X-Cart forums - changing the news feed color

okay here is my problem, I am severly underestmating how this system all works together, and every day seems to be a new problem. Any who, on my site we are desiging: http://www.johnhaldoupisdesigns.com/cart/home.php
I am having trouble trying to change the color of the news feed in the right hand column, but unfortunatly it is calling the main body color, and I can't figure out how to change this. Any help? Also, is there any better news managment, or php plugins (persay) that can work well for this through the x-cart system? I have looked online at hotscripts.com and found some great flash/php driven systems, but don't know if they would pose conflicts with the x-cart system.