I have two questions regarding my new layout. I'm not quite sure how to use this kind of coding (I'm strictly a basic HTML girl myself, lol), so I apologize if these seem pretty silly.

1) On my website, http://laudienne.com, the subject headers are classified as 'h3' headings in the .css file. However, no matter what I do to the h3 code, the color doesn't change. I'll put the .css code at the bottom and perhaps you can find a problem.

2) Between my date, subject, time/category, and the first entry line, there are these huuuuge spaces. I'm not sure how to get rid of those either.

I appreciate any help you can provide!!

@import url(../../rsc/basic.css);	/* Import basic styles */
@import url(../../rsc/img.css);	/* Import standard image styles */
@import url(../../rsc/blog_elements.css);	/* Import standard blog elements styles */
@import url(../../rsc/forms.css);	/* Import default form styles */
@import url(../../rsc/comments.css);	/* Import default comment styles */

body {
	background: #FFC7CE url(http://laudienne.com/v01/bg.png) repeat-y;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	color: #000;
	font: 84% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

a {
	color: #E58393;
        text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
	color: #E58393;
        text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #F5E7EA;
        background-color: #F8BAC4;
        text-decoration: none;
}

h2 {
	color: #EB9FAC;
	font-size: 200%;
	margin: 0;
        align: right;
        text-transform: uppercase;
}
h3 {
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 160%;
}
h4 {
	color: #E58393;
	font-size: 110%;
}

table.invisible
{
	margin: 1ex;
	border-collapse: collapse
}
table.invisible td
{
	padding: 0ex 1ex;
}
td.right
{
	text-align: right;
}
div#pageFooter {
	clear: both;
	background-color: #FDBDC8;
	width: 738px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0 0 1ex 0;
}
p.baseline {
	border-top: 0px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	font-size: 74%;
	color: #5E5E5E;
	padding: 1ex;
	margin: 0;
}
hr {
	height: 0;
	border: 0;
	border-top: 0px solid #78a;
}

div#wrapper {
	background: #fff url() repeat-y 0 0;
	width: 600px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0;
}

div.pageHeader {
	padding: 1ex;
	margin: 0 1px 1ex 1px;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background: #78a;
}

h1#pageTitle {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 270%;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

ul#bloglist {
	background-color: #fff;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
	margin: 0 1px;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type:none;
	padding: .5ex 0;
}
ul#bloglist li {
	border-right: 1px solid #000;
	display: inline;
	padding: .5ex 1em;
}

a.BlogButton,
a.BlogButtonCurr {
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.BlogButton {
	color: #000;
}
a.BlogButton:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #9ae;
}
a.BlogButtonCurr,
a.BlogButtonCurr:visited {
	color: #78a;
}
a.BlogButtonCurr:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #9ae;
}


.pageSubTitle {
	color: #fff;
	letter-spacing: 4px;
	text-align: center;
	vertical-align: middle;
	border: 0px;
	padding-right: 6px;
	padding-top: 6px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	padding-left: 6px;
	font: 109% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}
div.stats{
	float: right;
	padding-right: 1px;
	padding-top: 1px;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
	padding-left: 0px;
}

/* Styles for main area (left) */
h2 {
	margin: 1ex;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #78a;
}

/* Styles for posts */
.bPosts {
	float: left;
	overflow: hidden;
	/* background: #090;*/
}
.bPost, .bPostpublished
{
	clear: both;
	margin: 0 2.5ex;
	padding: 0;
width: 375px;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;
	/* border: 0px solid #78a; */
}
.bSmallHead {
	font-size: 80%;
	color: #999;
	margin: 2ex 0 1ex 0;
}
.bTitle {
	color: #78a;
	margin: 1ex 0;
}
.bText {
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.bSmallPrint
{
	clear: both;
	color: #999;
	font-size: 80%;
	margin: 1ex 0 2ex 0;
}

input.bComment, 
textarea.bComment
{
	background-color: #eee;
	border: 0px solid #ccc;
	width: 97%;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 0ex;
}
select.bComment		/* Used by the profile form */
{
	background-color: #eee;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: 1px;
	margin: 0ex;
}


/* Styles for stats */
div.statbloc
{
	float: left;
	width: 44%;
	margin: 0 0 2ex 1.5ex; 
	border: 1px solid #78a;
}
div.statbloc h3
{
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-align: center;
	background: #78a;
	padding: 1ex;
}

input.submit,
input.reset {
	background-color: #EFEFEF;
	color: #E78294;
	border: 1px solid #E78294;
	font-weight: none;
	padding: 1px;
}

input.submit:hover {
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Styles for sidebar (right) */
.bSideBar {
	width: 259px;	
	float: right;
	overflow: hidden;
	/* background: #900; */
}
.bSideItem {
	margin: 2ex;
	padding: 0 0 2ex 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.bSideItem ul {
	margin-left: 8px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	margin-top: 8px;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	list-style-type:square;
}
.bSideItem ul ul{
	margin-left: 8px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.bSideItem form {
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.dimmed
{
	color: #aaa;
	font-size: 84%;
}
input.SearchField
{
	background-color: #eee;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: .5ex;
	width: 96%;
	margin: 0ex;
}

/* Calendar: */
caption.bCalendarCaption {
	border: 1px solid #E78294;
	background-color: #FFD3DE;
	border-bottom: 0;
}
table.bCalendarTable {
	border: solid 1px #E78294;
	border-collapse: separate; 
}
table.bCalendarTable tfoot td {
	background-color: #FFD3DE;
	border-top: 1px solid #E78294;
}
table.bCalendarTable tfoot a {
	text-decoration: none;
}
table.bCalendarTable tfoot a:hover {
	background-color: #FFD3DE;
	color: #fff;
}
th.bCalendarHeaderCell {
	color: #000000;
}
#bCalendarToday {
	background-color: #FFD3DE;
}