoration:none; }
A:HOVER { 	color:#F5580C; 	text-decoration:underline; }

.text_date { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #6CA7EC; line-height:140%; }

.text_slideshow_date { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; line-height:140%; }

.text_type { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #CBCBCB; line-height:140%; }

.text_tiny { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FEFEFE; line-height:140%; }
.text_tiny:LINK { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FEFEFE; line-height:140%; text-decoration:none; }
.text_tiny:ACTIVE { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FEFEFE; line-height:140%; text-decoration:none; }
.text_tiny:VISITED { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FEFEFE; line-height:140%; text-decoration:none; }
.text_tiny:HOVER { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FEFEFE; line-height:140%; text-decoration:underline; }

.text_headline { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #FFFFFF; }
.text_headline:LINK { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline:ACTIVE { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline:VISITED { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline:HOVER { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:underline; }

.text_headline_idc { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #000000; }
.text_headline_idc:LINK { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline_idc:ACTIVE { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline_idc:VISITED { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:none; }
.text_headline_idc:HOVER { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #F5580C; text-decoration:underline; }



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.text_a_11_000000_170 { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #000000; line-height:170%; }

.text_a_11_DB5515 { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #DB5515; }

.text_a_11_F5580C { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #F5580C; }

.text_a_11_FFFFFF { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; }
.text_a_11_FFFFFF a { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; }
.text_a_11_FFFFFF a:LINK { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; }
.text_a_11_FFFFFF a:ACTIVE { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; }
.text_a_11_FFFFFF a:VISITED { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; }
.text_a_11_FFFFFF a:HOVER { font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:underline; }



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.text_v_13_FFFFFF { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color: #FFFFFF; }

.text_v_15_FFFFFF { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color: #FFFFFF; }

.text_v_16_000000 { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color: #000000; }


.1B1B1C {background-color:#1B1B1C; } /* dark black for feedback form */
.7BA8DD {background-color:#7BA8DD; } /* dark blue line under index header */
.979797 {background-color:#979797; }
.9B9B9B {background-color:#9B9B9B; }
.9BC9FF {background-color:#9BC9FF; } /* under index header blue */


.ABABAB {background-color:#ABABAB; }
.CBCBCB {background-color:#CBCBCB; }
.CCCCCA {background-color:#CCCCCA; }
.D0D0D0 {background-color:#D0D0D0; }
.D2D2D2 {background-color:#D2D2D2; }
.F3F4F5 {background-color:#F3F4F5; }
.F9FAFA {background-color:#F9FAFA; }


* html input.subscription { /* IE only */
  margin-top:-1px;
}
input.subscription {  
 background-color:#FFFFFF; 
 color:#000000; 
 height:22px;
 width:146px;  
 padding:0px; 
 margin-top:0px;
 margin-left:0px;
 margin-bottom:0px;
 vertical-align:top; 
 border-color: #E4E4E4;
}

input.feedback { border-color:#ACA899; border-style:inset; border-width:1px; font-family:Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Palatino, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color: #000000;width:315px;  } /* must be 315 not 317 for Opera */

.bg_index_story1 { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_index_story1.jpg'); background-color:#3F3F3F; }
.bg_index_story2 { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_index_story2.gif'); background-color:#3F3F3F; }
.bg_index_idc { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_index_idc.jpg'); background-color:#5B5B5B; }
.bg_index_3promos { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_index_3promos.jpg'); background-color:#3f5060; }

.bg_feedback_dark { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_feedback_dark.gif'); background-color:#A9A9A9; }
.bg_feedback_lite { background-image:url('/newshour/science/images/common/bg_feedback_lite.gif'); background-color:#D7D7D7; }