Layout crit please

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I started on this about a week ago but have since started school and haven’t had much time to mess with it. Any comments/suggestions/love/hate is very welcome. This is just the news/home page, I have a few other sections done but I’m looking for crits on the overall layout. After I’m happy with the layout, onto Flash. The one thing I’m not very happy with is the scroller, maybe the position but it just looks a little odd. Thanks :beam:

http://www.beneaththesky.com/test