#newsTicker {border-top: 1px solid #F4AA00;border-bottom: 1px solid #F4AA00;width: 960px;margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px ; }
#tickerTitle {font: bold 13px black;padding-top:2px}
#hideNews {padding-left:10px;font:12px;color:red;cursor:pointer}

.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
/*border-top: 1px solid #F4AA00;border-bottom: 1px solid #F4AA00;
background: #fff; */
width: 960px; 
height: 27px; 
/*margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px ; */
padding: 0
overflow: hidden; 
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 0px;
top: 8px;
width: 907px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 800px;
font: bold 10px Verdana;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;

}
ul.newsticker li {
float: left; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
/*background: #fff;*/
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #ff0000;
font: bold 11px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}