CSS - Floated Div Draws Text Over Dropdown Css

/*----------PAGE CENTERED AND FLUSH TOP-----*/
*{margin:0px;
padding: 0px;
}

/*---------------BODY BACKGROUND------------*/
body{
background-color:#333333;
}

/*-----------BACKGROUND-CONTAINER-----------*/
#background-container{
width: 780px;
background-color:white;
margin: 0px auto;
padding-top:0px;
padding-bottom:0px;
font-family:Arial;
font-size:10pt;
}

/*-------HEADER ELEMENTS----------*/

#banner{
width: 780px;
height: 200px;
background-color:#CC9900;
background-image:url();
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
}

#header{
width:770px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
background-image:url(vertical-scanline.jpg);
padding-left:10px;
font-family: Arial;
font-size:29px;
font-weight: bold;
}


/*-----------BEGIN DROP-DOWN MENU--------*/

div#listmenu{
background-color:#860505;
font: 10pt Arial;
float:left;
width:780px;
margin: 0px auto;
}

div#listmenu ul{
margin: 0 0 0 30px;
}

*html div#listmenu ul{
float:left;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
margin-left:15px;
}

*html a{display:block;
color:#FFFFFF;}

div#listmenu li{
float:left;
position:relative;
background-color:#860505;
list-style-type:none;
padding: 0 6px;
border-right:1px solid black;
}


div#listmenu ul li ul{
margin: 0px;
position:absolute;
width:10em;}


div#listmenu ul li ul li{
width:100%;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
border-right: 1px solid gray;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

div#listmenu li{first-child:
border-left: 1px solid black;
}

div#listmenu ul li ul li {first-child:
border-top: 1px solid gray;
}


div#listmenu a{ 
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
display:block;
padding: 0 6px;
background-color:#860505;
}

div#listmenu a:hover{
background-color:#FFFFFF;
color:#000000;
}


body div#listcontainer ul li ul {display:none;}
div#listcontainer ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
div#listcontainer ul li:hover ul, div#listcontainer ul li ul:hover {display:block;
z-index:25;
}

/*-----------END DROP-DOWN MENU--------*/


/*-----CLEARING ELEMENT BEGIN---------*/
.clearfix:after {      
content: ".";       
display: block;     
height: 0;    
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}

.clearfix {display: inline-block;}     
* html .clearfix {height: 1%;}     
.clearfix {display: block;}   
/*-----CLEARING ELEMENT END---------*/



/*--------------MAIN CONTENT---------*/
#main-container{
background-color:#ffffff;
}

/*----------COLUMNS--------*/
#sectionright{
width:190px;
background-color:#860505;
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
font-family:Arial;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#FFFFFF;
text-indent:20px;
float:right;
}

#rightcol{
width:190px;
background-color:#CCCCCC;
font-family:"Arial";
color:#000000;
font-size:12px;
text-align: left;
text-indent:20px;
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
padding:0px;
float: right;
clear:right;
}

#subscription{
width: 190px;
background-color:#CC9900;
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
font-family:Arial;
text-align:left;
font-size:10px;
margin-bottom:3px;
float: right;
clear:right;
}

#crisp{
width:190px;
height:150px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
font-family:"Arial";
color:#000000;
font-size:11px;
text-align:left;
float:right;
clear:right;
margin-bottom:3px;
}


#logo{
width:190px;
height:90px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border-bottom: 5px solid #333333;
float: right;
clear:right;
}

#left-floater{
width:150px;
padding-top:50px;
float:right;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-size:11pt;
}

#floater-bottomleft{
width:150px;
padding-top:50px;
float:right;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-size:11pt;
}



#bottom{
width: 675px;
clear:right;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
margin-top: 15px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}

#footer{
height:15px;
width: 780px;
background-color:#999999;
font-family:"Arial";
font-size:10px;
text-align:center;
margin-top:5px;
clear:right;
}


/*-----------BODY ELEMENTS-------*/

.subheader{
background-color:#D1A10D;
font-family:"Arial";
font-size:19px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align:left;
text-indent:5px;
padding-top:5px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
}


.pagesub{
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-family:"Arial";
font-size:16px;
font-weight: bold;
color:#860505;
text-align:left;
margin-top:5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.column-title{
width: 190px;
font-family:Arial;
color: #000000;
font-size: 14px; 
font-weight:bold;
text-align: center;
}

div#main-container img {
float:left; 
border: 1px solid #333;
}



/*------PARAGRAPH PROPERTIES-----*/

.p-main{
width:560px;
margin-left:5px;
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
text-align:justify;
font-size:10pt;
}

ul{
padding-left:15px;
list-style:none;
}

.pcolumn{padding-left: 40px;}
.p-ul{font:10pt Arial;}
.ptop{margin-bottom:5px;}


/*----------------LINK PROPERTIES--------------*/
a:link{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}
a:visited{color:#CC0000; background-color:transparent;}
a:active{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}

/*-----------RIGHT COL AND CRISP LINK PROPERTIES----*/
div#rightcol a:link{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}
div#rightcol a:visited{color:#CC0000; background-color:transparent;}
div#rightcol a:active{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}

div#crisp a:link{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}
div#crisp a:visited{color:#CC0000; background-color:transparent;}
div#crisp a:active{color:#000000; background-color:transparent;}


/*------HTML BELOW-----*/

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float: right;
margin: 0 10px 10px;
}
#main_inner_wrap {
margin:0 auto;
width:690px;
}
#main_inner_wrap p {
font-family: Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: .9em;
line-height: 1.4em;
padding:0 10px;
min-height: 100%;
}
#main_col_left {
float:left;
width:150px;
color: #330;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
#main_col_right {
margin-top: 0;
float:right;
width:540px;
color: #330;
background:url("./images/news_bg.gif");
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

img.newsthumb{
	float: left;
	clear: left;
	padding-right: 5px;
	border: 0px;
}
img.newsthumb2{
	float: right;
	clear: right; 
	padding-left: 5px;
	border: 0px;
}

#MainContainer
{
	float: 	left;
	width: 	auto; 
}

#Main
{
	margin-right: 0.2em;
}

#MainContent
{
	padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em;
}


#SidebarContainer
{
	float: 	right;
	width: 	250px;
	 	
border-top: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
	padding-top: 5px;
	clear: right;

}

#Sidebar
{	
	padding-bottom:	    5px;
	background:     	#ADADAD;
	background-image:   url(../images/SidebarBackground.jpg);
	background-repeat:  no-repeat;
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