Need help with layers in IE

[prithvikrishna]

Hi,
I am facing a problem with my design in IE (all versions). The sidebar in my design shows up well in Dreamweaver CS3 and Firefox 2.0. But it gets messed up in IE!! The alignment is lost. there is a drop of about 30px or so in IE.
Please find attached the screenshots from IE and Firefox (not full page shot, just the problem area) and the css file.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,

firefox.jpg

ie.jpg

styles.txt

[Erik J]

Without the html it is hard to tell.

For testing if the browser defaults is the cause, an universal declaration "*{margin:0;padding:0}" can be added in the css start (after the charset).