That depends what skin your using etc etc..
Do you have a link to your site?

using miami_blue

link[url=http://shitledger.com/] here[/url]

in style.css try playing with bPosts
and bPost

You may have to get rid of the blue arrow though....

I played with this and disn't break anything though I couldn't see what happened to the -> before the title

It gives you some 20px plus extra width.
.bPosts {
float: left;
width: 525px;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
padding: 45px 0 0 0;
}
div.action_messages {
margin: 0 0 0 2ex;
}
.bPost, .bPostpublished
{
clear: both;
margin: 0 0 4ex;
padding: 0;
/* background-color:#00FF33; */
background-image: url(img/arrow-right-big.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 5px 3px; /* border: 1px solid #78a; */
}
bText {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

If you want a lot more you would need another skin as thats lmited by the fixed width wrapper.i

i've now updated to 2.4.6 and this hack doesn't seem to be working anymore... also, when images are bigger than 525px, they are no longer hidden! they run right over the side bar.... on top of this, the banner is not showing up in the header. any ideas?

well, i think i've discovered the problem... i hadn't selected miami blue as my skin! didn't realize things were reset after the upgrade. only problem is, now when i click on miami blue to be my skin, i get this error:
PAGE NOT FOUND

We cannot locate the page you're looking for. Please check the address and make sure all letters are lowercased with no spaces. You may also move to a different page by using the links in the menu bar above.

well, i must be a moron. everything seems to be working fine now. thanks!