/* liScroll styles */

.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
width: 1000px; 
height: 30px; 
margin: 0; 
padding: 0
overflow: hidden;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
margin-top: 15px;
background-image:url(../img/ticker_bar.png);
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 10px;
top: 6px; 
width: 980px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 950px;
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;
font-style: italic;
}
ul.newsticker a { 
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #bbb;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
font-size: 1.3em;

} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}