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.tvsp-tertiary {height: 100px;}

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.IE .tvsp-secondary .label, .IE .tvsp-secondaryL .label, .IE .tvsp-secondaryS .label, .tvsp-tertiary .label {height: 28px;}

.tvsp-dotted {height: 165px; margin-top: -20px;}
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.tvsp-tertiary {height: 70px !important; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-top: 30px;}
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.IE .tvsp-tertiary .label {margin-bottom: 20px !important;}

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/*------------ad-------------- */
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/*------------content-------------- */
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/*------------tabbox -------------- */

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/*overall width*/
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.IE div#msnbcTabs .tbx-skin1 .box-hdr ul {padding-top: 3px;}
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.IE div#msnbcTabs .tbx-skin1 .box-hdr ul.tabs li.tab1 {margin-left: 65px;}
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.IE div#msnbcTabs .tbx-skin1 .box-hdr ul.tabs li a {line-height: 30px; margin: -1px 1px 0 0; padding: 9px 20px 7px 17pt;}
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/*hide partner headline colorbox elements that power RSS feed*/
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/*sponsored ads*/
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div#ad-front-sponsoredlinks table td .container {background-color: #FFF !important;}


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/*-------header links---------*/
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