div.container {
	overflow: hidden;
	width:99%;
	padding:0; 
	margin:0; 
}

/*-A Bug appeared suddenly in IE that forced the top nav tabs to push way down. Setting width to 99% fixed it--*/
.top_nav{
	overflow:hidden;
	width:96%;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
}

/*#header_left{
	float:left;	
}
*/
.side_column{
	width: 300px;
}

.right_column{
	float:right;
}

.middle_column{
/* width: 775px; */
 margin-left: 20px;
 margin-right: 310px;
}

.submenu_list{
	float: left;
}

.footer{
	clear: both;
}

/* --------------------NAVIGATION ------------------------------*/

div.tabs {
	float: left;
}

.tabs li{
	display:block;
	float:left;
}

.nav_list span	{
	display:block; 
	float:left;
}

/* -------------------- END NAVIGATION ------------------------------*/