diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_tables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_tables.scss
index 35eef7c..4213b22 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_tables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_tables.scss
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ tr, td, th {
   vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
+/*
+  Striped Tables
+*/
+
+
 table.striped > tbody {
   > tr {
     td:first-child,
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ table.striped > tbody {
   }
 
   > tr:nth-child(2n) td {
-    background-color: transparentize($light-blue, 0.8);
+    background-color: transparentize($light-blue, 0.9);
   }
 
   .actions {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_body.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_body.scss
index e596cce..7db6d4f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_body.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout/_body.scss
@@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ body#tinymce {
   box-shadow: $content-shadow;
   background: white;
   padding: 20px;
-}
 
-#main_nobody {
-  @include span-columns(9 of 12);
+  &.no-body {
+    box-shadow: none;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    background: transparent;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
 }
 
 #sidebar {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_forums.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_forums.scss
index bf59dfd..f3195bf 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_forums.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_forums.scss
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ div#categories {
     @include span-columns(12);
     padding: 20px;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
-    background: transparentize($light-gray, 0.5);
+    background: transparentize($light-gray, 0.75);
     border-radius: 5px;
+    box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
 
     &:last-child {
       margin-bottom: 40px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_news.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_news.scss
index 31ef3a2..70d5430 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_news.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_news.scss
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ div.article {
   }
 
   &.preview {
+    @include span-columns(12);
     border-radius: $base-border-radius;
     background: white;
     padding: 20px;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
     box-shadow: $light-shadow;
+    border: 0;
 
     .content {
       margin-bottom: 10px;
diff --git a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
index d36f11d..d0509e3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
   def news_index
     @news = Article.with_comments.ordered.nodrafts.onlynews.limit(10)
     @categories = Category.ordered.domain(Category::DOMAIN_NEWS)
-    @nobody = true
   end
 
   def news_archive
diff --git a/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb b/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105f8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module ArticlesHelper
+  def preview_text(article, full)
+    if article.text_coding == Article::CODING_HTML
+      content = article.text.html_safe
+    else
+      content = article.text_parsed.html_safe
+    end 
+
+    content = truncate(raw(strip_tags(content)), length: 200) if !full
+    content
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/articles/_article.html.erb b/app/views/articles/_article.html.erb
index 05a24f0..57df68a 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/_article.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/_article.html.erb
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
     <%= namelink(article.user) %> on <%= longtime article.created_at %>
   </div>
 
-  <div class="comments">
-    <%= link_to article do %>
-      <%= icon 'comments' %> Comments (<%= article.comments.count %>)
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-
   <div class="actions">
     <% if article.can_update? cuser %>
       <%= link_to 'Edit', edit_article_path(article), class: 'button tiny' %>
diff --git a/app/views/articles/_preview.html.erb b/app/views/articles/_preview.html.erb
index ce78da5..f19b6f7 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/_preview.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/_preview.html.erb
@@ -2,21 +2,7 @@
   <h1><%= namelink article %></h1>
 
   <div class="content">
-    <% if article.text_coding == Article::CODING_HTML %>
-      <% 
-        content = article.text.html_safe
-        content = truncate(raw(strip_tags(article.text)), length: 200) if !expanded
-      %>
-
-      <%= content %>
-    <% else %>
-      <% 
-        content = article.text_parsed.html_safe
-        content = truncate(raw(strip_tags(article.text_parsed)), length: 200) if !expanded
-      %>
-
-      <%= content %>
-    <% end %>
+    <%= preview_text(article, full) %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="author">
diff --git a/app/views/articles/news_index.html.erb b/app/views/articles/news_index.html.erb
index 4feec5c..9c5f590 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/news_index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/news_index.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+<% provide :main_class, 'no-body' %>
+
 <div id="news">
   <% @news.each_with_index do |item, i| %>
-    <%= render partial: 'preview', locals: { article: item, expanded: (true if i == 0) } %>
+    <%= render partial: 'preview', locals: { article: item, full: (true if i == 0) } %>
   <% end %>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 13e4593..e1b565b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       <%= render partial: "navigation" %>
       <div class="wrapper">
         <div id="content">
-          <div id="<%= @nobody ? 'main_nobody' : 'main' %>">
+          <div id="main" class="<%= yield :main_class %>">
             <%= render partial: "messages" %>
             <%= yield %>
           </div>