#content {
         height: 45em;
		 }
#leftcolumn {
 position: absolute; top: 2em; left: 3;
 width: 16em; /*was 40%*/


}
#rightcolumn {
 position: relative; top: 1em; left: 35%;
 width: 26em; /*was 60%*/
 }
p {
margin: 0.5em 0;
padding: 0 .5em;
}

h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin-left: 1em;
margin-top: 0; /*new*/
margin-bottom: 0; /*new*/

} 
class  {
padding-left: 2em;
 }

#updates  {
border: 2px solid orange;
padding-top: 0em;
padding-bottom: 1.3em;
padding-left: 0em;
padding-right: 0;
width: 24em;
background: #fff;
font-size: .9em;
 }

.highlight{
background:#fff;
}